Sam Yasgur
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Samuel S. "Sam" Yasgur is an attorney; Sullivan County, New York
official; and the son of Max Yasgur
, who leased land on his 600 acres (2.4 km²) dairy farm in Bethel, New York
for the Woodstock Music & Art Festival
in August 1969.
Yasgur has said that his "consultations with his father" played a crucial role in the concert coming to Bethel. He grew up on his father's farm, and was a graduate of Cornell University
and the University of Chicago School of Law.
Yasgur was a 27-year-old assistant district attorney in Manhattan when his father allowed the Woodstock Festival
to take place on his land. The concert had just been barred from taking place at the Orange County
town of Wallkill, NY
. The Woodstock Festival took place from August 15 to 18, 1969.
Yasgur went on to become an attorney at Hall Dickler, and also served as Westchester County Attorney. He continues to practice law in New York and is currently the Sullivan County Attorney.
Yasgur supported Alan Gerry's Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
, a $70 million performing arts center built on the same land on which the original Woodstock Festival took place. Bethel Woods opened in 2006.
Yasgur wrote a book about his father, Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock Festival’s Famous Farmer, which was self-published in August 2009.
Sullivan County, New York
Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,547. The county seat is Monticello. The name is in honor of Major General John Sullivan, who was a hero in the American Revolutionary War...
official; and the son of Max Yasgur
Max Yasgur
Max B. Yasgur was an American farmer, best known as the owner of the dairy farm in Bethel, New York at which the Woodstock Music and Art Fair was held between August 15 and August 18, 1969....
, who leased land on his 600 acres (2.4 km²) dairy farm in Bethel, New York
Bethel, New York
Bethel is a town in Sullivan County, New York, USA. The population has been estimated at 4,532 in 2007.The town received worldwide fame after it became the host of the 1969 Woodstock Festival, which was originally planned for Wallkill, New York, but was relocated to Bethel after Wallkill withdrew.-...
for the Woodstock Music & Art Festival
Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
in August 1969.
Yasgur has said that his "consultations with his father" played a crucial role in the concert coming to Bethel. He grew up on his father's farm, and was a graduate of Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
and the University of Chicago School of Law.
Yasgur was a 27-year-old assistant district attorney in Manhattan when his father allowed the Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Festival
Woodstock Music & Art Fair was a music festival, billed as "An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music". It was held at Max Yasgur's 600-acre dairy farm in the Catskills near the hamlet of White Lake in the town of Bethel, New York, from August 15 to August 18, 1969...
to take place on his land. The concert had just been barred from taking place at the Orange County
Orange County, New York
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. It is part of the Poughkeepsie–Newburgh–Middletown, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area and is located at the northern reaches of the New York metropolitan area. The county sits in the state's scenic Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley...
town of Wallkill, NY
Wallkill, Orange County, New York
Wallkill is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 24,659 at the 2000 census.The Town of Wallkill is centrally located in the county. Interstate 84 crosses New York State Route 17 in the southern part of the town. U.S...
. The Woodstock Festival took place from August 15 to 18, 1969.
Yasgur went on to become an attorney at Hall Dickler, and also served as Westchester County Attorney. He continues to practice law in New York and is currently the Sullivan County Attorney.
Yasgur supported Alan Gerry's Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
Bethel Woods
The Bethel Woods Center for the Arts is a not-for-profit performing arts center and museum located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, New York which took place on a parcel of the original Max Yasgur's Dairy Farm....
, a $70 million performing arts center built on the same land on which the original Woodstock Festival took place. Bethel Woods opened in 2006.
Yasgur wrote a book about his father, Max B. Yasgur: The Woodstock Festival’s Famous Farmer, which was self-published in August 2009.