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was a rock music festival that took place near , New York in a town called Bethel. The festival took place over three days, August 15, 16, and 17, 1969. The original plan for was an outdoor rock festival, "three days of peace and music" in the Catskill village ....

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.... in 1967 inspired the festival (Sandow, 1). The partners eventually rented a field from a prominent local dairy farmer, Max Yasgur, who owned land about 48 miles from . Early in the week before the festival, it became clear that the event was going to draw a much larger audience than expected. People from as far away as Michigan and California came to listen to the 24 rock groups ("Age, 1"). Thousands more people would have come if police had not blocked off access roads. By the day before the official opening, traffic jams miles long blocked most roads leading to the area. The intense traffic on Route 17B towards Bethel, ....