a music festival, held over three days in 1969 near the town of Woodstock in New York State, where about 500,000 young people went to see rock, pop, and folksingers and bands, such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and The Who. It is remembered especially for the hippies who attended it, and is seen as a very typical example of the hippie culture.