The Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival held on a 600-acre (2.4-km2) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969. Thirty-two acts performed during the sometimes rainy weekend in front of nearly half a million concertgoers. It is widely regarded as one of the greatest moments in popular music history and was listed on Rolling Stones "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock and Roll".
The musical artists who performed at Woodstock and the songs that they played are listed below.
Friday, August 15 to Saturday, August 16
The first day officially began at 5:07 p.m. with Richie Havens and featured folk artists.
Richie Havens
Richie Havens – guitar, vocals
Paul "Deano" Williams – guitar, vocals
Daniel Ben Zebulon – congas
5:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. "From the Prison" "Get Together" "From the Prison" (reprise) "I'm a Stranger Here" "High Flying Bird" "I Can't Make It Anymore" "With a Little Help from My Friends" (Beatles cover) "Handsome Johnny" "Strawberry Fields Forever / Hey Jude" (Beatles covers) "Freedom (Motherless Child)" (improvised lyrics)
Swami Satchidananda
6:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. Swami Satchidananda gave the invocation for the festival.
Sweetwater
Nansi Nevins – vocals, guitar
Fred Herrera – bass, vocals
Alex Del Zoppo – keyboards, vocals
Albert Moore – flute, vocals
R.G. Carlyle – guitar, bongos, vocals
Elpidio "Pete" Cobian – congas
Alan Malarowitz – drums
August Burns – cello
6:15 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. "Motherless Child" "Look Out" "For Pete's Sake" "Day Song" "What's Wrong" "My Crystal Spider" "Two Worlds" "Why Oh Why" "Let the Sunshine In" "Oh Happy Day"
Bert Sommer
Bert Sommer – guitar, vocals
Ira Stone – guitar, keyboards, harmonica
Charlie Bilello – bass
7:15 p.m. – 7:45 p.m. "Jennifer" "The Road to Travel" "I Wondered Where You'd Be" "She's Gone" "Things Are Goin' My Way" "And When It's Over" "Jeanette" "America" "A Note That Read" "Smile"
Tim Hardin
Tim Hardin – vocals, guitar
Richard Bock – cello
Ralph Towner – guitar, piano
Gilles Malkine – guitar
Glen Moore – bass
Muruga Booker – drums
8:30 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. (time disputed) "How Can We Hang On to a Dream?" "Once-Touched by Flame" "If I Were a Carpenter" "Reason to Believe" "You Upset the Grace of Living When You Lie" "Speak Like a Child" "Snow White Lady" "Blues on My Ceiling" "Simple Song of Freedom" "Misty Roses"
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar – sitar
Alla Rakha – tabla
Maya Kulkarni – tambura
12:00 a.m. – 12:45 a.m. (His performance totaled over 42 minutes, partially during a rainstorm) "Raga Puriya-Dhanashri/Gat In Sawarital" "Tabla Solo In Jhaptal" "Raga Manj Kmahaj (AIap, Jor, Dhun In Kaharwa Tal)"
Melanie
Melanie Safka – guitar, vocals
1:00 a.m. – 1:30 a.m. "Close to It All" "Momma Momma" "Beautiful People" "Animal Crackers" "Mr. Tambourine Man" "Tuning My Guitar" "Birthday of the Sun"
Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar
John Pilla – guitar
Bob Arkin – bass
Paul Motian – drums
1:45 a.m. – 2:15 a.m. "Coming into Los Angeles" "Wheel of Fortune" "Walkin' Down the Line" The Story of Moses "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" "Every Hand in the Land" "Amazing Grace"
Joan Baez
Joan Baez – vocals, guitar
Jeffrey Shurtleff – guitar, vocals
Richard Festinger – guitar
3:00 a.m. – 3:45 a.m. "Oh Happy Day" "The Last Thing on My Mind" "I Shall Be Released" Story about how federal marshals took husband David Harris into custody "Joe Hill" "Sweet Sir Galahad" "Hickory Wind" "Drug Store Truck Driving Man" (duet with Jeffrey Shurtleff) "One Day at a Time" "Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South" "Warm and Tender Love" "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" "We Shall Overcome"
Saturday, August 16 to Sunday, August 17
The day opened at 12:15 p.m. and featured some of the event's psychedelic and guitar rock headliners.
Quill
Dan Cole – vocals
Jon Cole – bass, vocals
Norman Rogers – guitar, vocals
Phil Thayer – keyboards, saxophone, flute
Roger North – drums
12:15 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. "They Live the Life" "That's How I Eat" "Driftin'" "Waiting for You"