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The Doclopedia #3,110
Alt. History Snippets: Woodstock, August 14-17, 1969
What Happened: Unlike our version of things, in another version the weather was great, there were no schedule problems, and the whole festival was a massive success on all fronts. Additionally, three acts, Led Zeppelin, Procol Harum, and Bob Dylan & The Band performed. 502,000 people attended.
The promoters were able to put up fences and ticket booths, so it never became a free concert. Although many local residents were against the festival, the influx of money and the fact that everything went well soothed many of them, as did the promise of no festival the next year.
The End Result: The festival took in $11,400,000.00 from ticket sales alone. When other things were factored in and then expenses paid, the final profit was just over $5,000,000.00. The albums and documentary movie were huge successes.
More importantly, Woodstock led to a whole series of other music festivals, which in turn led to feelings of empowerment to young people. Later festivals also had political and social booths, including voter registration. Many more young people voted in the following years than did in our timeline. American, and even Canadian, politics were changed. History was quite different after about 1976.
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