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Who played in Woodstock?

Most people know the big artists that played Woodstock — Santana, CCR, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Jimi Hendrix to name a few — but 34 acts were on the bill. The Friday lineup included Richie Havens, Swami Satchidananda, Sweetwater, Bert Sommer, Tim Hardin, Ravi Shankar, Melanie Safka, Arlo Guthrie and Joan Baez.

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Accordingly, did woodstock have bathrooms?

The organizers of Woodstock '94 had 2,800 toilets on hand, and the new Yankee Stadium, with a capacity of about 52,000 has 843 toilets, or about one toilet for every 62 fans.
What Happened to Baby born at Woodstock?
Tiber said the baby was taken away, though the mother came by in a cab a few weeks later with her baby in a blanket. He didn't get any names. He never heard from them again. After four decades, the Woodstock baby trail has gotten colder.

People also ask what did woodstock smell like?

First and foremost, Woodstock smelled like damp soil, mud, cigarettes, weed, patchouli (the head-shoppy sort) and unwashed bodies. Cheapest booze with a bang was on everyone's breath; fruity fortified wines, hoppy beers.
Keeping this in consideration, why did they stop doing woodstock?
Woodstock 50 was canceled on , after a series of permit and production issues, venue relocations, and artist cancellations.

Consequently, why did woodstock stop?

A week later, the festival's funder Dentsu Aegis Network abruptly announced it was canceling the festival because it couldn't produce "an event worthy of the Woodstock Brand name while also ensuring the health and safety of the artists, partners and attendees." Roger Daltrey would probably agree.
Who played at Woodstock 2022?
On Saturday, May 14th, the 2022 Season of the Woodstock Summer Concert Series begins with Marshall Charloff & Purple Xperience. The Purple Xperience is a five-piece group hailing from Prince's birthplace, Minneapolis, MN. They have been touring around the country since 2011.

And another question: was led zeppelin invited to woodstock?

Led Zeppelin was asked to play Woodstock, but the band's manager, Peter Grant, turned it down. Robert Plant told Jimmy Fallon in 2010, "Our management thought we would be typecast." Apparently, Grant didn't want Zep to just be another act in a bill of many.
Thereof, did woodstock lose money?
Before Woodstock was a cultural phenomenon, it was a financial fiasco. Organizers behind the legendary music festival in upstate New York, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this summer, said they wound up $1.3 million in debt after the historic 1969 event-roughly $9 million in today's dollars.

In respect to this, who brought reggae?

Jamaicans
Reggae is a musical genre developed by Jamaicans of African ancestry in the late 1960s. Reggae bands incorporate musical idioms from many different genres, including mento (a Jamaican folk genre), ska, rocksteady, calypso, and American soul music and rhythm and blues.

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