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It’s not like the festival’s organization wasn’t expecting many people to show up; after all, that was why they picked the 600-acre farm to host it. However, 500,000 people are more than double the 180,000-odd they were expecting. Within a day, the small town of Bethel was converted into a venue.

People were sleeping in their cars, jamming in the roads, and dancing in the wilderness. That Friday night, according to History, the promoters decided to open the festival to everyone who showed up, free of charge. Then again, according to a newspaper from that date, the three-day ticket only cost $18.