56 years ago, Woodstock brought together more than 400,000 faithful music-loving hippies from all walks of life, for three days of peace and music. Some of the most notable moments of the festival are easily remembered – Joe Cocker belting out “With a Little Help From My Friends;” The Who performance of (most of) Tommy at 5 in the morning; Janis Joplin singing “Piece of My Heart;” Richie Havens opening the festival up with a tone-setting performance capped by “Freedom” – mostly through radio play, or for some, inclusion in the Time Life Music Collection.
There were 33 total performances at Woodstock, some surprising in a good way (Joan Baez closed out Night 1) and some in an odd way (the Grateful Dead’s performance was among their worst). Here, we have compiled all setlists for each artist, as well some of their performance at Woodstock, all in chronological order, from Havens to Hendrix.
Richie Havens – 5-5:30pm
Sweetwater – 6:15-7pm
Bert Sommer – 7:15-7:45pm
Tim Hardin – 8:30-9:15pm
Ravi Shankar – 12:00-12:45am
Melanie – 1-1:30am
Arlo Guthrie – 1:45-2:15am
Joan Baez – 3-3:45am
Quill – 12:15-1pm
Country Joe McDonald the Fish – 1:20-130pm (unscheduled performance, set time uncertain)
Santana – 2:00-2:45pm
John B. Sebastian – 3:30-3:55pm
Keef Hartley Band – 4:45-5:30pm
The Incredible String Band – 6:00-6:30pm
Canned Heat – 7:30-8:30pm
Mountain – 9:00-10:00pm
Grateful Dead – 10:30pm-12:05am
Creedence Clearwater Revival – 12:30-1:20am
Janis Joplin and the Kozmic Blues Band – 2:00-2:30am
Sly and the Family Stone – 3:30-4:20am
The Who – 5:00-6:05am
Jefferson Airplane – 8:00-9:45am
Joe Cocker and the Grease Band – 2:00-3:25pm
Country Joe and the Fish – 6:30-8:00 pm
Ten Years After – 8:15-9:15pm
The Band – 10:00-10:50pm
Johnny Winter – 12:00-1:05am
Blood, Sweat and Tears – 1:30-2:30am
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young – 3:00-4:00am
Paul Butterfield Blues Band – 6:00-6:45am
Sha Na Na – 7:30-8:00am
Jimi Hendrix – 9:00-11:10am
