The Making Woodstock Joel Rosenman woke up on Friday, August 15, 1969, at 6:00 A.M. This was the first day of what is now known as the most famous rock festival in history, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. Joel, along with John Roberts, Artie Kornfeld, and Michael Lang, created Woodstock. Joel woke to one of the biggest traffic jams in history located outside The Pines, the hotel where Woodstock’s staff was staying. Route 17B lead …showed first 75 words of 3391 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3391 total…a historical event that will live on forever. The crowd was 450,000 more than originally expected. Even though they were packed in there like dogs, there was no riots, fights, or rapes. That is why Woodstock Music and Art Fair is history. It defined the times. “For four days, the site became a countercultural mini-nation in which minds were open, drugs were all but legal and love was ‘free’.” (http://www.goecities.com/~music-festival/how-w.htm)