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Yeti wants to learn more about hippies
‘Hippie lifestyle - Hippies were largely a white, middle-class group of teenagers and twentysomethings who belonged to what demographers call the baby-boom generation. They felt alienated from middle-class society, which they saw as dominated by materialism and repression. Hippies developed their own distinctive lifestyle,…
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Public gatherings and music festivals
‘Be-ins, music festivals, and other public gatherings - Public gatherings—part music festivals, sometimes protests, often simply excuses for celebrations of life—were an important part of the hippie movement. The first “be-in,” called the Gathering of the Tribes, was held in San Francisco in 1967. It initiated the Summer…
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Society and change in the 1960s
Aha! There it is! Draft dodgers! She remembers them. “Hey Yeti, I remember how the hippies protested the Vietnam war,” Elsa says. “Many Americans refused to be drafted to fight for something that they didn’t believe in. So, they came to Canada looking for a place to stay so they wouldn’t get drafted. When the war was over…
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History of the Woodstock Festival
It’s time to get back on track so Elsa wipes the tears away as she begins to look for articles on Woodstock. “Wow it was over 50 years ago,” Elsa says. “The years sure went by fast! Here is a good article about the Woodstock festival.” ‘Half a million hippies, beatniks, and long-hairs descended upon upstate New York for…
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Problems arise
‘Problems Plague The Preparations - The history of Woodstock is riddled with chaotic problems and spontaneous solutions. Once the venue and talent were locked in, logistics became the primary concern. A music festival requires infrastructure, security, and regulation — and Woodstock struggled with all three. In fact,…
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Where Was Woodstock?
‘The initial plan for Woodstock called for the event to be held at Howard Mills Industrial Park in Wallkill, New York. Wallkill town officials got spooked, however, and backed out of the deal, passing a law that eliminated any possibility of holding the concert on their turf. Woodstock Ventures explored a few other venues,…
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Woodstock was a weekend like no other
‘For three days in August 1969, it seemed like the Age of Peace and Love might just take hold. The Woodstock love-in was no drive-in: Festivalgoers abandoned their cars miles from the concert grounds. Carl Porter strode to a grassy rise overlooking the sweeping natural amphitheater where, 50 years earlier, more than…
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Musical Legends Take The Stage At Woodstock 1969
‘Thirty-two acts performed at Woodstock, many of them iconic, with an open mic on the Free Stage available to attendees ready to show their talent off to each other. The first day began on Friday, August 15 around 5 p.m. when Richie Havens took the stage. As he described it in 2009: "I was supposed to be fifth on stage,…
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What’s happening?
‘Mick Jagger got his first glimpse that something was wrong at Altamont Speedway near Tracy, Calif., 60 miles east of San Francisco, when he bounded off a helicopter at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, 1969, and was immediately confronted by an angry “fan.” “I hate you,” said the man before punching him in the face, staggering…
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How Woodstock Became a Symbol of U.S. Counterculture
‘The Vietnam war was in full swing by the time Woodstock organizers were planning what would soon become an iconic landmark of the 60s. The anti-war movement was growing in the U.S due in large part to the fact that, for the first time, Americans had a front-row view of the gory reality of war. Dubbed “The Television War,”…
