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Carlos Santana, Ringo Starr Confirmed For Bethel Woods' Woodstock Anniversary
The lineup for the Woodstock anniversary celebration at the historic rock festival's original site have been confirmed for Aug. 15–17 by the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, with performances by the Doobie Brothers, Arlo Guthrie, Carlos Santana, Ringo Starr, and the Edgar Winter Band. Titled "A Season of Song & Celebration," this is distinct from the official Woodstock 50 event being planned by the 1969 festival's original organizer Michael Lang.
On Aug. 15 — the day the original fest began — the Bethel Woods Center will screen Woodstock: The Director's Cut on the historic field. Ringo Starr will be joined by Arlo Guthrie and the Edgar Winter Band on stage on Aug. 16. Carlos Santana and the Doobie Brothers' Aug. 17 date at Bethel Woods is part of their summer Supernatural Now tour.
"We are humbled by the interest in the anniversary year and we realized it was greater than we'd ever dreamed," said Darlene Fedun, the Center's CEO. "We recognize the importance of this place to so many, and our mission of preservation and interpretation of the 1960s is central to A Season of Song & Celebration, as it provides our guests the opportunity to reflect, to learn and to celebrate the legacy of what occurred here."
The Center also expects to announce an Aug. 18 event in the future and invites email sign-ups for news updates on their Golden Anniversary web page.
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