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Also Known As	The Woodstock Music and Art Fair
Date	August 15, 1969 - August 17, 1969
Location	New York • United States • Bethel
Participants	Joan Baez • the Band • Creedence Clearwater Revival • Grateful Dead • Jimi Hendrix • Jefferson Airplane • Janis Joplin • Ravi Shankar • Sly and the Family Stone • the Who

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