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Professional Live Music
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The most notorious of all live music
entertainment is, of course, Woodstock. There
have been other live music entertainment venues
that were held with not quite so many attendees
but with the same sort of peaceful theme and
atmosphere as the Woodstock festival such as the
Monterey Pop festival which was held two years
prior to Woodstock. There are some similarities
between both Woodstock and other entertainment
venues. Live music entertainment is a great way
for people to come together with a common
interest because they provide an outlet for
hippies and people of all ages.
The Monterey music festival was held in 1967 at
the Monterey Fairground in California. Over two
hundred thousand guests attended the event. The
Monterey music festival featured big hits like
the Mamas and Papas, Country Joe and the Fish,
and Jefferson Airplane just to name a few. Only
one performer was paid to perform and the
proceeds from the live music entertainment were
donated to charity. The Monterey music festival
was a ground breaking phenomenon that may have
given birth to other gatherings. But sadly, here
was no second annual Monterey Pop experience
The Woodstock music festival held in Bethel, NY
is one of the more famous venues that have
occurred in America. Woodstock promoted peace,
love, and happiness with 3 days of music on a
600 acre track of dairy farm land. Originally
the live music entertainment was going to have
ticket booths to charge admission for the
concert, but they did not get put up in time
before people started their pilgrimage to the
event. Over five hundred thousand people
attended with only two deaths occurring and 2
births occurring as well. Many bands performed
such as, The Band, CCR, Grateful Dead, Canned
Heat, Melanie, Santana, and The Who. The 600
acre farm took five days to clean up but many
people stayed to clean up after the festival.
In recent years there have been several reunions
of the Woodstock festival. In 1994 there was a
huge Woodstock reunion called Woodstock 94. It
was the twenty-fifth anniversary of the original
Woodstock festival and their logo stated it was
2 more days of peace and love. Many bands
performed including Metallica, Nine Inch Nails,
and Live. There were only seven bands that
performed at both the original Woodstock
festival and the Woodstock 1994 reunion. A few
of those bands were Santana, The Band, and Joe
Cocker. Woodstock 1994 was later dubbed Mudstock
due to a massive rainstorm during the concert.
Like the original Woodstock, people helped
others by giving food and sharing.
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