Everytime I come to a show here I'm never disappointed. The bands selected to play are great. The venue is so clean and well organized. The staff is friendly. I have never and probably will never have a bad experience here.
We visited in anticipation of attending a future concert and found that it delivers on time travel. The museum really is focused on 60s life and counterculture. The memories came pouting back -- the music, personalities, issues. The weather was spectacular and sitting on the edge of the festival area was renewing. You could almost hear the greats echo through the decades.
Had a great time here. Went to see Carlos Santana perform. It's a huge place. Had a lot of fun.
Woodstock 50 was amazing! You guys and gals did an awesome job accommodating the huge numbers.
I love this place ,great place for music and friends.
You need a day just to go thru
The museum, & fairgrounds.
What a historical moment ! A must go for any rock fan. I could almost the presence of the event while I was there
top-notch facility nothing but the best this place is like a country club I will definitely come back again
Best outdoor concert venue!! Wide variety of food and beverages-On the pricey side.. It s to be expected at a concert venue. Chair rental available,can be reserved ahead of time. Premium parking is an extra cost. I would suggest reserving ahead of time.. It sells out quickly
Most boring light show I've ever watched. We drove 90 minutes there and the light show is only about 5 minutes drive, very little to see. I've been to many different light shows, such as the ocean city's winter fest and Hershey's sweet light. This one can't even compare to those! Not close! They have the audacity to charge $20 (I was charged $30 because I went there on Thanksgiving day) which is puzzling. I hate to say this but this is even worse than driving through my neighborhood and watch the christmas lights put on by the residents, and it cost nothing.
First time and really enjoyed this space for a concert.
Zac Brown band was amazingly awesome..... will definitely go again
Always a great concert there. The venue is open & the scenery beautiful. The acoustics are great
Most amazing performers, never over crowded, plenty of room to be free! Grateful vibes, legendary acts. Had the best time!
Great place to see a show. The vendors, Staff, to parking lot security are about as friendly and helpful as you could imagine.
Big, great scenery, kfest was amazing, friendly staff work here, historic. Worth the 2 hour drive I took
Great place! amazing museumn staff wonderful,!!I do recommend seeing a show here!
Went there with a group. I only had 1.5 hours. You need 3 hours or more.
This place is where it all began: peace, love and happiness!! What a great venue, all the staff are genuinely happy to help and very friendly. The place itself is super clean and very easy to figure out logistically. There is lawn seating as well as well as pavilion sections. This place has an awesome and chill vibe, just sit back relax and enjoy some good tunes.
Amazing!!! I loved the sound quality and the big screen really helped to see what the band was doing the feild in the back is just as good as the stands I would know I've been in both positions
I had an amazing time at the Woodstock 50 anniversary festival. Unfortunately, tix for the museum so out. I will definitely plan a return day-trip for early Fall.
Awsome grounds!! Feel the magic under your feet of a AMAZING festival 50 years ago. The museum is small but informative with some cool exhibits. If possible try to go on a great weather day !
Love this venue! Landscaping is beautiful and parking is good. Much easier to get out of than other venues. Look forward to visiting yearly.
Very nice concert venue. The lawn chairs are torture instruments though, otherwise I'd give 5 stars.
I love this venue it s the prettiest and calmest place I have ever been to .
Clearly a lot of love and money went into making this cultural center and landmark happen. Kudos to those who supported this endeavor.
Great shows
Only complaint is the drive in is like playing frogger
Pedestrians and bad drivers everywhere out in Sullivan county
Signs and stop lights are merely suggestions in bethel
Absolutely beautiful venue good drinks and great seating.
The grounds were super well maintained, and the setting was peaceful. I was here for Mountain Jam which I found considerably underwhelming, but it seems unfair to rate this place on the quality of the concert. I guess everything just felt much smaller than I was expecting.
There today for the Christmas crafts fair. Parking was great; p/lot was well ploughed and ample. Three pavilions, some crowds. Lots of smiles, friendly people and samples.
A great place to see your favorite artists/Bands perform live. I've traveled from CT on a night of a upcoming Hurricane Irene to see Stevie Nicks perform there .It was nice that the venue arrange to have Stevie start her show an hour earlier then scheduled to get over earlier for our safety before the heavy winds came in later that night.After a great show .I got home safe in one piece...
Nice music venue. Directions are easy to follow, wherever you're coming from.
Went to the Holiday fair! Alot less vendors, but I felt comfortable, masks and social distancing, fires going! Great way to get on the spirit!
Poison, cheap trick, and pop evil. Awesome...Brett was unbelievably awesome getting the crowd into it...
Outstanding facilities and entertainment. A great experience. Thanks
Beautiful venue, was not expecting it to be so beautiful, we had great weather for Peter Frampton concert , Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin cover band opened they were excellent.
