Original 1st printing 2nd/final state (White Lake) version 8 x 8&1/2" (folds in half to 4 x 8&1/2") bi-fold advance ticket brochure for the Woodstock Music and Arts Fair Aquarian Exposition, held in White Lake, NY from 8/15-17/1969. Art (dove on guitar neck) by Arnold Skolnick, image (poster) is featured in the Art of Rock book on page 257 (plate 3.1). Bi-fold brochure advertises performances by Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens, the Incredible String Band, Bert Sommer, Ravi Shankar, Sly & the Family Stone and Sweetwater (8/15), Canned Heat, Creedence Clearwater (Revival), the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Santana, Quill, Keef Hartley, the Who, Janis Joplin and Mountain, (8/16), the Band, the Jeff Beck Group (*canceled), Joe Cocker (and the Grease Band), Blood, Sweat & Tears, Johnny Winter, Crosby, Stills & Nash (with an unadvertised appearance by Neil Young), Iron Butterfly (*canceled/stranded at the airport), Ten Years After and Jimi Hendrix (with Gypsies, Suns and Rainbows). Not listed (but did perform); Country Joe McDonald (with and without the Fish), the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, John Sebastian and Sha-Na-Na. Medium-thin glossy stock brochure is in GORGEOUS near mint (A- to A-/B+) condition; aside from a few ULTRA-light soft handling dings and a tiny scuff on the interior, this one is just as just about as bright/clean as they come. VERY sharp/clean example of this iconic festival item, these brochures were distributed all over the East Coast in advance of the event.
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