Kids woodstock: 122 Things to Do with Kids in Woodstock, NY

122 Things to Do with Kids in Woodstock, NY

• TripBuzz found 122 things to do with kids in or near Woodstock, New York, including 115 fun activities for kids in nearby cities within 25 miles like Kingston, Saugerties, Hyde Park and Hudson.
• From Sunfrost Farm to Upstate Films, the Woodstock area offers 73 different types of family activities, including: Movie Theaters, Theaters, History Museums and Farms & Ranches.
• Although the Woodstock Festival was held almost an hour away, the name was taken from the nearby city of Woodstock. Bordering Catskill Park, Woodstock is an artsy town with a spacious concert hall and art museum. With a growing community of artists, the city is also home to several art galleries.

• TripBuzz found 122 things to do with kids in or near Woodstock, New York, including 115 fun activities for kids in nearby cities within 25 miles like Kingston, Saugerties, Hyde Park and Hudson.
• From Sunfrost Farm to Upstate Films, the Woodstock area offers 73 different types of family activities, including: Movie Theaters, Theaters, History Museums and Farms & Ranches.
• Although the Woodstock Festival was held almost an hour away, the name was taken from the nearby city of Woodstock. Bordering Catskill Park, Woodstock is an artsy town with a spacious concert hall and art museum. With a growing community of artists, the city is also home to several art galleries.

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Sunfrost Farm

Farms & Ranches
217 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498
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At Sunfrost Farm, visitors can purchase a wide variety of seasonal, fresh produce and baked goods from local organic farms in the region. The farm has a juice bar where visitors can select fresh produce to juice.

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Upstate Films

Movie Theaters
132 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY 12498
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Established in 1972, Upstate Films is a local cinema that specializes in showing independent movies and films to its guests. The theater is popular among local residents who all share a love for film and the arts.

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Woodstock Museum

History Museums
PO Box 73, Woodstock, NY 12498
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For visitors looking for a groovy time, the Woodstock Museum delivers in a unique way. Instead of behind-the-glass displays, guests will immerse themselves in live events, displays, and outreach programs that memorialize and honor the sixties culture.

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Overlook Mountain

Observation Decks
Woodstock, NY
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With a little effort and a hike up a gravel trail, your visit to Overlook Mountain will provide you with photo opportunities and breath-taking vistas. At the top, hikers can explore the ruins of an old hotel and climb the fire tower to see the landscapes.

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Shawangunk Mountains

Mountains
Woodstock, NY
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Featuring a hike or climb for every level of outdoor enthusiast, Shawangunk Mountains, near Woodstock should be your next visit. The area features 78 miles of trails for hiking and biking of all effort levels, rock climbing, and breath taking views.

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Woodstock Playhouse

Theaters
103 Mill Hill Road, Woodstock, NY 12498
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An important part of history, Woodstock Playhouse has been in operation for nearly 75 years. With a mission of promoting the arts, this theater annually schedules an array of performances including plays, dance and musical acts.

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Mower’s Flea Market

Flea Markets
Maple Lane, Woodstock, NY
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Listed as one of the 10 best US flea markets by the Huffington Post, Mower’s Saturday Flea Market is open every Saturday during May through November. A two acre field becomes home to numerous arts, crafts, antique and produce vendors.

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Woodstock Museum

History Museums
13 Bach Road, Saugerties, NY 12477
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Woodstock Museum is a small in size, privately owned establishment. The museum is filled with books, posters, photos and a very strong smell of incense. It’s purposes are to gather, display, disseminate and develop the concept and reality of Woodstock.

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Falling Waters Preserve

Parks
42.048552,-73.940732, Saugerties, NY 12477
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A nature and wildlife area, Falling Waters Preserve is a scenic area along the Hudson river. Hikers and strollers can take in impressive views of the surrounding wilderness and water.

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Catskill Animal Sanctuary

Nature & Wildlife Areas
316 Old Stage Road, Saugerties, NY 12477
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The Catskill Animal Sanctuary is a 110 acre animal sanctuary for farm animals rescued from animal cruelty. Attractions include a guided tour of the sanctuary, cooking classes, overnight lodging, and various special events.

