Woodstock, NY
Music connected to Woodstock
About Woodstock
- • Folk singer/songwriter, Happy Traum, calls Woodstock, NY home.
- • Maverick Concerts, America's oldest continuous summer chamber music festival, started here.
- • Artists' colony by Hervey White in 1902 made Woodstock a famous art destination.
- • Woodstock was the first town in Ulster County to elect a female supervisor.
- • The Ashokan Reservoir's creation displaced many families in the early 1900s.
- • Named for Woodstock, England, it was established in 1787.
- • With ~5,800 people, it's smaller than when the famous festival happened nearby.
- • Elevation is 581 feet, contributing to its scenic beauty.
- • Tourism and the arts drive the local economy.
- • A whimsical, artistic, and free-spirited atmosphere fills the mountain air.
- • The New York Yankees, 90 miles away, hold 27 World Series titles.
- • The Catskill High School boys' basketball team won the state championship in 1996.