Vocabulary – Atlanta International Pop Festival
Woodstock Noun Woodstock Music & Art Fair (informally,
Woodstock or The Woodstock Festival) was a
music festival, billed as “An Aquarian Exposition: 3
Days of Peace & Music”. It was held at Max
Yasgur’s 600-acre (2.4 km²; 240 ha, 0.94 mi²) dairy
farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White
Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from
August 15 to August 18, 1969. Bethel, in Sullivan
County, is 43 miles (69 km) southwest of the town
of Woodstock, New York, in adjoining Ulster
County.
During the sometimes rainy weekend, thirty-two
acts performed outdoors in front of 500,000
concert-goers.[2] It is widely regarded as a pivotal
moment in popular music history. Rolling Stone
called it one of the 50 Moments That Changed the
History of Rock and Roll.[3]
Brainchild Noun an original plan or idea attributed to a person or
group
Promoter Noun a person or organization that stages an
entertainment or an athletic or other public event