West Fest Comes to Golden Gate ParkE. "Doc" Smithbyline‚ Oct. 16‚ 2009On Sunday, October 25th, many of the survivors of perhaps the world's best known concert will return to San Francisco for "West Fest", the 40 year anniversary of Woodstock. Woodstock was not just an event, it was, according to the promoters, "a happening, or a concert with 400,000 people. It was a pivotal moment of realization for an entire generation, an epiphany, a moment of realization for the entire country. The hip movement started in San Francisco a couple of years earlier in the Haight Ashbury and the “Summer of Love” had spread across the nation. There were now millions of hip people with 400,000 of them converging on Woodstock. Woodstock was a statement to the world, “humanity had evolved”, coming together through peace, love and spirituality. An event whose original intent was to make money became the largest FREE event in history. The hip movement had come of age and was recognized by the world. The principles of love swept the country and we had become the 'Woodstock Nation.” Groovy. |