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Woodstock is a town in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 6,241 at the 2000 census.

The Town of Woodstock is in the northern part of the county. Woodstock is northwest of Kingston, New York and lies within the borders of Catskill State Park.

The town is famous for lending its name to the Woodstock Festival, actually held many miles away in Bethel, New York in Sullivan County.

The 1903 Byrdcliffe Art Colony is the nation's oldest Arts & Crafts colony. It brought the first artists to Woodstock to teach and produce furniture, metal works, ceramics, weaving and established Woodstock's first painting school. Byrdcliffe forever changed the cultural landscape of the Town of Woodstock.

The town is home to the Woodstock Artists Association, the oldest artists organization of its kind in the country. Byrdcliffe artists were instrumental in its founding. The Art Students League of New York's summer school was in Woodstock for more then thirty years from 1947 until 1979. The Woodstock School of Art has been operating since 1980.

The Woodstock Guild, also founded by Byrdcliffe artists in 1939 is now the steward of the 350 acre Byrdcliffe Colony. It is a multi-cultural organization which sponsors exhibitions, classes, concerts, dance and theatre events and runs the oldest craft shop in Woodstock, the Fleur de Lis Gallery featuring over 60 artists. Byrdcliffe is on the National Register of Historic Places and is a haven for today's artists.

The town has long been a mecca for artists, musicians, and writers, even before the music festival made the name "Woodstock" famous. The town has a separate "Artist's Cemetery". Film and art festivals attract big names, and hundreds of musicians have come to Woodstock to record.

Communities and locations in Woodstock, NY

• Bearsville -- A hamlet at the junction of Routes NY-212 and 45, west of Woodstock village.
• Byrdcliffe -- A location near the junction of Routes 212 and 33, northwest of Woodstock village.
• Cooper Lake -- A small lake south of Lake Hill and Shady.
• Daisy -- A hamlet east of Woodstock village near the east town line.
• Lake Hill -- A hamlet on Route 33.
• Meads -- A location north of Woodstock village.
• Montoma -- A hamlet south of Woodstock near the town line with the Town of Hurley.
• Mount Tobias -- A mountain in the central part of the town.
• Overlook Mountain -- A mountain in the northeast part of the town.
• Shady -- A hamlet north of Byrdcliffe on Route 212.
• Willow -- A hamlet in the northwest part of the town on Route 212.
• Wittenberg -- A hamlet at the junction of Routes 40 and 45, southwest of Bearsville.
• Woodstock -- The hamlet of Woodstock and the principal center of local service for the town. The Woodstock Elgin Creamery was established in 1898 at a site now located on the corner of Maple Lane and Deanies Alley.
• Zena -- A hamlet east of Woodstock village in the southeast part of the town.

The Woodstock Music and Art Festival was a rock festival held at Max Yasgur's 600 acre (2.4 km²) dairy farm in the rural town of Bethel, New York from August 15 to August 18, 1969. For many, it exemplified the counterculture of the 1960s and the "hippie era". Many of the best-known musicians of the time appeared during the rainy weekend, captured in a successful 1970 movie, Woodstock. Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock", which memorialized the event, became a major hit for Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Though attempts have been made over the years to recreate the festival, the original Woodstock festival of 1969 has proven to be unique and legendary.

Woodstock 1969, Rock 'n' Roll Music

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