Przystanek Woodstock 2009 Last Weekend: The Revelers

Last weekend marked the fortieth anniversary of the Woodstock Music and Art Fair, as well as the fourteenth anniversary of Przystanek Woodstock. The three-day festival took place on the Polish border with Germany, at Kostrzyn nad Odra: the crowd was huge, dirty, and loud; the ground turned to a wasteland of mud and trash; the sex was rampant and free. Overall, it was a smashing success, and the list of B-artists wowed the crowd (and those watching on TV/the Internet.)

Creating a muddy pit.

Quite a lot of people jumping around in the mud.

Others prefer to relax and wallow in the filth.

A bungie pole above the masses.

Two monks amongst the revelers.

The crowd helps 'push' the bus along.

They push even in chairs.

One concert-goer wears a three-bonged hat.

The crowds going to and fro from the town and the concert grounds.

The encampment at dawn.

In the end, a lone angler fishes in the muddy pool.

I'll address the issue of the performers next post.