Arlo Guthrie sings for reporters at Woodstock concert site
Posted August 15, 2019 7:00 am
BETHEL, N.Y. (AP) - Arlo Guthrie has sung "The Times They Are-a-Changin'" for reporters as tie-dyed pilgrims converge at the site of the Woodstock concert to mark the festival's 50th anniversary .
Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York City.
Guthrie is set to perform Thursday evening before an outdoor screening of the concert documentary on the famous field.
He sang the Bob Dylan classic for reporters gathered on the grass. But he says he also wants to play at least one song near where he performed on the 1969 stage.
An estimated 400,000 people showed up for the original festival on upstate New York farmland Aug. 15-18, 1969.
Woodstock veteran Arlo Guthrie plays a song at the original site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Guthrie is schedule to play a set on the top of hill nearby but told reporters he wanted to play at least one song on the original 1969 site. Woodstock fans are expected to get back to the garden to mark the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining festival. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting a series of events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Members of the media record as Woodstock veteran Arlo Guthrie plays a song at the original site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Guthrie is schedule to play a set on the top of hill nearby but told reporters he wanted to play at least one song on the original 1969 site. Woodstock fans are expected to get back to the garden to mark the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining festival. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting a series of events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Woodstock veteran Arlo Guthrie reacts after playing a song at the original site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Guthrie is schedule to play a set on the top of hill nearby but told reporters he wanted to play at least one song on the original 1969 site. Woodstock fans are expected to get back to the garden to mark the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining festival. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting a series of events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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Woodstock veterans Roger Dennis, left, Duke Devlin, center, and Joe Klimasiewfski pose for a picture at the original site of the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair in Bethel, N.Y., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. Woodstock fans are expected to get back to the garden to mark the 50th anniversary of the generation-defining festival. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is hosting a series of events Thursday through Sunday at the bucolic 1969 concert site, 80 miles (130 kilometers) northwest of New York City. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
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