Woodstock '89 program "Good Morning America" broadcast live from Max Yasgur's Farm, interviewing Wavy Gravy and Ken Kesey. Woodstock '89 Woodstock '89 or "The Forgotten Woodstock" was a rock concert that took place in August 1989 on the site of the original Woodstock concert of 1969 as a spontaneous celebration of the event's 20th anniversary. The event began with a single folk guitarist, Rich Pell, who came to the site. Mr. Pell was given permission to organize the show by Charles and June Gelish, who owned the property. With the help of Will Hoppey, Rich organized all aspects of the concert from
Max Yasgur to his own property was far more extensive and, over a year later, he received a $50,000 settlement to pay for the near-destruction of his dairy farm. He refused to rent out his farm for a 1970 revival of the festival, saying, "As far as I know, I'm going back to running a dairy farm." In 1971, Yasgur sold the farm, and moved to Marathon, Florida, where, a year and a half later, he died of a heart attack at the age of 53. He was given a full-page obituary in "Rolling Stone" magazine, one of the few non-musicians to