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The Story Behind Woodstock **Creators **


 * The event was created by four individuals [|Michael Lang] , [|John Roberts] , [|Joel Rosenman] , and [|Artie Kornfeld] .
 * Roberts and Rosenman put out an add in the //New York Times// along with //The Wall Street Journal// looking for, “Young men with unlimited capital looking for interesting, legitimate investment opportunities and business propositions.”[|[4]]
 * Lang and Kornfeld, whom had minimal experience with putting on shows, responded to the advertisments of Roberts and Rosenman with the plan for a recording studio, based in the retreat-like setting of Woodstock, New York. This evolved into the idea of putting on a concert of much smaller proportions than it ended up being, and had the hopes of pulling in a few big name local musicians such as Bob Dylan and The Band, and it soon evolved into a much bigger event.
 * It was intended to be a profitable event, whoever latter became a free concert and the four who created the event were left in huge debt.


 * Location **
 * Originally location was set to be in Woodstock, New York, however due to citizens of Woodstock found reason to say no once they heard of the size of the concert.
 * They put out an ad and subsequently Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York became the new location for the event.