Red Jacket

Historical marker location:

Buffalo, New York

( Marker can be reached from Main Street (New York State Route 5) near Delaware Avenue.)

Marker installed: 1890

The Woodstock Music Festival, which is considered a seminal moment in American cultural history, did not actually take place in the town of Woodstock, New York. The festival was held on a dairy farm in nearby Bethel, New York, about 60 miles south of Woodstock.