THE 5 BEST Things to Do in Woodstock with Kids

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1. Olde Rope Mill Park

Biking Trails • Parks

By Hdoughty1

Its busy on the weekend barely no where to park. You can canoe down the river and fish there too

2. The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta

Factory Outlets

By love2traveltogether

My husband and I moved to Atlanta a little over a year ago and decided to do some shopping at the outlets one day.

3. Dixie Speedway Inc

Auto Racing Tracks

By Oconeecouple

First time ever at a ama flat track race as well as at the track. People helping with parking were great, everyone at…

4. Berry Patch Farm

By drmathewj

Took the family out here and had a wonderful time picking blueberrys. If you’ve never done this I recommend it highly…

5. Little River Trail

Biking Trails

By jeanfS652RB

Easy trail for families with small children. Kayaking can also be done on the river if you bring your equipment.

6. FoxTale Book Shoppe

Speciality & Gift Shops

By jcggrits

By far THE BEST bookstore in all of Atlanta!! Beautiful shop, filled with a wonderful selection of books and gifts…

7. Cherokee 16

Movie Theaters

By RCIForLife

Excellent clean Movie going. Terrific seating choices and large comfortable electric reclining chairs. This modern low…

8. Stars and Strikes

Bowling Alleys • Game & Entertainment Centers

By F7585NKthomasm

Took my 2 grandsons for a couple games of bowling. Alex was at the counter and was very friendly and polite. We did eat…

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  Marathon, FL147 contributions

  Great nature trails!

  Fairly new, these trails are well maintained and cover a beautiful area. Still close to town, You can walk to shopping when your finished!

  Review of: Olde Rope Mill Park

  Written April 21, 2021

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• Ashlie H

  Alabama85 contributions

  Cute & pleasant

  The mall is very nice and clean. There is a wide variety of shops to choose from. We went into a few stores and had wonderful conversations with everyone that checked us out. I really enjoyed this place and will definitely go back.

  Review of: The Outlet Shoppes at Atlanta

  Written May 3, 2022

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• 663jimmye

  Woodstock, GA12 contributions

  Race

  Great time. Old fashioned fun great experience on a Saturday night. Racing like old times
  Enjoyed a exciting time

  Review of: Dixie Speedway Inc

  Written September 3, 2019

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• macdo

  Atlanta, GA282 contributions

  Pumpkin farm

  We were looking for a fun farm to pick some pumpkins. We decided to try Berry Patch Farm! It is $4. 00 to park on the weekend. Go early as it was busy last weekend.

  It was cute with lots of pumpkins. They are not in a patch to pick but have two areas that you can pick from. First area is near the entry area and next take the tractor trailer ride and pumpkin area. Then you can take pumpkin back on tractor trailer and pay at the small store. They had cotton candy, cider, face painting, and couple other areas. There is also some chickens, pigs, goats to look at not pet but see. There are plenty of spots for cute pictures!

  Cute farm!

  Review of: Berry Patch Farm

  Written October 9, 2020

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• Jadecody

  Acworth, GA5 contributions

  Beautiful

  We did the tour at Hardman Farm, walked the Little River Trail and carried on walking into down town Helen. The Little River trail is a wide, evenly paved, shaded trail that runs along the river. We were so impressed at how well maintained it is. We loved Hardman Farm and the trail was the icing on the cake of a perfect day.

  Review of: Little River Trail

  Written March 9, 2022

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• jcggrits

  Alpharetta, GA3 contributions

  Best Book Store

  By far THE BEST bookstore in all of Atlanta!! Beautiful shop, filled with a wonderful selection of books and gifts, fabulous adult and children’s author events, as well as incredible customer service! A definite must shop destination!!

  Review of: FoxTale Book Shoppe

  Written March 4, 2021

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• Meredith K

  Woodstock, GA735 contributions

  Lunch and a movie!

  All at the same time. I hadn’t expected to eat a hotdog while watching the movie but it meant I didn’t have to wait for lunch. It was a Nathan’s hotdog so it was very good but it could have been hotter. I would get one again though.

