Woodstock Effects On American History

In the year 1969, a big event occurred in America. It is known as Woodstock and it was a three day long gathering of all the people who supported pece during the controversial time of the Vietnam War. Roughly 500,000 people attended the gathering and 32 separate acts played in Bethal, New York at Max Yasgur’s dairy farm. The effects from this event in history are still being felt today, by American society.

Between August 15th and August 17th in the year 1969 the largest music festival in history was held at a dairy farm in upstate New York to celebrate peace and music. During the Vietnam War, More than half a million people were said to be there. But the effects from this concert in American history are still being felt today.

Woodstock inspired other festivals over time. Such as Coachella which started in 1999, which is also a three day long music and art festival. It also then inspired the Electric Daisy Carnival which had originally started as an underground rave. This Carnival is held in three different countries including the U.S. It started in the year 2009 and after the first few years this one day festival was
Over time it has become easier to access music free and legally. For example things like. Skull Candy, Spotify, and Pandora were in turn created letting us access any amount of music to our specific likings, and free. The idea behind Woodstock was to permeate our society and bring people back together. Over time after Woodstock people became more tolerant of all religious and cultural beliefs. Because it made people realize that in the end there is something out that can bring us all together, because we as people are not so different after all. Woodstock also promoted community spirit all over the country because it brought people together from all over no matter age, race, religious backgrounds, beliefs,