The Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock—was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of more than 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, it ran over to Monday, August 18
Friday, August 15 – Saturday, August 16ArtistTimeNotes Richie Havens5:07 pm – 7:00 pm Swami Satchidananda7:10 pm – 7:20 pmGave the opening speech/invocation for the festival. Sweetwater7:30 pm – 8:10 pm Bert Sommer8:20 pm – 9:15 pm Tim Hardin9:20 pm – 9:45 pm Ravi Shankar10:00 pm – 10:35 pmPlayed through the rain. Melanie10:50 pm – 11:20 pm Arlo Guthrie11:55 pm – 12:25 am Joan Baez12:55 am – 2:00 amWas six months pregnant at the time.
Magazine advertisement promoting the Woodstock Music & Art Fair's "Aquarian Exposition," to be held in Wallkill, NY. Saturday, August 16 – Sunday, August 17ArtistTimeNotes Quill12:15 pm – 12:45 pm Country Joe McDonald1:00 pm – 1:30 pmJoe later performed together with The Fish. Santana2:00 pm – 2:45 pmAged 20, Michael Shrieve, the band's drummer, was the youngest musician to play at the festival. John Sebastian3:30 pm – 3:55 pmSebastian was not on the bill, but rather was attending the festival, and was recruited to perform while the promoters waited for many of the scheduled performers to arrive. Keef Hartley Band4:45 pm – 5:30 pm The Incredible String Band6:00 pm – 6:30 pm Canned Heat7:30 pm – 8:30 pm Mountain9:00 pm – 10:00 pmThis performance was only their third gig as a band Grateful Dead10:30 pm – 12:05 amTheir set was cut short after the stage amps overloaded during "Turn On Your Love Light". Creedence Clearwater Revival12:30 am – 1:20 am Janis Joplin with The Kozmic Blues Band[43]2:00 am – 3:00 am Sly and the Family Stone3:30 am – 4:20 am The Who5:00 am – 6:05 amBriefly interrupted by Abbie Hoffman. Jefferson Airplane8:00 am – 9:40 amJoined onstage on piano by Nicky Hopkins. Sunday, August 17 – Monday, August 18ArtistTimeNotes Joe Cocker and The Grease Band2:00 pm – 3:25 pmPlayed "With A Little Help From My Friends." After Joe Cocker's set, a thunderstorm disrupted the events for several hours. Country Joe and the Fish6:30 pm – 8:00 pmCountry Joe McDonald's second performance. Ten Years After8:15 pm – 9:15 pm The Band10:00 pm – 10:50 pm Johnny Winter12:00 am – 1:05 amWinter's brother, Edgar Winter, is featured on three songs. Blood, Sweat & Tears1:30 am – 2:30 am Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young3:00 am – 4:00 amAn acoustic and electric set were played. Neil Young skipped most of the acoustic set. Paul Butterfield Blues Band6:00 am – 6:45 am Sha Na Na7:30 am – 8:00 am Jimi Hendrix / Gypsy Sun & Rainbows9:00 am – 11:10 amPerformed to a considerably smaller crowd of fewer than 200,000 people.