26 vintage photos of music festivals that will make you want to go back in time

It seems like every other week, there's a new music festival popping up around the country promising to be the greatest weekend ever. And in addition to all of these new ones, you have your staples like Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Hangout.But if you find yourself longing for the days of going to a concert without catching people culturally appropriating Native American headdresses, taking selfies every five seconds,or watching the show through their tiny phone screens as they record the whole thing, you might have just been born in the wrong time.Keep scrolling to see the real glory days of music festivals.Woodstock Music Festival took place over three days in August 1969.It was advertised as "Three Days of Peace and Music." Many famous musicians of the time played at the festival, including Santana, Grateful Dead, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.The people of Bethel, New York, were unprepared for the more than 400,000 people that showed up to the festival.Bethel is a small town in upstate New York that didn't have the infrastructure to deal with that many people. Apparently, the novice organizers were expecting around 50,000 attendees.You'd think that in 2018, with so many rules and regulations surrounding festivals, it'd be impossible to have another miscalculation like that. But 2017's failed Fyre Festival proved that there are still some kinks in the festival business.Woodstock attendees were called hippies which, at the time, was considered a derogatory term.Being a hippie now is trendytoday,flower crowns, tie-dye, and meditation are staples of many an Instagram celebrity.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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