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Woodstock 50 Cancelled
Organizers of Woodstock 50 announced today that the three-day festival to celebrate its 50th Anniversary has been cancelled.
Just last week, the Merriweather Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland agreed to host the music festival August 16th through 18th.
Co-founder Michael Lang says they're saddened that a series of unforeseen setbacks has made it impossible to put on the festival they had imagined.
Woodstock 50 was planning to create a free benefit concert to raise awareness and funding for get-out-the-vote non-profit HeadCount and select organizations that combat global warming.
Lang is encouraging artists who all have been paid in full to donate 10% of their fees to HeadCount or causes of their choice.
The Town of Vernon denied an application to hold the festival at Vernon Downs three times.
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