Woodstock '94

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Woodstock '94
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Genre
DatesAugust 12–14, 1994
Location(s) Saugerties, New York, U.S.
Coordinates 42°05′24″N73°59′06″W / 42.09°N 73.985°W / 42.09; -73.985
Founders Michael Lang, John P. Roberts,
Joel Rosenman,
(Woodstock ventures)
Attendanceabout 350,000
Website The Woodstock Festivals
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Woodstock '94 was an American music festival held in 1994 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival of 1969. [1] [2] It was promoted as "2 More Days of Peace and Music". The poster used to promote the first concert was revised to feature two catbirds perched on the neck of an electric guitar, instead of the original one catbird on an acoustic guitar.

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The 1994 concert was scheduled for the weekend of August 13–14, [3] with a third day (Friday, August 12) added later. Tickets to the festival cost $135 each. [4] The weather was hot and dry on Friday but by early Saturday afternoon storms rolled in. The rains turned much of the field into mud. [1] [2]

The event took place on Winston Farm, just west of Saugerties, New York-about 100 miles (160 km) north of New York City and 70 miles (110 km) northeast of the original 1969 festival site near Bethel, which had 12,000 on hand to celebrate the silver anniversary. [5]

Though only 164,000 tickets were sold, [6] the crowd at Woodstock '94 was estimated at 350,000. [7] The size of the crowd was larger than concert organizers had planned for and by the second night many of the event policies were logistically unenforceable. The major issues related to security, when attendees arrived, left or returned to the site, and the official concert food and beverage vendor policy which initially restricted attendees from entering with supplies of food, drinks, and above all alcohol. With the concert site mostly enclosed by simple chain link fences, there was hardly any difficulty for many attendees to enter freely with beer and other banned items. The security staff, along with the entrance and exit staff, could not continue reasonable monitoring of the increasing number of people entering and exiting while at the same time maintaining safety, security, and a peaceful atmosphere.

Three deaths at the festival were confirmed. An unidentified 45-year-old male died on Saturday of suspected diabetes complications. On Sunday, a 20-year-old died of a ruptured spleen. Organizers also confirmed 5,000 were treated at medical tents and 800 were taken to hospitals. [8]

The festival was followed by Woodstock '99, also in New York at Rome. [9]

Performers and notable events during the festival

Friday, August 12

North Stage

Ravestock

Notable Events: Day 1

Saturday, August 13

North Stage

South Stage

Notable Events: Day 2

Sunday, August 14

North Stage

South Stage

Notable Events: Day 3

Other notes on performers

Declined invitations or missed connections

Broadcast and recordings

The Woodstock '94 festival was shot using the early analog HD 1125-line Hi-Vision system in a 16:9 aspect ratio. The footage would be used for later home packages and a planned theatrical documentary about the event. The HD footage was mixed live into standard definition 4:3 NTSC for cable TV broadcast. [36]

The Woodstock '94 festival was broadcast live on MTV via pay-per-view in the U.S. and Canada. In the UK, audio from the event was broadcast on BBC Radio 1.

Commercial releases

Highlights from the concert were later released as a double album set on November 4, 1994 on CD and cassette. The film about the event, directed by Bruce Gowers, was also released direct-to-video the same year on VHS and Laserdisc. Currently, there is no DVD, Blu-ray, or digital media release.

Since the release of the official album, various recordings of songs performed have been released officially; however, complete performances of entire sets have only been released unofficially as bootlegs. In 2019, a limited edition vinyl-only release of Green Day's performance was released for Record Store Day, making this one of the first official releases of an entire Woodstock '94 set.

Video and discography

See also

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