--- description: It's been 50 years since Jimi Hendrix, Joe Cocker, The Who and more changed music forever title: Woodstock at 50 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta98c05b64a48dee8/698a00b3b3fce31b390c5502/woodstock-1969.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  Joe Cocker's band at the Woodstock Festival in Bethel, New York in 1969.Elliott Landy—Magnum Photos # Woodstock at 50 ## Woodstock 50 *  [Woodstock Had Some of the Most Legendary Performances in History. But Many Attendees Never Heard a Single Note](/collections/woodstock50/5638787/woodstock-festival-acoustics-sound-system/) byAndrew R. Chow *  [Not Everyone Who Performed at Woodstock Is Famous 50 Years Later. Here's What Happened to One Forgotten Star](/collections/woodstock50/5648246/woodstock-bert-sommer/) byLiesl Bradner *  [A New Woodstock Doc Offers a Hippie Nostalgia Trip. But It's Time to Think More Critically About the Festival](/collections/woodstock50/5638166/woodstock-pbs-generation-review/) byJudy Berman *  [People Were Born and Died at Woodstock. Here Are Their Stories](/collections/woodstock50/5641667/woodstock-50-health-care/) byCurrie Engel *  ['They Cleaned Up Pretty Well.' What Archeologists Found at the Farm Where Woodstock Was Held](/collections/woodstock50/5614796/woodstock-archaeology/) byJeffrey Kluger *  [Fyre Festival Was Awful, But It Had Nothing on Woodstock: A Brief History of Music Festivals Gone Wrong](/collections/woodstock50/4764559/fyre-festival-music-worst-failures/) byKevin Lui *  [Woodstock 50 Was Just Canceled. Here's Everything to Know About the Ill-Fated Festival](/collections/woodstock50/5639078/woodstock-50-explained/) byRaisa Bruner *  [Peace, Love, Music and Mud: LIFE at Woodstock](/collections/woodstock50/3506707/peace-love-music-and-mud-life-at-woodstock/) byBen Cosgrove *  [Watch the 10 Most Memorable Performances at Woodstock](/collections/woodstock50/5645697/woodstock-memorable-performances/) byRaisa Bruner *  [The Couple in This Famous Woodstock Album Cover Photo Is Still Together 50 Years Later](/collections/woodstock50/5644827/woodstock-photo-couple/) byOlivia B. Waxman *  [Max Yasgur Rented Out His Farm for Woodstock. His Neighbors Sued Him](/collections/woodstock50/5645555/woodstock-max-yasgur/) byRay Cavanaugh *  [5 Woodstock Photographers on the Images That Moved Them Most](/collections/woodstock50/5650211/woodstock-photographers-recall-favorite-photos/) byTIME Staff *  [How Music Festivals Became a Massive Business in the 50 Years Since Woodstock](/collections/woodstock50/5651255/business-of-music-festivals/) byMahita Gajanan Woodstock at 50: Remembering the Legendary music festival ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/woodstock50/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/woodstock50/"},"headline":"Woodstock at 50","description":"Remembering the legendary music festival","url":"https://time.com/collections/woodstock50/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:19.263Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:18.993Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":13,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta98c05b64a48dee8/698a00b3b3fce31b390c5502/woodstock-1969.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/woodstock50/","name":"Woodstock at 50"}}]}] ```