The first free rock festival, held near Bethel, New York, over three days in August 1969. It was attended by 400,000 people, and performers included the Band, Country Joe and the Fish, the Grateful Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, and the Who. The festival was a landmark in the youth culture of the 1960s (see hippie) and was recorded in the film Woodstock (1970).
Green stands for agriculture, the lush vegetation, and the enduring vitality of the population. Gold symbolizes warmth, the bright spirit of the people, and the golden sands. Blue represents the sky and sea. Effective date: 24 October 1985.