Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Reviews

Loved it. Wonderful place to go. Highly recommended.

Great venue for a show...a little tough to get back to the main road after the show...17B. A lot of history there...Woodstock!

Best venue on the east coast! Feel the spirit throughout!

Had a good time.. walk on hill was a bit hard for handicapped...

This past Saturday was my husband's and my 4th visit . This visit we brought my mother with for her 1st visit. She was so thrilled and had a fantastic time as did my husband and myself. Can't wait to return.

Must go .... Great acoustic.....
Food and drinks way over priced ... No reason for this!!!!

Great outdoor amphitheater! Being so close to the original Woodstock site gives this a historic vibe, but the fantastic layout and landscaping set this above any concert venue I've visited. Libations selections are broad but pricey but not really out of line with most concerts. We had easy in and out of the parking area. All in all a great spot to see a concert.

Great tribute and historical reference to 1969 Woodstock festival actually held in Bethel, N Y. Thoroughly enjoyed it and think it was well done. Hope to go back again and spend a little more time.

Although we didn't have time for the museum tour, the place looked awesome, the people were very friendly, and the monument to the historic '69 concert was very cool. We had a blast, took some great pictures, and had fun memories to share back home. So glad we had the opportunity to visit!

Modern facility with lots of seating. Getting out is a pretty long process though.

Had a fun night with the Pentatonix. Got lawn seating and rented a chair. Was definitely worth the $6 as the grass got dewy through the night. Also got quite chilly so I was glad to be wearing jeans and that I brought a jacket and a blanket. Went to museum before the concert and found it interesting and informative as well as nostalgic

The museum is incredible. Plan to spend at least 2-3 hours there, and you STILL may not see everything! You won't have this experience of Woodstock anywhere else in the world.

This is a venue you must stop to visit if you are in the area.The concerts are top-notch and the help are very knowledgeable and friendly. The grounds are well manicured and the views of the surrounding countryside are beautiful. Lastly,the museum is insightful and well presented.

Wow, awesome! This was my first concert and I had the best time of my life. To see Luke Bryan in person was the creme de La Creme. Thank you for an awesome night

Great facility. Clean and well-kept. The staff is always very nice. A+ venue

Beautiful venue for a show. Great sound, beautiful grounds, altogether lovely.

Just a wonderful place to go back in time...and my youth...so much more to learn about that weekend... Who knew!

Awesome experience. Great bands. Clean grounds and friendly staff willing to help.

Very cool history there as it was the original grounds of 1969 woodstock music festival.

Worth the visit just to be in the presences of great history.

Excellent open air concert pavilion and grounds. Lawn seats have good view.

Went there in December 2009 with a couple friends. Even though the museum was still open another hour or so, they had stopped selling tickets.

Seeing our disappointment, and my Chicago decorated hat, the security guard asked if we d come a long way which I myself had.

He then kindly let us go in without tickets.

I observed to my friends, Forty years later and it s still a free concert!

Some of that long-ago concert is captured in video shown in the museum s iMax-style theater.

Mark from Champaign

The site of the original Woodstock Festival now an outdoor amphitheater and museum. Great place to relive history. Recently added to the National Historic Registry.

The presentation of history of Woodstock was very well done. A little pricey for souvenirs, grounds and building are well kept. On poor incident was discovered after leaving which may not be related. Wife used credit card there and shortly after, her account was hacked and money was taken.

Great venue. Well maintained grounds, fun family atmosphere. Great piece of musical history.

Beautiful venue. Parking is plentiful and well directed although it takes FOREVER to get out. Wish tailgaters were more respectfull and cleaned up their garbage! Sound is great. Staff very friendly and helpfull.

Beautiful place to see a concert. Great food and beverage selection. All the events there are great!

This is the most beautiful venue, people are friendly & helpful & the shows are awesome!

This is a great place to see a concert. Smaller outdoor venue than most which allows you to feel closer to the stage no matter where you sit. The seats are under a cover which can be a big benefit when it rains. The only things that could use some improvement would be a better traffic plan to get people out of the parking lot quicker and some more/better food options. This is my favorite venue to see a concert.

Great venue. Impossible to exit without waiting for hours. Will not be back.

Awesome facility. Had a great time and can't wait to visit again.

First time to see a concert here...
The sound system blows Jones Beach Theatre's in Wantagh, N.Y. away.
Judas Priest and Deep Purple were fabulous!
I'll definitely be back.

Cost versus enjoyment is nowhere near each other. Had to spend entire evening looking at heads of people in front of us

Been coming here for years love the place. Absolutely worth it!

Awesome and even better for the 50th anniversary of Woodstock

This is the BEST trip I have ever taken. They have beautifully preserved and heralded Max Yasgurs farm and surrounding areas of the original WOODSTOCK festival and capped it off with the most beautiful stage and amphitheater and museum to commemorate and celebrate WOODSTOCK. I cannot wait to visit again and again. Much love and THANK you.

The holiday light show is overpriced at $35. Save your money and drive around your neighborhood. You'll see similar light up Santas for free.

