Northern IL/Southern WI - "A Tribute To Woodstock" Music Festival

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August 14th & 15th

Those of you that live in northern IL and southern WI might be interested in this: Welcome to A Woodstock Illinois Tribute 2009

While not necessarily a VW event, I'm sure there will be VW's there, just like 40 years ago.

We'll be there on Saturday with our Westy - I need to find a tye-dyed Grateful Dead t-shirt....

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Anyone, anyone.....????

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I'll be out that way visiting my cousin. I don't think we'll make it to the festivities though. The groups I'd like to see are playing Friday and I won't be around

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Saturday was an awesome day!!! 10 degrees cooler would have been nice though....

There were about 25 vintage VW's, a New Beetle and a Eurovan in the special VW parking area, as well as a couple of Westy's and a vintage Beetle convertible in the camping area.

The music was awesome, the food was good and there was a bunch of vendors selling tie-dye goodies, jewelry, hula-hoops and groovy tapestries. Food choices included hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, pulled pork sandwiches and funnel cakes. No "special" brownies or grilled cheese sandwiches.....

I have never seen so much tie-dye in one place. There was a couple there celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary - they were married at the original Woodstock music festival and they renewed their vows (complete with a minister) on stage after the Grateful Dead tribute band played.

The crowd varied in age from babies in strollers to seniors in tye-dye and peace sign pendants. Even though it was warm and there was a beer garden, most everybody was well behaved and enjoyed admiring the VW's.

They were offering helicopter rides and our daughter got a huge thrill by going for one.

I'll post pictures when I get some free time - my daughter might have gotten an aerial shot of the row of VW's.

Peace, love and music!!!