Was any festival as large as Woodstock 1969?

On this day in History, Woodstock Music Festival concludes on Aug 17, 1969. Learn more about what happened today on History. read more

According to a list of the Top 10 Largest Music Festivals In The World, several recent music festivals have been larger than Woodstock. The largest on the list is “Donauinselfest – Vienna, Austria – 3.1 million Attendees in 2014.” read more

The Woodstock Festival was a three-day concert (which rolled into a fourth day) that involved lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n roll - plus a lot of mud. The Woodstock Music Festival of 1969 has become an icon of the 1960s hippie counterculture. read more

Having sex at Woodstock 1969 was at the same level of other festivals of this kind. The only difference was an emerging trend (like hippies) that time, which triggered an exaggerated openness. Otherwise, it wasn’t an orgy festival. Now music festivals are better equipped and people have a stronger decency. read more