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  (with the latter using camera positions shared with Twitch 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 comic-con organized by  (entitled "Wizard World at Woodstock") held inside a set of temporary tent structures.

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

 * A cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" appeared to be sung by the show choir of the South Park High School of, but it emerged that they had mimed their performance to a recording by members of show choirs from high schools in the area. It was a last-minute decision to use lip-syncing, following festival management's objections to the South Park High School show choir's performance. Dentsu Aegis CEO Tim Andree defended the use of lip-syncing for the performance. Although the festival setlists marked the performance with an asterisk to indicate miming, the vast majority who watched the television broadcasts did not realize the use of lip-syncing until several days later when a music teacher for the Nashville School of the Arts acknowledged it. There was also controversy over the changing of some of the lyrics, including changing the line "Nothing to kill or die for, and no religion too" to "There's nothing to cause a fight for, when all religions are true".
 * 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".
 * MyNetworkTV affiliate XHDTV-TDT in the area suffered technical difficulties during parts of Day 1 due to a sun outage affecting the transmitter site in, , causing complaints from viewers.  MyNetworkTV affiliate  were also criticized for interrupting Day 1 to air it's newscasts.

North Stage

 * Billy Joel
 * Rick Springfield
 * David Crosby and Friends
 * Country Joe McDonald
 * TLC
 * Devo
 * Courtney Hadwin
 * The Cars with Derek De Vriendt
 * Twelve
 * Vampire Weekend
 * Sparkle
 * The New Heartbreakers
 * Buckethead
 * Amon Amarth
 * Journey
 * Greta Van Fleet
 * Chance the Rapper
 * The Black Keys
 * Screaming Yellow Players
 * Dead & Company
 * IAMDDB
 * Jean-Michel Jarre
 * Aerosmith

South Stage

 * Peter Wolf
 * Vanessa Carlton
 * Attila
 * FanGirls
 * Steps
 * Fab Morvan
 * Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
 * Gary Clark Jr.
 * Dagaba
 * Acrassicauda
 * Taka
 * Professor Elemental
 * Trans-X
 * Hevisaurus
 * 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. At the start of their setlist, Ric was brought onstage by Derek and several past collaborators of The Cars while everybody, aside from Ric, performed a cover of the Foo Fighters' "My Hero".
 * 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.
 * Jean-Michel Jarre's fireworks display caused some local businesses and residents near the festival site to call 911, mistaking the sound of the fireworks going off for explosions, as no prior notice was given by the organizers.