He may not have been as hip as Jimi Hendrix, but Max Yasgur played as important a role in the original Woodstock, which took place 50 years ago, beginning Aug. 15, 1969. Woodstock’s organizers were ...
WILKES-BARRE — It was 2009 and I was writing a few stories on the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. I met a man who lived on Route 17-B, the main artery leading to Max Yasgur’s farm in Bethel, N.Y. The ...
Fifty years ago, a Westchester teen traveled upstate to experience peace, love and music, all from his late uncle's farm. Joey Yasgur's summer of '69 was highlighted, like many others, by the ...
In mid-August 1969, hundreds of thousands of people swarmed Max Yasgur’s Farm in upstate New York to attend the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, but Joni Mitchell sadly wasn’t one of them. Despite being ...
Five weeks before the festival, Max Yasgur agreed to host Woodstock on his property. His farm provided natural amphitheater seating for Woodstock. Over 400,000 people showed up for the music festival.
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