Woodstock

[ wood-stok ]

noun

1. a town in northeastern Illinois.
2. a rock music festival held in August of 1969 in Bethel, N.Y., a town near Woodstock, N.Y.

Woodstock

/ ˈwʊdstɒk /

noun

1. a town in New York State, the site of a large rock festival in August 1969. Pop: 6253 (2003 est)

Woodstock

1. A village in New York state, where some 400,000 young people assembled in 1969 for a rock music festival.

Notes

The size of the crowd and the prevalence of hippie dress and customs led to use of the term Woodstock nation to indicate the youth counterculture of the late 1960s.

The term Woodstock is now used loosely to mean a large, impromptu gathering.

Example Sentences

Inspired by Levon Helm’s Midnight Ramble shows in Woodstock, Terrapin Crossroads featured many informal jam sessions headed by Lesh, who often played with his now grown sons as the Terrapin Family Band; he also brought incarnations of Phil Lesh and Friends to the venue.

From Los Angeles Times

The Gala Dinner for Ukraine at the estate in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, is being hosted by the Oxbridge Foundation.

From BBC

As Salon’s Brian Karem described it, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago was like a “political Woodstock” where the attendees and speakers made joyful noise.

From Salon

There has, thus far, been no violence, the incumbent president has spurred the party on and instead of a romperroom of juvenile discord, so far, the Democrats look like they’re holding a political Woodstock – complete with hippies and conservatives.

From Salon

Part of this romanticization also came from my conceptions of other popular music festivals, like Woodstock.

From Salon