Went to Bethel Woods last night to see Lynyrd Skynyrd. Had to stand all the way in the back because they wouldn t sell us lawn chairs (and your not allowed to bring your own). The grass was wet, so sitting on the ground was not an option. They had chairs but wouldn t sell them claiming they were presold, yet there were stacks of chairs everywhere and the concert had already started. It doesn t make sense to me that 1 you would sell lawn tickets and not have an equal amount of chairs to the number of sold tickets and 2 turn guests away when the presold chairs were obviously going unused.

When you can t bring your own chair, you are forcing guests to stand. Standing on the lawn (when everyone else has chairs), blocks the view of the seated guests. This leaves us standing in the concession area where would could barely see anything. Totally sucked. I will tell everyone I know about this terrible experience and I ll be spending most of today writing bad reviews on every review site I can find.

Awesome venue! Had a Great time with my little sister! Sharing great company, music and scenery! So Beautiful and so much History to be learned! Not just Woodstock either. Food was delicious and not too over priced. Staff was very kind and helpful, which is a definite plus!

Always a great day out. Love the museum and the event space.

Another great night of music headliners Garbage and Blondie...try Garbage it is really good music and lead singer Shirley puts on a great show including walking out to the audience several times while performing!

Great venue. 50th Woodstock celebration was a lot of fun.

Jackson Browne (7/6/19) was our first show at Bethel Woods. It is a very nice venue for a concert. The weather was in 70's so it was very comfortable. Getting into and out were a breeze. We had a bad experience getting into Saratoga Springs last year as it was poorly orchestrated. This was well done.

Parking was free. Suggest you get their at least 1.5 hours before time to ensure all goes smoothly. We sat out in the parking area until just after 7 pm. It is a fairly good walk. They recommend allowing 20 minutes for the walk. I thought that was over kill looking at maps, but it is misleading as the distance to the gate is roughly 1/2 the trek.

We didn't drink anything at the venue but the prices were $9 / beer which is pretty standard. We did eat as we didn't see food that we liked on the way. We both got the chicken breast sandwich. It was a very large portion for only $9. It would have been double that at Yankee stadium. I didn't eat all of the fries.

Overall, it was great concert and venue. Recommend. We will be back.

It would have got five stars but there was a security guard with a metal detecting wand that was a little too over-the-top he was making us lift up our pant legs checking our socks lifting up our shirts it was very uncomfortable. He was very rude when he was talking to us I felt very disrespected. I've been coming to Bethel Woods for 10 years now I don't know if I'm going to be back because of that interaction it's a shame. That's not the way you should start off a night for a concert.

Drove from Boston to see this place. It is as advertised! If you are a fan of music and history coming together, this is your symphonic mecca.

Just to see the field where it all happened is a mind blowing awe inspiring moment.

The staff and grounds people are to be commended to keeping the vibe they had there over 50 years ago alive.

Worth the drive here You will not be disappointed

Excellent venue and nice experience.great performance by Carlos Santana and group

Amazing venue to see country music concert. Outside security group is on top of there game and make you feel safe and welcome.

Peter Frampton (and Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience)

Unbelievable venue! Great food available,spotlessly clean and help if you need it.

Beautiful venue. Fits any budget from beer to champagne. (I'm somewhere in the middle. Lol) I love it there. Music sounds great in the pavillion.

Saw The Doobie Brothers and Chicago play there 7/22/17, an INCREDIBLE experience! Their handicap transportation between parking lot and pavilion is very well organized. Highly recommend!

Been there before. But now I have a question and no way to find out. Its not on the website about Cab and Bus information as now I need to get there and get home by Bus and Cab. How to do that where and whom and all those kinda questions and I called at 647pm and no answer. They must of went home early.

Amazing venue....will remember Peter Frampton show with my three sons as a major highlight. Very friendly and helpful staff.

Spiritual - as amazing as you would imagine and then some. The people in the area have been touched by the spirit of Woodstock as well. A Gotta Go for any fan of classic rock or the ideals of the era.

Awesome experience! Take a tour! The tour guides all attended the 1969 Woodstock.

Being at the original Woodstock grounds awesome!!! Just did mountain jam 2019!!! Would highly hee hee ;) recommend any and all old heads to make the pilgrimage! The energy will fill your body.

The staff were superb, grounds so lovely especially at night with changing lights on the trees wow, museum very cool, at the monument the staff took a great keepsake shot of us, Easy in and out of concert which is a high achievement in our books. Thanks to all of you for making Santana at Woodstock 50th Anniversary a trip of a lifetime for us ! Gail and Kent

I'm here just work related, so I'll give 5 stars just because it wasn't a bed ride from Connecticut, Lil tight road to get down with an 18 wheel tractor trailer but 20 years of experience it was a breez...

Excellent museum to preserve the memoranda of the phenomena that was the Woodstock Festival of 1969.

Amazing! The view from lawn was spectacular! Would highly recommend seeing shows here!