August 1969 saw one of music’s biggest events take place; Woodstock. Yes, the highly influential music festival took place from August 15th to 18th in New York almost 50 years ago, and since then has effectively been the standard to which every other music festival is held. While various revivals have taken place, nothing has come close to the brilliance of the original. However, did you know that you can still catch plenty of the bands that performed back then playing live today?
While the original 1969 Woodstock festival was held as a way to promote peace and love, while also protesting the ongoing Vietnam War, plenty of music’s biggest names came out to play some landmark sets, including Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, the Grateful Dead, and Janis Joplin.
Sadly, many of these names have either since passed on or broken up, but plenty of other acts are still out there, bringing their music to you on the live stage.
In honour of Canned Heat’s return to Australia for this year’s Bluesfest festival, as well as a few sideshows, we’ve decided to take a look back at some of the brilliant acts that played Woodstock that you can still catch today.
In addition to the brilliant blues-rock stylings of Canned Heat, acts such as The Who, Joan Baez, Santana, Blood, Sweat & Tears, and even the individual members of Crosby, Still, Nash & Young are still out on the road, playing live shows all over the road.
With Canned Heat set to hit up Australia next week for a series of sideshows before playing this year’s edition of Bluesfest, tickets are still available to see this phenomenal band perform live. Check below for ticketing details, as well as our roundup of some of the best acts that played Woodstock that you can still see live today.
Check out the Woodstock bands you can still see live:
Canned Heat 2018 Australian Tour
Thursday, March 22nd
The Basement, Sydney, NSW
Tickets: Bluesfest
Friday, March 23rd
Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Tickets: Bluesfest
Sunday, March 25th
Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Tickets: Bluesfest
Sunday, March 25th
Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Tickets: Bluesfest
Monday, March 26th
Melbourne Recital Centre, VIC
Tickets: Bluesfest
Wednesday, March 28th
The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Tickets: Bluesfest
Also appearing at Bluesfest
Thursday, March 29th – Monday April 2nd, 2018
Byron Bay, NSW
Tickets on sale now
