Rival Woodstock anniversary events planned for 2019

Live Nation-backed Bethel Woods Festival, held on the original festival site in Bethel, NY, will go head to head with Michael Lang's official Woodstock 50 event

News By | 2 January 2019

BWCA is located on the site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival © Bethel Woods Center for the Arts

Bethel Woods Center for the Arts (BWCA), the events venue located on the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival, has finalised plans for a 50th-anniversary event this August, in partnership with Live Nation and marketing agency Invnt.

Bethel Woods Music and Culture Festival, set for 16 to 18 August 2019, will celebrate the legendary festival’s golden anniversary with “live performances from prominent and emerging artists spanning multiple genres and decades”, as well as “TED-style talks from leading futurists and retro-tech experts”,…

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