  Review of: Cherokee 16

  Written January 19, 2020

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

• jamey3c

  Canton, GA23 contributions

  Family fun time

  We went with a Groupon offer for bowling, arcade, & bumper cars and had a great time. It was a weeknight and wasn’t very busy which was great, no lines!

  Review of: Stars and Strikes

  Written November 1, 2018

  This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.

Flower Power: 53 years of Woodstock Festival

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Initially, it was planned to arrange it in Woodstock, but the organizers could not find a suitable place there and as a result, leased 6 hectares of land in Bethel for this purpose.

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The organizers assured that there would be no more than 50 thousand visitors, but in the end, Woodstock was visited by about 500 thousand people.

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Woodstock entrance was free .

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speakers included virtually every rock star of the 1960s: The Who, Jefferson Airplane, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Grateful Dead, Ravi Shankar, The Incredible String Band, Carlos Santana and many more.

But The Doors and Led Zeppelin refused to come to the festival . They say that Jim Morrison did not want to participate in “a pale version of the Monterey Festival”, and the Zeppelins were “another group in a long list”, which both teams later regretted very much. The Beatles, who at that time were on the verge of collapse, did not participate in the festival either.

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Singer Joan Baez, who closed the first day of the festival, performed when she was six months pregnant.

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Three people died during Woodstock (one was overdosed, the second was hit by a tractor, and the third fell to his death, falling from building structures), two children were born and b was conceived, according to rumors, about 200 thousand children.

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In 1970 a documentary film Woodstock was released about the festival. 3 days of peace and music, which won the 1971 Oscar for Best Documentary and also won nominations for Best Sound and Editing. Among the team of editors was, by the way, the future star directed by Martin Scorsese.

The couple on the cover of Woodstock, are still together! According to The Mirror newspaper, Nick and Bobby Ercoline are now 60 years old, they got married in 1971 and have not parted since. According to Nick, this photograph embodies the spirit of that era for him and is a collective image of their entire generation. Bobby’s memories of the legendary festival are less poetic, she remembers “rain, mud and lack of toilets.”

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Submarino bathroom containers, Seletti, www.designboom.ru

Plastic beach bag, designed by Paula Cademartori, Kartell.

Carpet from the Hand Writing collection, design by Jurgen Dahlmans, Rug Star.

Homes on the Move: Mobile Architecture, h.f. ullmann Publishing.

Love pillow, design by Alexandre Girard, Vitra.

Beer glasses, design by Studio Job, Sieger.

Bourgie table lamp, Ferruccio Laviani design, Kartell.

Wall mural from the Communication collection, Mr.Perswall, www.odesign.ru

Flower Power chest of drawers, Kare Design, www.kare-design.com

Love Too carpet, design by Paul Smith, The Rug Company, www.therugcompany. en

Love Who You Want Porcelain Collection, designed by Christian Lacroix Maison, Vista Alegre.

Armchair, design Stuio Job, Colombostile.

Memorabilia porcelain skull, Seletti, www.designboom.ru.

Paulo Coelho, novel “Hippie”

What they write in the reviews: “Everything that is told here was lived and experienced by me personally”

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Shower head Rainshower Flower, Grohe, www. grohe.ru

Tablecloth with “Pacific”, JoyArty

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The history of Woodstock: how the legendary music festival appeared

Woodstock 1969

Woodstock-19 festival69″ was an unprecedented event in the world of music, which attracted a record 500,000 viewers. These four days at the dairy farm of Max Yasgur became a real celebration of peace, love and music, for a short time turning all the guests into one huge colorful family. There were long-haired hippies, Ken Kesey’s “Merry Pranksters”, and even Yippie rebels, led by their revolutionary leader Abbie Hoffman.

Woodstock 1969

It seemed that nothing could destroy the fantastic atmosphere of the festival: people were ready to stand in many kilometers of traffic jams to come to the farm, tear down fences for unhindered passage and share food with each other, erecting field kitchens. The spirit of unity reigned at Woodstock – unity with nature, people around and, of course, with music. Of course, there were some banned substances, promiscuous relationships and provocative antics of rebels, but this did not interfere with the general euphoria, but rather was even part of it. At the end of the hippie era, the “flower children” got their own festival. A festival that no one has yet been able to repeat (even the organizers of the legendary Woodstock-1969″).

