WOODSTOCK SOUND FESTIVAL BEFORE WOODSTOCK FLYER/ POSTER

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BEFORE WOODSTOCK THERE WAS WOODSTOCK SOUND FESTIVAL.
Woodstock Sound-Outs
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Woodstock Sound-Outs
or soundouts were mini-festivals held outside
Woodstock, NY
from 1967 to 1970. They were the brainchild of John "Jocko" Moffitt, a roofer and drummer. He had heard about a number of folk festivals in his native California, and he wanted to stage a rock festival in a country setting. Planning for the event began in 1966 and by the early spring of 1967 performers like
Richie Havens
were being tentatively booked.
The first festival was sited at Pan Copeland's farm outside Woodstock—just south of Route 212 on Glasco Turnpike. The festival featured over twenty music acts including
Richie Havens
,
Tim Hardin
, Billy Batson,
Kenny Rankin
and
Phil Ochs
. Two thousand people attended the three-day event and the outdoor concert itself came together so quickly that the greater community was largely unaware that it had taken place. Moffitt co-promoted the event with Steve Bishop
Over the weekend of August 30, 31 and September 1 the Colwell-Winfield Blues Band, Frank Wakefield,
Cat Mother & the All Night Newsboys
, Peter Walker,
Procol Harum
, Scott Fagan and others performed. The Pablo Light Show was present at the July 19 and 20 show, the Pentacle Light Show was scheduled for August 16 and 17 and the Rose Window Light Show for the late August event. Each of these concerts drew from 500 to 1,000 attendees.