Updated: Watkins Glen International Terminates Site License for Woodstock 50
(Updated 10:00 p.m.) According to the Poughkeepsie Journal, despite the loss of Watkins Glen as the venue for Woodstock 50, organizers are still pressing on. The paper quotes Woodstock official Gregory Peck in a statement issued Monday evening, “We are in discussions with another venue to host Woodstock 50 on Aug. 16-18 and look forward […]
Promoter Michael Lang Insists Woodstock 50 Still On
Update (2:52pm): Michael Lang sent out an email with the following statement: Dear Woodstock Friends It seems in a way that history is repeating itself. In July of 1969 we lost our site in Walkill and with only a month to go we managed to move to Bethel. Woodstock was going to happen no matter […]
Update: Woodstock 50 Capped at 75,000? Permitting Cited as Hold-Up for Ticket Sales
Updated 4:15: Bloomberg quotes promoter Michael Lang saying weekend passes for Woodstock 50 will cost “around $450.” Lang is also exploring expanding the festival to an annual event, taking place at locations around the world. Tickets for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair were supposed to have gone on sale […]
Blackberry Smoke Bring Their “Break It Down” Acoustic Show To Ithaca, NY
On Thursday April 4, 2019, the Atlanta, Georgia southern rock band Blackberry Smoke pulled into the historic State Theatre in the beautiful downtown Ithaca Commons area as a stop on their 2019 “Break It Down” spring acoustic tour. Blackberry Smoke is currently on tour promoting their newly released EP, The Southern Ground Sessions, during this […]
The Final Four of NYS Music’s March Madness
And then there were 4…. Two weeks ago, we started with 64 artists from across New York State, now we’re here. Four bands from Binghamton, Buffalo, and a pair from Syracuse remain representing genres of prog rock, jam, reggae and drum fusion, bringing us into the home stretch of friendly competition with these rising bands […]