Fantastic Four

Michael Lang

It’s hard to believe today, but the festival was created by four young people, the oldest of whom was only 27 years old at the time of Woodstock. It all started with the fact that Michael Lang – who in those days fully corresponded to the image of a barefoot hippie with a mop of curly hair and without a penny in his pocket – began to dream of a commune away from big cities, where musicians could create for their own pleasure. He was very interested in music himself and was even the manager of the band Tgain from San Francisco. In his dreams, Michael already imagined this “hippie paradise” in all colors, but there was one problem. He did not have the money to implement an ambitious project.

Some time later, Michael met Artie Kornfield, vice president of repertoire at Capitol, and was surprised to find his like-minded person in him. Young people got excited about the idea of ​​creating a music studio at Woodstock, which will open its doors to all talented performers of good music. It remains to find sponsors.

Woodstock organizers (clockwise from bottom left): Joel Rosenman, Artie Kornfield, Michael Lang and John Roberts. First official joint portrait, 23 May 1969 years

Meanwhile, in New York, John Roberts, the heir to a pharmaceutical company, and his friend Joel Rosenman puzzled over the opposite question – where would Roberts’ money be best invested? Lacking any ideas of their own, they ran an ad in the New York Times that read, “Young people with unlimited capital are looking for exciting, legitimate investment opportunities and business opportunities.” Needless to say, in the first days after publication, a bunch of offers from poor seekers of happiness and easy money literally fell on them. But, by some miracle, among this heap of crazy and charlatan ideas, Roberts and Rosenman caught the eye of Lang and Kornfield’s proposal. “Why not?” they decided. After the meeting of four young people on February 19For 69 years, the idea of ​​making a music studio has grown into an even more ambitious and consistent plan: to organize a three-day rock festival for 50,000 people, and with the proceeds from it to build a large cultural center with recording studios and a retreat for musicians. Then Michael, Artie, John and Joel had no idea what difficulties they had to face, and what this idea would lead to at all.

Problems, problems, problems…

So, four young people started organizing a music festival. They immediately found the perfect location for it, an industrial park near Wallkill, New York. With their own money, they also printed tickets ($7 for one day; $13 for two and $18 for three days), which were sold in small local shops and post offices. In a word, each of these “fantastic four” became a man-orchestra for several months: it was necessary to resolve all issues with the owners of the territory, arrange food delivery, find musicians and persuade them to perform at an unknown festival, and also hire all the necessary employees – from service personnel to security services. Today, such events are organized by huge teams, which can include more than 100 people. But at 19The 1960s had not yet formed a culture of big festivals, Michael, Artie, John and Joel were in fact the pioneers, whose level of enthusiasm went through the roof.

Waiting for a bus to Woodstock, August 13, 1969

However, enthusiasm alone failed to leave. Almost immediately, problems began with the venue for the festival. As soon as the people of Wallkill learned that thousands of dirty hippies would soon descend on their city, they were horrified. They were ready to defend their city to the last. Perhaps if “Woodstock” did take place in the vicinity of Wallkill, the angry residents of the city and local farmers would come out at midnight with pitchforks and torches and staged a real “massacre” against strangers. But the authorities took action in time, releasing July 2, 1969 year law effectively banning concerts in the area.

Panic broke out among those involved in the organization of the festival: shops refused to sell tickets to Woodstock, and negotiations with most of the musicians came to a standstill. There was a month and a half left before the festival. To top it all off, the people who bought the tickets began to demand a refund of their cost. Woodstock was on the brink of collapse.

Woodstock 1969

Fortunately, in mid-July, Max Yasgur offered his 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel as a venue for the festival. It was a real success for the organizers. However, the change of location at the last moment still made them pretty nervous: they had to conclude new contracts for the lease of the dairy farm and surrounding areas, as well as obtain permission to hold the festival in the city. The construction of a stage and a pavilion for performers, car parks, concession stands and a children’s playground – all this had very little time left. The preparatory work was supposed to end literally on the day the Woodstock began. But, of course, they didn’t manage to finish something – the ticket offices and gates remained unfinished.

