Woodstock '89

Woodstock '89 was a rock concert that took place in August 1989 on the site of the original Woodstock concert of 1969 as a spontaneous celebration of the event's 20th anniversary.

The event began with a single folk guitarist who came to the site. It grew to a concert that 30,000 people attended, featuring mainly lesser-known bands. Wavy Gravy, the Woodstock All-Stars, and Al Hendrix, the father of Jimi Hendrix, appeared at the concert.

The gathering arose on the same days in August as the original festival, even though in 1989 this fell in the middle of the week.

A total lunar eclipse occurred during the concert on the night of August 16-17. Musicians worked this into their performances; one sang his version of "Call Down the Moon."

Although the property owners briefly attempted to charge $5 for parking, and a few people had made up simple t-shirts to sell at the event, there was virtually none of the commercialism that later marked the Woodstock '94 and Woodstock '99 concerts. The event was not promoted, and at first it appeared there would be no stage, no lighting, and no performers until those things began arriving with the growing crowd. Food and beverages were not sold; participants brought their own supplies.

Because participants were allowed to park vehicles next to their tents all across the site except in the main performance area, much of the field that was so densely covered by people in 1969 was filled again-but in a different way-by this event.

ee also

* Woodstock Festival (1969)
* Woodstock '79 (1979)
* Woodstock '94 (1994)
* Woodstock '99 (1999)

External links

* http://stationunlimited.com/archives/3 - Pictures and 90 minutes of interviews from Woodstock '89
* [http://www.woodstockmuseum.com/ Woodstock Museum]