I lived near Woodstock/Bethel and drove to see the action. It was not a fun thing to do..Hard to park, wet and thousands of people. You had to be into it. Up until 2 years ago we still lived (had Summer home) very near Woodstock and entertained ourselves on many weekends by driving into town, having some "Jane Ice Cream" and watching the old hippies sit in the town square, some with their dogs, playing a guitar or just hanging out. There are the small number of young adults who are trying to capture some of the hippie culture and look like something out of the 60's. On Sunday at around noon they get back on the NYC bus to make the trip back to the city. What is interesting is that it has the only flea market I know of where all sorts of drug products, (e.g. pipes, etc.) can be bought. Booths are set up like the ones in the Squares. The Village is still quaint and caters to a lot of NYC people who either come up for the weekend or have summer homes just outside the villages in the mountains. It is a strange mixture of the NYC well to do's doing some shopping or eating at the resturants while in the square is this mix of young and older hippies.