Woodstock 50 (fictional)

Woodstock 50 was an American music festival that was held on August 16-20, 2019. The event was intended as a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the, a landmark festival that was held on August 15-17, 1969, in. Like the previous Woodstock festivals, it was held in upstate New York, this time in, roughly 3 hours (187 miles/301 km) from and 2 hours (151 miles/243 km) from the site of the original event, and the attendance was approximately 600,000 over five days.

Much of the festival was streamed live via, and live coverage of the entire festival was available via and , the festival was also broadcast on  radio. The size of the crowd was larger than concert organizers had planned for and by the second night many of the event policies were logistically unenforceable. Derek De Vriendt, who was performing in the festival, referred to Woodstock 50 as "-stock" since original founder "stood there and did nothing as fans of every genre featured fought over stupid things and sociopolitical issues effecting the artists' careers."

Facilities
The concert was performed three miles outside the central business district of Saratoga Springs at the, a county-owned, public-use airport.

A 12-foot (3.7 m) plywood and steel barrier was erected around the festival site to keep out those without tickets, however many people actually watched the concert from roofs of stores in nearby shopping centers or atop the "Peace Wall". In addition to the two main stages, secondary venues were available. These included several alternate stages, a night-time rave tent, specialty "showcase stages" sponsored by (presenting Christian contemporary music and Christian rock artists) and  (presenting country performers), an emerging artists stage located inside an airplane hangar, and a mini comic-con organized by  held inside a temporary tent structure.

The city of Saratoga Springs itself, especially the downtown area and the commercial areas adjacent to the festival site, became a major draw for attendees, who patronized its bars, restaurants, and stores and stayed in its hotels and motels for the duration of the concert.

Relocation to Saratoga Springs
Bloomberg News reported on July 25 that the Woodstock organizers had moved the festival to the Saratoga County Airport in Saratoga Springs, New York, with an expansion to five days.

North Stage

 * A Tribute to Michael Jackson - Beat It

Notable events: Day 1

 * At the conclusion of Day 1 at the North Stage, nearly all of the artists who participated on Day 1 and some set to participate on Day 2 joined Eddie Van Halen for a cover of Michael Jackson's "Beat It".

North Stage

 * Rick Springfield
 * David Crosby and Friends
 * Country Joe McDonald
 * TLC
 * Devo
 * Courtney Hadwin
 * The Cars with Derek De Vriendt
 * Twelve
 * Vampire Weekend
 * Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
 * Peter Wolf
 * The New Heartbreakers
 * Buckethead
 * Journey
 * Greta Van Fleet
 * Chance the Rapper
 * The Black Keys
 * Gary Clark Jr.
 * Screaming Yellow Players
 * Dead & Company
 * IAMDDB
 * Jean-Michel Jarre
 * Aerosmith

South Stage

 * Dagaba
 * Acrassicauda
 * Taka
 * Professor Elemental
 * Alestorm
 * Leah Amanda Shiller
 * The Slick Project

K-Love Showcase Stage

 * Casting Crowns
 * TobyMac

Notable events: Day 2

 * Woodstock 50 was 's final performance with The Cars prior to his death a month later on September 15, 2019. Due to surgical complications, Ocasek just sang while Derek De Vriendt of Screaming Yellow Players (who later took over Ocasek's duties in The Cars) performed Ocasek's guitar parts.
 * Aerosmith's Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Steven Tyler were all at the original Woodstock festival in 1969, the band itself was at Woodstock '94 in 1994. Following their Deuces Are Wild show on August 19 at in, the band traveled by  to  and then by helicopter to the festival site in Saratoga Springs. Aerosmith closed out Day 2 of the festival, following a fireworks display from Jean-Michel Jarre.
 * The Slick Project's performance was cut short when the power grid that supplied power to the South Stage failed.
 * During Peter Wolf's set, he asked for requests for songs to play. He responded to an audience request to play Artists United Against Apartheid's "Sun City" (which he participated in) by going into a rendition of Bob Marley and the Wailers' "Africa Unite", ending it with "Sure you wanted me to play Sun City? I'm not ." Steven Van Zandt derided Wolf's comments, accusing him of backtracking on his involvement in the song.