How many people attended the 1969 Woodstock festival?
History medium Data from 1969
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The answer
400,000 people
Roughly 400K.
Around 400,000 people showed up at Woodstock, against about 50,000 tickets sold. The organisers gave up on fencing and admission entirely on the first day, which turned a business into a legend and a financial disaster at the same time.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Contemporary press accounts and organiser estimates |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 1969 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | people |
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