Surprising Facts About Woodstock Festival
The Set List was Determined by Traffic Conditions
Despite everything else that went wrong with the festival, pretty much everyone involved still said that the worst part was definitely the traffic.
The roads around Bethel was almost at a complete standstill for 20 miles outside the farm, meaning that it really sucked for residents of the city, it was hard for attendees to get in and for the performers to arrive to the venue.

The Set List was Determined by Traffic Conditions
Impatient people just ended up ditching their cars and walking, making the roads even worse.
The set-list was determined by who could even get to the site- Iron Butterfly was booked to perform and couldn’t even make it from the airport.