The Woodstock festival is turning 40-years-old this weekend so I have compiled a list of 40 little-known facts about the historic musical event as a tribute. They’re definitely far out.

1. Woodstock took place the weekend of August 15-18 1969. It was only supposed to last 3 days, but performances spilled over into Monday morning.
2. It was originally titled “The Woodstock Music and Art Fair.”
3. The purpose of the festival was to raise money to build a recording studio in Woodstock, New York, a place that inspired Bob Dylan.
4. Woodstock did not occur in the town of Woodstock, but a dairy farm in Bethel, New York.
5. The festival had four organizers: John Roberts, Michael Lang,  Joel Rosenman and Artie Kornfeld.
6. There were 33 musical performances.
7. The festival was billed as “An Aquarian Exposition, Three Days of Peace and Music.”
8. There are no known records for a permit for the festival to be held in Bethel or a meeting granting permission.
9. The total number of attendance was expected to be 50,000–500,000 attended.
10. The festival’s expenses were figured to be $750,000 and were to be covered by the admission fees alone.
11. Advance ticket sales for all 3 days of the festival were $18.
12. Ticket booths were bum rushed by crowds and were abandoned on day one, making Woodstock free to attend.
13. Traffic jams were over 20 miles long.
14. One million people were turned away from the festival due to traffic.
15. Performers had to be helicoptered in due to traffic.
16. There was no reported violence over the three-day period, but there were two known deaths–one from a heroin overdose and one person was run over by a tractor while sleeping.
17. Though Bob Dylan was a driving force behind Woodstock, he didn’t attend—his son got sick, sidelining him from the historic festival.
18. John Lennon wished to be a part of Woodstock, but the U.S. denied him an entrance Visa.
19. Joni Mitchell declined her invite to perform at Woodstock at the urge of her manager who wanted her to appear on The Dick Cavett Show. It is said she watched the event unfold on TV with tears in her eyes.
20. The festival received over five inches of rain.
21. Nearly 50,000 people got electrocuted when it began to storm.
22. There were only 600 portable toilets.
23. The U.S. Army flew in doctors and food to the attendants
24. A group of nuns distributed sandwiches made from 200 loaves of bread, 40 pounds of meat and two gallons of pickles.
25. Two women gave birth at Woodstock.
26. Folk singer Joan Baez was nearly six months pregnant when she performed at Woodstock.
27. Richie Havens was the first act on stage even though it was supposed to be the psychedelic band Sweetwater, who got delayed in traffic. They ended up playing fifth on day one.
28. Nine out of 10 people smoked marijuana at Woodstock. None were arrested for it.
29. Only 80 people were arrested and most of them were on drug charges for LSD, heroin or amphetamines.
30. In order to attract bigger acts, the organizers had to promise massive paychecks for the times to cement the performers. One of the biggest contracts was to Jefferson Airplane for $12,000 when they usually performed for about $5,000.
31. Santana was paid $1,500 for its 45-minute performance.
32. Janis Joplin was paid $7,500 for performing at Woodstock.
33. Jimi Hendrix introduced himself and his band as Gypsy Sun and Rainbows.
34. Jimi Hendrix’s performance of the “Star Spangled Banner” became one of the biggest moments in music history only nearly 320,000 people left before he went on stage leaving a slight fraction to actually experience the moment.
35. Country star Roy Rodgers was asked to close Woodstock with his hit “Happy Trails,” but he declined in fear the hippies would boo him off the stage. Jimi Hendrix became the final performer, which occurred on Monday morning.
36. 600 acres of Woodstock was cleaned up in less than 5 days.
37. When the festival was said and done, it was $1 million in debt.
38. Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin died nearly a year after their Woodstock performances.
39. Woodstock, the three-hour documentary of the music festival, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature in 1970.
40. Woodstock has never been able to be recreated into the peaceful event that it was in 1969. A 1999 attempt was chaotic and violence-ridden.