BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) — Beverly “Cookie” Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock music festival in 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw. Ellen Shelburne arrived in a VW microbus and pitched a pup tent.

In the summer of 1969, the festival to top all festivals took place on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York (the festival site was not actually in the town of Woodstock itself). The Woodstock Music and ...

About 450,000 people flocked to Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, N.Y. on Aug. 15, 1969, to celebrate three days of peace, love and music at the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair, replete with ...

It's been 50 years now since Nick and Bobbi Ercoline first walked on a particular hillside in Bethel, New York. "Brings me back to the time when I was 20 years old and falling in love with this ...

Jonathon Norcross is a feature writer for Collider. He's also written for People, InsideHook, and Brooklyn Magazine, among other outlets. He co-produced the feature documentary Break the Game, which ...

Music festivals are among the most sacred aspects of the music industry, dating back to the Middle Ages. In the modern era, music festivals have served as weekend-long safe havens for fans of a ...

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York — “3 Days of Peace and Music” as the poster said. It’s being celebrated with any number of ...

Before Woodstock and Coachella, the earliest recorded festivals date back to ancient Greece. The Greeks honored the gods by holding competitions in drama, poetry, music, and athletics. To honor ...