Stunner
06-16-2006, 08:21 PM
The original Woodstock concert site is going upscale this summer.
The $70 million Bethel Woods Center for the Arts opens July 1 with a classical concert just over the hill from where Jimi Hendrix and the Who took the stage 37 years ago.
The reincarnated performance venue will welcome back some 1960s stalwarts, although the summer schedule also features the New York Philharmonic and Ashlee Simpson. Developers want to attract crowds beyond the site's tie-dyed core constituency with an eclectic lineup and a pavilion featuring comfy seats and a roof to keep the rain out.
Promoters staged the Woodstock concert at Max Yasgur's farm in August 1969 after being rejected by the Catskill arts colony that gave the show its name. Some 400,000 people came to the rural corner 80 miles northwest of New York City for a rainy weekend that is considered a seminal event of the decade.
Credit: Newswatch50.com
The $70 million Bethel Woods Center for the Arts opens July 1 with a classical concert just over the hill from where Jimi Hendrix and the Who took the stage 37 years ago.
The reincarnated performance venue will welcome back some 1960s stalwarts, although the summer schedule also features the New York Philharmonic and Ashlee Simpson. Developers want to attract crowds beyond the site's tie-dyed core constituency with an eclectic lineup and a pavilion featuring comfy seats and a roof to keep the rain out.
Promoters staged the Woodstock concert at Max Yasgur's farm in August 1969 after being rejected by the Catskill arts colony that gave the show its name. Some 400,000 people came to the rural corner 80 miles northwest of New York City for a rainy weekend that is considered a seminal event of the decade.
Credit: Newswatch50.com