Arts & Entertainment
Woodstock 50 Festival Officially Canceled
Court battles, permit denials and artist cancellations led to the festival's demise.
You can put the tie-dyed shirts and the bong made out of a potato away. The Woodstock 50 festival, which had hoped to celebrate the 50 year anniversary of the 1969 festival, has been officially canceled.
The golden anniversary of Woodstock was to have taken place Aug. 16-18 in Watkins Glen, but court battles, permit denials and artist cancellations led organizer Michael Lang, an Ulster County resident, to formally pull the plug, the Poughkeepsie Journal reported.
Over recent days, such artists as Jay-Z, Santana, Miley Cyrus and 1969 festival performers County Joe McDonald and John Sebastian announced their departures from the lineup.
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The Woodstock 50 anniversary festival has been cancelled, bringing to a conclusion a messy saga that began earlier this year https://t.co/pM6c0w0cbI pic.twitter.com/M8GY2TmG7Y
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 31, 2019
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, the site of the original Woodstock festival is hosting events marking the anniversary, featuring concerts by Ringo Starr, John Fogerty and Santana.
Read the complete Poughkeepsie Journal article written by John Barry.
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