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Greensburg rock group heads to Woodstock farm for festival’s 55th anniversary

Patrick Varine
By Patrick Varine
1 Min Read June 14, 2024 | 2 years Ago
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Greensburg rock group the Derek Woods Band is headed back to Woodstock.

While the festival has only happened a few times, the Yasgur family farm near the festival site in Bethel, N.Y., has hosted the Yasgur Road Reunion music festival where Woods had a chance to play on Woodstock’s 50th anniversary in 2019.

“It’s surreal to be on the farm, the grounds where it all happened,” Woods said. “The spirit of Woodstock is very much alive in Bethel.”

The Hempfield musician and his band will head back to the farm to perform as part of the 55th anniversary of the 1969 festival, where hundreds of thousands of people packed the Yasgur farm — as well as the highways and roads leading into Bethel — for three days billed as “peace, love and music.”

The festival saw star-making performances for rock legends like Jimi Hendrix, Santana and Crosby Stills & Nash.

The Yasgur Road Reunion will be Aug. 16-18. The Derek Woods Band will perform on Aug. 17. Tickets range from $22.99 to $105 and are available at YasgurRoadCampgrounds.com.

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Patrick Varine is a TribLive reporter covering Delmont, Export and Murrysville. He is a Western Pennsylvania native and joined the Trib in 2010 after working as a reporter and editor with the former Dover Post Co. in Delaware. He can be reached at pvarine@triblive.com.

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