Editing Woodstock, Illinois (section)

== Local culture ==
[[File:Woodstock Illinois square gazebo.jpeg|thumb|The bandstand in the center of the Woodstock Square]]

=== Local newspaper ===
''The Woodstock Independent'' is the award-winning local paper of record and is delivered weekly to subscribers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewoodstockindependent.com/about/|title=About the Woodstock Independent Newspaper|access-date=October 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017073720/http://www.thewoodstockindependent.com/about/|archive-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref> Published on Wednesdays, ''The Independent'' covers community news, events as well as local government and schools. ''The Independent'' also publishes ''The Torch'', a feature-oriented magazine delivered free to all Woodstock residents 8 or 9 times a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewoodstockindependent.com/torch/|title="The Torch" - A Special Publication of the Woodstock Independent|access-date=October 9, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017073847/http://www.thewoodstockindependent.com/torch/|archive-date=October 17, 2010}}</ref>

=== Music ===
Woodstock has become an important destination for live music in McHenry County and the region with venues featuring local, national, and international artists.

A number of organizations support and promote live music in Woodstock:
* Liquid Blues
* [[Jazz on the Square]]
* Off Square Music
* Opera Woodstock
* RIFF Productions
* Woodstock Folk Festival
* Woodstock City Band
* Potts & Pans Steelband<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pottsandpans.org|title=Potts & Pans, Inc. NFP|publisher=Pottsandpans.org|access-date=2013-11-21}}</ref>

=== Religion ===
Woodstock is home to many Protestant and Catholic churches, a Jewish congregation and The Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple since 2002.