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Woodstock turns 40 — celebrate!
Get out your tie-dye T-shirts. Unbraid your hair. Crank up the old Volkswagen camper van. Dust off those old vinyl records. It’s time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, the three-day music and art festival that took place in 1969 on a farm in Bethel, New York and is now considered the most famous event in rock history.