All Photos of the 1969 Woodstock Festival

  By Virginia Choi • July 24, 2014 Uncategorized

Richie Havens performs in front of the crowd at the first ever Woodstock Music Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The band Sweetwater rocks out on stage and makes history as the first band to play at the original Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Bert Sommer gets ready to perform at Woodstock. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Tim Hardin feels the music as he plays for thousands of people during the first Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Swami Satchidananda gives the opening speech at the first Woodstock Music Festival. (1969). Source: Creative Commons, Mark Goff.

Ravi Shankar, known for composing and playing Indian music, performs on the first day of the festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Arlo Guthrie, known for singing songs against social injustice, serenades the crowd during the first Woodstock Festival. (1969). source: Woodstock Wikia.

Joan Baez plays guitar and sings to the attendees of the original festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Melanie Safka plays the guitar on the first day of the original Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The band Quill kicked off the second day of the Woodstock Festival with their psychedelic rock style. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Country Joe McDonald had his own unique style as he rocked the second-day crowd of the original Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Guitar god Santana kept the streak of amazing talent rolling as he got down to business rocking out at the festival. (1969). Source: (c) Victor Englebert

Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia plays the guitar with passion at the Woodstock Festival. Their set ended up being cut short due to the stage amps overloading. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

John B. Sebastian continues his solo career at the 1969 Woodstock Festival after he decided to leave his band The Lovin' Spoonful a year earlier. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Janis Joplin gives her barefooted performance on the second day of Woodstock. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The Keef Hartley Band keeps the ball rolling next on the second day of the original Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The Incredible String Band live up to their names here at the festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The band Canned Heat try to beat the heat at the first Woodstock Festival in New York. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Sly and the Family Stone pair their psychedelic music with some psychedelic outfit choices. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The original Woodstock poster by David Edward Byrd did not gain fame because it featured the festival's original location, Wallkill, and Byrd could not be reached in time to change it. (1969). Source: David Edward Byrd.

Guitarist Leslie West and the rest of his band, Mountain, rock out at the festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Climbing on the towers (1969). Source: Youtube.

Stu Cook, bassist for the band Creedence Clearwater Revival, tears up the stage at the first Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Alvin Lee, lead singer and guitarist of the band Ten Years After, jams out during the original Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The band The Who are known for playing the most songs of any artist at the original Woodstock Festival--and rumor has it they were not happy with their set. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Jefferson Airplane closes out the second part of the festival at 8:00 a.m. after acts were performing all night. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Joe Cocker and the Grease Band kick off the last part of the festival at 2:00 p.m. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

After a thunderstorm disrupted the festival, Country Joe and the Fish get the party started again at 6:30 p.m. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Woodstock helped this group, known as The Band, to really take off in the rock world. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Johnny Winters performs and keeps the last few acts of the festival going strong. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

The band Blood, Sweat & Tears gives it all they have during their performance. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Harmonica player and singer Paul Butterfield and his band play their blues music for the original Woodstock Festival. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

Rock group Sha-Na-Na was catapulted to fame after their performance at the original Woodstock Festival which preceded Jimi Hendrix's performance. (1969). Source: Woodstock Wikia.

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