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Woodstock reborn March 27 2006

The Bethal Woods Center for the Arts, a new state-of-art performance arts center located at the site of the legendary 1969 Woodstock Festival, will inaugurate its opening season on July 1 with a performance by the New York Philharmonic. The concert, conducted by Bramwell Tovey, will also feature pianist Lang Lang and soprano Audra McDonald.

Lang Lang performs at Woodstock site (photo: DG/Eccles)
 
The center has also announced a two-day jazz festival on July 22 and 23, to be curated by four-time Grammy-winning jazz vocalist Dianne Reeves. On August 12 and 13 the center will host a two-day Woodstock anniversary concert. No artists have been announced for the event.
 
The 1700-acre space, located in the Hudson Valley some 80 miles outside New York City, once famously drew nearly 400,000 fans. The land was bought in the 1990s by local millionaire Alan Gerry. ‘It is my fondest hope that this performing arts center will recapture the magic of this historic site and make our region one of the country's top performing arts destinations,’ said Gerry in a statement. He has formed a non-profit foundation to operate the performance site.
 
In addition to the 4800-seat summer pavilion, which has additional lawn seating for 12,000, the center also has an outdoor 700-seat amphitheatre and a 4500-square-foot multi-use gallery space. In 2007, the gallery will open a 10,000-square foot exhibition telling the historical context of the 1969 festival and its influence on American culture.
 
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