21 Amazing Photos From Woodstock

Jimi Hendrix setting the stage on fire with a fringed jacket, Janis Joplin viewing her drink through the orange lenses of her glasses, a festival goer napping on the roof of her car in a traffic jam: these are some of the moments that made history of Woodstock in 1969. This iconic event which offered “three days of peace and music” changed the face of music as well as the festival fashion that would later triumph.

It all began on August 15 on a 250-acre dairy farm near the town of Woodstock, New York. The bill included 32 bands, including The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Joan Baez and The Grateful Dead. Pre-sale tickets cost only $18, even though nearly half of the 400,000 visitors entered without paying, passing through holes in the fence. They climbed scaffolding, walked barefoot in the fields and enjoyed life during four days of legendary concerts. The unofficial dress code was washed jeans, suede, knits, macramé, and tons of tie-dyed fabrics. Below, some vintage photos that capture the magic of the festival.