2.+Creating+Woodstock

The four men who created the event were Michael Lang, John Roberts, Joel Rosenman, and Artie Kornfeld. They were originally just looking for an investment. Roberts and Rosenman put an advertisment in the New York Times saying that they were looking for an investment. Kornfeld and Lang responded to the advertisement and developed the idea of a three day concert. Roberts and Rosenman were originally planning to build a recording studio in Woodstock, New York. The concert was supposed to take place at Mills Industrial Park in Wallkill, New York, but townspeople protested.Many troubles with the location emerged. Many people were against having hippie corruption occur in their towns. Finally,Max Yasgur offered his 600 acre dairy farm.

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-Fences stopped being put up due to the unexpected expanding audience. The four men were expecting around 50,000 people and 500,000 ended up showing up. Woodstock became a free concert because of the difficultly to control such a large number of people. The taking down of the fences became a symbol for unity and togetherness without restrictions. The concert was all about acquiring a connection with others. Peace, Equality, Love, Tranquility, Togetherness were main concepts. =====