From Woodstock to Glastonbury: A Brief History of Music Festivals and Their Evolution over the Decades

From Woodstock to Glastonbury: A Brief History of Music Festivals and Their Evolution over the Decades. These days when you think of a music festival, you probably think of some of the biggest names in music playing on stages that are plastered with advertising as far as the eye can see. thou might also think that music festivals got started in the late 1960s when Woodstock came around, but there’s a much longer history than that.