The road leading to the dairy farm on the eve of Woodstock 1969

It also turned out unexpectedly that the expected number of guests (50,000 people) had quadrupled. It would seem that this is good news. But not for the organizers, who already have a lot of problems. It became clear that the amount of food supplies that were ordered initially would not be enough.

And literally on the eve of the start of the festival, it became clear that there would also be big problems with security. On the morning of 15 August 19For 69 years, three large buses with police officers arrived at the dairy farm, each of whom was promised $ 50 for work at Woodstock. And when they were ready to begin their duties, the authorities announced to them that everyone who remained at the festival would subsequently face trouble in the service. The police officers calmly turned around, climbed back into the buses and left. However, some still remained – but under fictitious names, in order to avoid unnecessary problems. “We had eight or nine Mickeys or something like that,” said a waiter at a local hotel.

Four days America will never forget

Woodstock 1969

Woodstock 1969

On Wednesday (two days before the festival) about 50,000 people had already camped near the stage. These first guests entered Woodstock for free, climbing through a hole in the fence where they had not yet installed a gate. The organizers were not ready for such a turn of events. How to get fifty thousand people to leave the fenced area, buy tickets and go back in a civilized way? Obviously, this was not possible. But it was only half the trouble. A precedent was set, and rumors that Woodstock was completely free to enter spread like lightning in neighboring cities. As a result, tens of thousands of people rushed to Max Yasgur’s farm, and many kilometers of traffic jams formed on the access roads to the festival. People abandoned their cars and walked. Soon the fence separating the festival area was knocked down. And along with it, the organizers’ dreams of making money were destroyed. However, the “flower children” were delighted: the commodity-money relations they hated disappeared from the concept of “Woodstock-1969″.

“On Friday morning, there was a feeling of a blockade: if it was very difficult to get to the festival, then it was completely impossible to go back,” said E. Kopkind. Blocked roads created difficulties in getting artists to Woodstock. The organizers had to rent helicopters to help them get to the stage. In the following days, the missions of these aircraft only expanded. The police, like kind angels, dropped food, drinks and waterproof raincoats from the cockpits of helicopters, because it was completely unrealistic to break through the crowd on the ground.

Woodstock 1969

Yet despite the difficulties, Woodstock started almost on time. On Friday evening, August 15, Richie Havens took the stage and announced the beginning of the festival, and in his parting word he asked the “children of flowers” that there be nothing but “fun and music” for these three days. Sweetwater, Joan Baez and other famous performers of the time delighted guests with their music at sunset.

Carlos Santana and John Brown at Woodstock 1969

The musical performances resumed shortly after noon on Saturday and continued until the break at 9 am on Sunday. And in the afternoon, such stars as Santana, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead and, of course, The Who took to the stage. Despite the fact that the officially planned three-day festival came to an end, the performances of the musicians went on until the morning of the next day. On Monday at dawn Jimi Hendrix played his songs, putting an end to the history of “Woodstock-1969”. This legendary performance has gone down in rock and roll history forever.

Woodstock 1969

Despite the sheer lack of sanitation, hour-long lines to the toilets, lack of food and heavy rain, all visitors to Woodstock felt truly happy. “When you talk to people who have been there, as they get to the seventh heaven of their memory, where Woodstock is located, they are inspired as if they are retelling a mystical event,” Gene Young wrote.

The police later said that about 450,000 people visited Woodstock in 1969, but the festival guests themselves say the figure is almost twice as much – 800,000. One way or another, Woodstock became a real sensation of that time. Within nine months of its completion, about 200,000 illegitimate children were born. It was the beginning of the sexual revolution and the end of the “hippie era”.

Woodstock 1969

After Woodstock

The organizers of Woodstock were stunned by the event, but they didn’t even have time to enjoy the fact that they created the most popular music festival in history, as they first of all faced $1 million in debt and 70 lawsuits that have been filed against them. But to their great relief, a film about the festival, released a year later, won universal love and even won an Oscar at 1971 years. And most importantly, that the profit from it covered most of their debts.

Woodstock 1969

Of course, it was a sin not to repeat such a cult festival. Therefore, several attempts have been made to revive Woodstock and its phenomenal atmosphere. But none of them can be called truly successful.