WOODSTOCK: On Aug. 15 in 1969, a group of 400,000 young people — identified as “hippies” at the time — converged on a 600-acre dairy farm owned by Max Yasgur, which was located in Bethel, N.Y., near White Lake.

The group was attending “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” which ended up being forever known as Woodstock.

Woodstock featured one of the most prolific musical lineups in history with 32 acts. Among the performers were Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Joe Cocker, Santana, The Who, Joan Baez, the Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

The entire psychedelic music vein became popularized at Woodstock 69 and still influences bands to this day.

This festival was the pop culture music event of the decade and arguably to this day the single most profound event in the history of music. When it began, people had to pay to get in but with so many, the fences were torn down and it became a free concert open to the public.

The town of Wallkill was the originally planned site for the festivities, but the citizens of the area were afraid that the large number of visitors expected would be a problem, especially if they were under the influence of various substances. Therefore, the town refused to grant a permit for the concert — citing the outdated status of the concert’s portable toilets.

Meanwhile, the concertgoers had four-legged companions at the concert. The farmer’s cows, which were displaced thanks to Yasgur’s respect for the desire to gather to appreciate music, were left to wander through the 400,000 people in attendance. This was thanks in part to their zeal to reach the concert and their destruction of fences meant to keep the cows corralled.

A bit of that Age of Aquarius has been immortalized here in Bradford in a mural on the side of the old Bovaird building behind CVS.

Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were already on the wall, the last we checked. We’re eager to see who else joins them. The mural is being done by Greg Souchik and Rick Minard.