My favorite place to see a show / concert. Staff is wonderful, courteous and professional. Always top rated performers. History is repeated every summer!
Tribute to Woodstock? Really?
Beautifully manicured, tightly controlled, and nauseatingly commercial "big-box" entertainment.
This is MSG with green grass and hills, and $30-$60 T-shirts, "Hendrix Burgers", the "Hungry Hippie" food stand, $13 beers, and zero soul or respect for the problems, thoughts, and feeling of the era they reap profit from. But then, this was brought to you by billionare Alan Gerry (think: Cablevision corp), and $15 million in taxpayer funding.
So this was my second visit - James Taylor, last night - had lawn seats (first was to visit the "woodstock" museum, which was disturbingly sterile but nothing like the "concert") . Seems the proprietor is cash hungry and had no problem overselling seats. We got there at gate opening, and ended up in a spot that was over a ridge from the stage. You could see the roof of the stage, and sometimes, occasionally, a bit of a very nice LED screen that had a very nice picture of ... probably... James Taylor. Perhaps if we were 40 feet closer we would have had different impressions.
Sound quality was hollow, I'm sure the band was spectacular, maybe I'll catch a replay on Cablevision... what's the chance of that?
The show and set list - well to his credit Mr Taylor had a laugh on that - he noted that it was "surprisingly a list of my biggest hits", with a sardonic tone. He sounded like he really did want to be there and give his best to the audience. Reason I was there is James has been able to channel dimensions of emotion and stellar musicianship for... near half a century, and I'll always stop to listen for something I missed in "Belfast to Boston" or cuts from One Man Dog, or "only a Dream in Rio" ... well none of these made the cut.
I can't see a reason to return to Bethel Woods - other complaints about the good seats being controlled by scalpers seem to be true - I did try to avoid the cheap seats, really did want to see James, but I gagged on the prices I was seeing - skywards of 300$.
Other Thoughts:
They didn't charge for the ketchup - it was Heinz, but they ran out at the stand.
If anything, the "preferred" parking is one awesome parking lot. Kudos to Alan on that one.
They didn't charge for the soap for cleanup at the port-o-sans, but they ran out of that too.
... maybe there is a slight echo of Woodstock. If only they'd airlifted in some Heinz.
This is one of my favorite venues! So clean, prices are average and I love an outdoor venue.
Beautiful property and the museum is great. Took me back to Woodstock days.
Awesome venue but too much traffic getting in and out. It took hours.
Nice place to see events. Very well organized, friendly staff, easy in & out.
Be prepared to walk.
My husband got tickets for my birthday and I was so very excited! We paid for preferred parking, and had to get redirected, twice because staff wasn't listening when we told them (and showed them) we were upgraded parking. Once we parked, we headed to the "No Bags" line and it actually took longer than the screening lines because of only one person handling the area. Again, nothing major, just a note. We got inside, found our seats and we truly enjoyed the experience but we noted that just 5 seats to our right, the people were very unhappy, they were stuck behind the cameras and couldn't see. When buying a ticket, "obstructed view" should be noted but it wasn't for them. Pentatonix was amazing and when they sang their finale, it was incredible to see everyone turning on their phones as flashlights. Exiting was not an issue, they direct traffic out in two directions to avoid major backups. Overall, we had an incredible time. Bethel Woods is an amazing experience whether you are sitting in the paid seats or on the lawn area.
Great concert venue well organized handicapped accessable
Bethel woods has so much history . I think everyone should visit at least once
An amazingly well apointted venue that happens to be a monument to Woodstock as well, any event here would be worth attending
Very nice, a lot of history there. Friendly staff very enjoyable afternoon.
Great memories and exiting thru the gift shop of course!
Attended Woodstock this past summer! It is beautiful there!
Rediscovering your hippie past or do you love peace, happiness and joyful time in America.
This place is for you!
The grounds are manicured and landscaping is beautifully designed to mix with the surrounding nature.
The facility is designed and delivers memories and experience that you can take home with you.
Staff is friendly and knowledgeable attentive and will make sure you enjoy your day.
You can find a peaceful quiet spot and meditate on mindfulness or loving kindness. Either way you will connect with the special energy and blessings.
Neither my wife nor I will ever attend another event here. Its bad enough it took almost 5 hours of travel but between the long walk to our seats, first row on the grass from the stage but we never got to see anyone on the stage for more than a minute or 2. The only monitor we could see was blocked by some idiot the last half the show. I could have stayed home and enjoyed a dvd or 2. Our bus was not allowed to park where they dropped us off but about 1/2 mile away and nobody(the staff) knew where it was. I had to hitch a ride with security as I can only walk a couple hundred yards at at time.
A annual visit to the craft fair for us. Always great but need a little more seating in the gift shop/coffee and snack area in the museum building.
Had a great time at the concert, Chicago and The Doobie Brothers. Also, love the harvest fest in September!
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