0_Wizard
So many people met at the Music & Art Fair - Woodstock back in 1969. Were you in attendance by chance?
The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock— was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of over 400,000.
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The Woodstock Music & Art Fair—informally, the Woodstock Festival or simply Woodstock— was a music festival in the United States in 1969 which attracted an audience of over 400,000. Scheduled for August 15–17 on a dairy farm in the Catskill Mountains of southern New York State, northwest of New York City, it ran over to Monday,   Billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music", it was held at Max Yasgur's dairy farm near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel. In Sullivan County, Bethel is southwest of the town of Woodstock in adjoining Ulster County. During the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of more than 400,000 people.
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1_Apprentice
Not, I was not born at the time, but it ceirtainly looks like it would have been fun.  Any idea how many people attended?
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There were more then 400,000 people in attendance and they watched 32 different acts perform
During the sometimes rainy weekend, 32 acts performed outdoors before an audience of more than 400,000 people.
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The X Factor (UK TV series)
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1_Apprentice
That is a lot, and anything happened there to make so famous?  I always hear about it, but I'm not really sure what it was so special.