Editing Woodstock (section)

===Woodstock 40th anniversary ===
There was worldwide media interest in the 40th anniversary of Woodstock in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |first=Steve |last=Israel |url=http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090813%2FNEWS%2F908130341 |title=Woodstock media frenzy as date draws closer |newspaper=[[Times Herald-Record]] |date=August 13, 2009 |access-date=July 30, 2011 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608164422/http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20090813%2FNEWS%2F908130341 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A number of activities to commemorate the festival took place around the world. On August 15, at the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts overlooking the original site, the largest assembly of Woodstock performing alumni since the original 1969 festival performed in an eight-hour concert in front of a sold-out crowd. Hosted by [[Country Joe McDonald]], the concert featured [[Big Brother and the Holding Company]] performing [[Janis Joplin]]'s hits (she actually appeared with the [[Kozmic Blues Band]] at Woodstock, although that band did feature former Big Brother guitarist [[Sam Andrew]]), [[Canned Heat]], [[Ten Years After]], [[Jefferson Starship]], [[Mountain (band)|Mountain]] and headliners the [[Levon Helm]] Band. At Woodstock, Levon Helm played drums and was one of the lead vocalists with the Band. [[Paul Kantner]] was the only member of the 1969 Jefferson Airplane lineup to appear with Jefferson Starship. [[Tom Constanten]], who played keyboard with the Grateful Dead at Woodstock, joined Jefferson Starship on stage for several numbers. [[Jocko Marcellino]] from [[Sha Na Na]] also appeared, backed up by [[Canned Heat]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/arts/music/17heroes.html |title=Back to the Garden, Without the Shock, or All That Mud |first=Jon |last=Pareles |date=August 16, 2009 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=February 23, 2017 |archive-date=February 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215031441/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/17/arts/music/17heroes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Richie Havens, who opened the Woodstock festival in 1969, appeared at a separate event the previous night.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20090814/ENT04/90814008/1038/ent/Woodstock-40th-anniversary-at-Bethel-Woods--Richie-Havens-has-finished-his-performance |title=Woodstock 40th anniversary: Richie Havens kicks off festivities |first=John W. |last=Barry |newspaper=[[Poughkeepsie Journal]] |date=August 14, 2009 |url-access=subscription |access-date=August 21, 2009 |archive-date=May 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518094828/http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20090814/ENT04/90814008/1038/ent/Woodstock-40th-anniversary-at-Bethel-Woods--Richie-Havens-has-finished-his-performance |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Crosby, Stills & Nash]] and [[Arlo Guthrie]] also marked the anniversary with live performances at Bethel earlier in August 2009.

Another event occurred in [[Hawkhurst]], Kent (UK), at a [[Summer of Love]] party, with acts including two of the participants at the original Woodstock, [[Barry Melton]] of Country Joe and the Fish and [[Robin Williamson]] of the Incredible String Band, plus Santana and Grateful Dead cover bands.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shewan.co.uk/music/sol/2009/index.html |title=Return to the Summer of Love Soulstock 2009 |website=Deadhead UK |access-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-date=May 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523064523/http://www.shewan.co.uk/music/sol/2009/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On August 14 and 15, 2009, a 40th anniversary tribute concert was held in Woodstock, Illinois, and was the only festival to receive the official blessing of the "Father of Woodstock", Artie Kornfeld.<ref name="Kornfeld gives event blessing">{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=313625&src=58 |title=Kornfeld gives event blessing |newspaper=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights)|Daily Herald]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801110837/http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=313625&src=58 |archive-date=August 1, 2013 }}</ref> Kornfeld later made an appearance in Woodstock with the event's promoters.

Also in 2009, [[Michael Lang (producer)|Michael Lang]] and Holly George-Warren published ''[[The Road to Woodstock]]'', which describes Lang's involvement in the creation of the Woodstock Music & Arts Festival, and includes personal stories and quotes from central figures involved in the event.