Woodstock 50 isn’t happening, but that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate this weekend!
Original recordings from the music festival are airing live on Philadelphia’s WXPN 88.5 FM, so music fans can relive the 1969 festival in the exact order it went down. The broadcast is airing as accurately possible, which started at 5:07 p.m. EST on Thursday, August 15th.
Uncut audio from start to finish delivers Woodstock — As it Happened — 50 Years On all weekend long. Using footage from The Definitive 50th Anniversary Archive box set, the broadcast features set breaks and stage announcements, along with all the legendary performances.
WXPN Associate General Manager for Programming Bruce Warren said:
“From the movie that came out in March of 1970, to the numerous collections of recordings released over the years, there has yet to be a full authentic musical account of the concert until now. WXPN is going to pay the most effective tribute to the music, the way it was originally performed, at exactly the same times the sets were performed to give our listeners a feel for how it all really went down.”
See the full Woodstock rebroadcast schedule below. Tune in via the WXPN website.
Woodstock Broadcast Schedule
Thursday, August 15
5:07 p.m. — Richie Havens
7:10 p.m. — Swami Satchidanadna
7:30 p.m. — Sweetwater
8:30 p.m. — Bert Sommer
9:20 p.m. — Tim Hardin
10:20 p.m. — Ravi Shankar
11:20 p.m. — Melanie
11:55 p.m. — Arlo Guthrie
Friday, August 16
12:55 a.m. — Joan Baez
12:30 p.m. — Quill
1:20 p.m. — Country Joe McDonald
2 p.m. — Santana
3:30 p.m. — John B. Sebastian
4:45 p.m. — The Keef Hartley Band
6 p.m. — The Incredible String Band
7:30 p.m. — Canned Heat
9 p.m. — Mountain
10:30 p.m. — Grateful Dead
Saturday, August 17
12:30 a.m. — Creedence Clearwater Revival
2 a.m. — Janis Joplin
3:30 a.m. — Sly & The Family Stone
5 a.m. — The Who
8 a.m. — Jefferson Airplane
2 p.m. — Joe Cocker
6:30 p.m. — Country Joe & The Fish
8:15 p.m. — Ten Years After
10 p.m. — The Band
Sunday, August 18
12 a.m. — Johnny Winter
1:30 a.m. — Blood, Sweat & Tears
3 a.m. — Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
6 a.m. — The Butterfield Blues Band
7:30 a.m. — Sha Na Na
9 a.m. — Jimi Hendrix
Source: Consequence of Sound