The summer of 1969 is being reimagined as a musical tribute when a Woodstock-themed concert comes to Gilbert’s Hale Centre Theatre Arizona this August.
Music will include the Janis Joplin songs “Summertime” and “Ball and Chain,” the Joe Cocker ballads “I Shall Be Released” and “Feelin’ Alright.” Jefferson Airplane’s “Somebody To Love,” and The Band’s “Tears of Rage,” co-written by Bob Dylan, will also be featured.
All of these artists and songs were performed in the original Woodstock series of concerts held on farmland in rural New York state for four days in mid-August in 1969. Other artists who took the stage at the now-famous festival that encapsulated the hippie era of the U.S. include Jimi Hendrix, Ravi Shankar, The Who, Sly and the Family Stone, Fish, Country Joe and the Grateful Dead.
The town of Woodstock in New York was known as a haven for artists, including where singer-songwriter Bob Dylan used to live. However, the actual music festival of the same name was denied a permit to be held there. While the name Woodstock stuck, the location was moved to Bethel, New York.
Historic tribute concerts like this may choose to use poster printing to create replica promotional material suited to the era.
A Tribute to Woodstock 1969 is happening Wednesdays through Sundays, August 14-29, at the Hale Centre Theatre Arizona at 50 W Page Ave in Gilbert.
