At the time I think that I would have loved to be there. I’d have only been 12, though.

Now? No.

Yes, but I was only 17 and very compliant 17. Now, no. We do not even go to the one in TN that is almost right here, Bonaroo.

I’m wondering — how many of the performers have died since then. perhaps some are believed to have OD’d.

Hendrix?

Joplin? (was she there?)

Yes, I would have loved to have been there. Now, nope.

I saw Janis Joplin on the Festival Express Tour in 1970. It was a two day affair. I went with my older sister as my parents felt she was the responsible one. LOL! She was a wild child. I had a lot of fun.

I would have loved it! What a memory.

No. I've gone to live rock events since a young teen. Never tolerating such personal inconvenience and mass disorganization.

I do know someone who was there. He said the inconveniences he and most others experienced weren't accurately shown in the movie. He left early, not worth the hassles.

I was old enough but not willing to put up with all those people. And now I don't like being around more than a handful of people at a time and they all need to be friends.

@petalique - pardon the formatting

PerformerAct at WoodstockDiedJimi HendrixJimi Hendrix Experience1970Janis JoplinJanis Joplin / Kozmic Blues Band1970Richie HavensRichie Havens2013Ravi ShankarRavi Shankar2012Tim HardinTim Hardin1980Bert SommerBert Sommer1990Melanie SafkaMelanie2024Alan WilsonCanned Heat1970Bob HiteCanned Heat1981Jerry GarciaGrateful Dead1995Ron “Pigpen” McKernanGrateful Dead1973David BrownSantana2000Gary ThainKeef Hartley Band1975Leslie WestMountain2020Felix PappalardiMountain1983Tom FogertyCreedence Clearwater Revival1990Sly StoneSly & the Family Stone2025Keith MoonThe Who1978John EntwistleThe Who2002Spencer DrydenJefferson Airplane2005Nicky HopkinsJefferson Airplane1994Alvin LeeTen Years After2013Johnny WinterJohnny Winter2014David CrosbyCrosby, Stills, Nash & Young2023Rick DankoThe Band1999Richard ManuelThe Band1986Paul ButterfieldPaul Butterfield Blues Band1987

These are the deaths of the principal Woodstock performers and members of the bands who played. There were also additional deceased members of Sweetwater, among others.

No, was never that interested in that scene. Crowds are bad enough but my first thought then, and now, is where are the bathrooms?

Nope. I was 7 at the time, but even if I'd been 17 I wouldn't have wanted to go. I was too shy, too boring, too awkward, and too "out" of the "in" things.

Camping in the rain, no portapotties, no fresh water….no thanks.

tj

No. I was too young then, and it would have been light years away from my comfort zone now.

I am too young but we watched the documentary about it with footage of the event and OH H*LL NO! I would not have wanted to be there at all. It was terrible IMHO! Can you imagine being boxed in by thousands of people, cannot even move and where do you use the bathroom or get water to drink and it was very hot there and rained a bunch and a muddy pigsty. The people that were there left trash all over the place. I cannot even imagine how awful it was!

Yeah, this is one of those things where the folklore is mighter than the event, IMHO of course. I wasn't old enough to go then. And way to old now. And even if I were a "good" age, I'm sure I could find something better to do.

Now I have been to many rock concerts when I was a young adult. Love them! But that many days? In the mud? with the drugs? No thank you.

I'm with the heck no crowd. There isn't a thing about it that sounds life fun. My son met his future wife at WE FEST--a great grand child of Woodstock, I think I could say. No rain but people wall to wall, most drunk, bathroom facilities lacking...people buy trashed out campers use them for the four days then abandon them. It was the first and last time for my son and wife!!!

Every time I see a picture of Woodstock I wonder how they could possibly get to a bathroom.

Mudstock

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock

No. I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 60s. I was exposed to a lot of the later to become famous bands before they achieved the fame they did. I was never one to to enjoy crowds in an effort to be able to say I was there. I did enjoy smaller and outdoor venues where one had freedom to move. Had a blast of some of the local outdoor events and was a regular at the Avalon, the Filmore and Winterland etc. during my high school years. I also had backstage access to the outdoor events of the time. When Altamont came around I skipped it on purppose at the last minute. Told my best friend at the time to go, have fun and tell me all when she got back. Being what occurred that day I guess fate told me not to be there.

About 15 years ago, I met some people who went, and they just shook their heads at how crazy they were to have done it, but they didn't regret it either.

I was a junior in high school. My bf was a junior in college-we had known each other all our lives and our dads were best friends from kindergarten until their deaths. Anyway, he was going, but my mother wouldn't let me go along. One of the two biggest regrets of my life. Sigh. He did take me to the Atlantic City pop festival earlier that month. saw Canned Heat, Mothers of Invention, the Moody Blues, Dr. John, Joe Cocker, Little Richard, and as the closer, iirc, was Janis. Might have been Little Richard, but I really think it was Janis. She was amazing.

I love reading about couples who met there, married ,and are still together, showing pics from the event and current ones posed like the old photo. Ironically, of the over 400,000 people who attended, very little, if any, violence happened