Woodstock Organizer Michael Lang Dead At 77
January 9, 2022, 2 years ago
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Lang, co-creator of the legendary Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August 1969 that proved to be a generation-defining touchstone, has died. He was 77.
Lang died of complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma at Sloan Kettering hospital in New York City, a representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.
Music business promoters and entrepreneurs — Lang, Rosenman, Artie Kornfeld, and John Roberts — met and discussed the idea for a unique music festival in January 1969. To bring it about, they formed a company, Woodstock Ventures. The four producers promoted the festival as a weekend gathering of the younger generation away from the hassles of everyday life.
The Woodstock Music And Art Fair was held between August 15th and August 18th, 1969 on Max Yasgur's dairy farm in Bethel, New York. 400,000 people showed up to watch 32 bands perform including Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, The Band, Ten Years After, Sly And The Family Stone, Johnny Winter, Jefferson Airplane And Joe Cocker.
