Woodstock Performers In Order Of Appearance

Richie Havens, the 1969 Woodstock opener, started the concert around 5 p.m. on August 15, Friday.

The Greenwich folk singer performed eight songs including "Motherless Child" as encores. His appearance at the festival brought him into stardom as a turning point in his career.

Swami Satchidananda

At the Woodstock, Swami Satchidananda, a yoga guru opened the event by leading a prayer of peace and love. After that, he was known as "The Woodstock Guru".

Sweetwater, the pioneer of psychedelic rock and classical fusion style was the second band to perform at the Woodstock event.

They arrived on Friday afternoon due to a traffic jam and performed at 6:15 pm. They performed ten songs at the music event.

Bert Sommer, a folk singer and former member of "The Left Banke", performed around 7:15 pm, after the Sweetwater at Woodstock event.

Sommer performed ten songs at the three-day festival, including "Jennifer", "Jeanette" and others.

Woodstock festival lineup includes Tim Hardin, a Greenwich Village folk musician and composer. He appeared at the 1969 festival where he performed with his band.

Among the ten songs, he sang two solo songs "Misty Roses" and "If I Were a Carpenter".

The prominent Bengali-Indian music genius, Ravi Shankar made his appearance in the Woodstock event in 1969.

Shankar played over 40 minutes in the rain on Friday evening at 10 pm. He was well-known for teaching "sitar" to George Harrison and his work with him made him more famous.

Melanie is a popular singer from the United States, best known for the 1970s hit song "Brand New Key".

At the Woodstock event, she gave her performance at 11 pm on Friday throughout the rain.

Later, she wrote a song "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" based on her experience at the Woodstock music festival which became her international breakthrough.

Woodstock's lineup 1969 in order includes Arlo Guthrie, an American folk singer best known for singing songs on protest against social injustice.

"Alice's Restaurant Massacree", an 18-minute long song, is considered his best-known work. Arlo performed at the event on Friday.

The day one Woodstock event's last performance was from the most prominent protest and folk singer, Joan Baez. She played twelve songs including her hits.

Joan started at about 1 am and finished the event with her beautiful voice.

Woodstock 1969 band lineup for day two kicked off with the wonderful Boston band, Quill on August 16, Saturday. The band performed four songs at the event

They received national attention after performing at the Woodstock event.

Country Joe McDonald was the lead vocalist of the band The Fish who performed at Woodstock 1969 event. He made a solo performance at the event without his band members.

For half an hour, Country Joe performed a simple but relaxed solo performance. Later, on Sunday McDonald came back with his band to perform at the event.

Santana, an American rock band gave the best performance at the Woodstock 1969 music event. The band introduced Latin Rock Fusion at the event.

Santana started to perform at 2:00 pm on Saturday and was able to hit the nerve of the crowd pretty well. Their seven songs and 11-minute instrumental "Soul Sacrifice" were the major highlight of the show.

John Sebastian, the founder of the rock band "The Lovin' Spoonful", is a prominent musician who made an impromptu appearance at the Woodstock festival.

He created mesmerizing environment by performing five songs including, "I Had A Dream", "Rainbows All Over Your Blues" and others which were especially, dedicated to newborn babies at the event.

One of the few British bands that performed at the Woodstock music festival, The Keef Hartley Band is best known for blending elements of jazz, blues, and rock.

They performed at the event to promote their album "Halfbreed (1969)".

The Scottish acoustic band, Incredible String Band played folk songs with psychedelic influences at the Woodstock event in 1969.

The band was scheduled to perform on Friday but due to rain, they refused to play. On Saturday at 6:00 pm, the band throws their huge performance in front of half a million attendees.

Canned Heat is a blue and rock band from America, that received massive attention from the audiences at the Woodstock music event in 1969.

The band hit the stage on Saturday at 7:30 pm. They performed six songs among them "Woodstock Boogie" which was 30 minutes jam.

Mountain is a hard rock band, credited for the development of heavy metal music in the 1970s. The band performed on Saturday around 9:00 pm.

They performed their fourth live gig at Woodstock Festival where they presented heavy blues rock, mainly influenced by the popular band "Cream".

The Grateful Dead is well-known for featuring rock, folk, blues, country, jazz, and other genres in their live gigs. They hit the stage on Saturday at 10:30 pm.

The band's performance was delayed because of heavy rain and technical issues, this took the band a little longer time than other bands.

Creedence Clearwater Revival, known as CCR in short, is a rock band who are heavily influenced by the blues music that came out of Louisiana.

At the Woodstock event, they started at 12:30 pm late at night, and despite that, they didn't fail to impress the audiences through their live gigs.

Janis Joplin is one of the most prominent rock music performers of her era, known for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals. 

Before she died in 1970, Janis made a huge appearance in the Woodstock festival lineup in 1969. She performed around 2 am on Saturday, presenting her ten songs.

Sly and the Family Stone was presented on the list of performers at Woodstock in 1969. The band was a pioneer of funk, soul, and psychedelic music.

The band hit their performance late at 3:30 am with eight songs at the event. Despite their late performance, they gave a remarkable and powerful gig.

The Who is one of the influential rock bands, performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 around 5 am.

It is considered one of the greatest performances by the band since the release of their breakthrough rock opera "Tommy". They played twenty-four songs straight at the event.

Jefferson Airplane is the pioneer of psychedelic rock, performed at the Woodstock festival in 1969 at 8:00 am on Sunday morning.

The band was the headliner on the second day but performed on the third day of the event. Jefferson Airplane has thirteen songs on the setlist for the festival.

Joe Cocker a rock and blues singer, came to huge mainstream after performing his version of "With a Little Help from My Friends", Beatles's cover at the event.

His act was scheduled for 2:00 pm where he performed five songs through his soulful voice. After his gig, a heavy thunderstorm stopped the event for a few hours.

Country Joe and The Fish is a psychedelic rock band prominently known for blending psychedelia and electronic music.

The band appeared at the Woodstock festival after an act by Joe Cocker. After heavy rainfall, the band finally returned to take the stage around 6 pm.

Ten Years After is the blue rock band, popular in the late 60s and early 70s. They performed in Woodstock at 8:15 pm on Sunday.

Their performance was the highlight of the event but couldn't perform further due to technical problems.

The Band, is a rock band, one of the most appreciated bands that hit the stage at 10 pm Sunday at the Woodstock festival in 1969.

They performed eleven songs at the event.

Jonny Winter is a blues rock legend artist known for his high-energy songs. He took the stage at midnight during the Woodstock festival in 1969.

Winter performed his electrifying set with eight songs setlist.

Blood, Sweat & Tears is a prominent jazz-rock band that came to the mainstream in the 60s. The band also ended up at Woodstock's festival.

They played around 1:30 am, the last day of the event when they performed their setlist of ten songs.

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young is a folk supergroup, well-known for their intricate vocals who appeared in the Woodstock festival in 1969.

The supergroup performed around 3 am on Sunday night.

Paul Butterfield Blues Band is an American blues rock band that brought Chicago's electric blue style to rock.

They performed on Monday around 6:00 am at the Woodstock event in 1969.

Sha Na Na is a rock and roll doo-wop band that featured dancers in their act at the Woodstock festival in 1969. Their act was scheduled for Monday morning at 7:30 am.

The band got initial fame after performing at the event.

Jimi Hendrix's setlist at Woodstock 1969 on Monday around 9 am, when most of the attendees had left. He was the last performer of the 1969 festival.