Santana to perform for venue’s half-millionth fan on July 17 Bethel, NY Forty-one years ago, a half million gathered for three days of peace, love and music, and on July 17 Bethel Woods will honor its 500,000 fan when Santana once again takes the stage at the historic site of the 1969 Woodstock festival. Bethel Woods is celebrating its fifth anniversary by presenting its 500,000 concert attendee with a VIP concert experience including two seat upgrades to a private Bethel Woods box suite; two 2010 season lawn passes; two passes for the VIP concession area; two museum tickets, $150 museum shop gift certificate, a $100 Aramark dining gift certificate and roundtrip luxury car transportation. Lucky guest Anne Jarema of Suffern, N.Y., purchased two tickets to the July 17 Santana concert at 8:34 a.m. on Friday, April 23, 2010, and in that transaction bought the 500,000th ticket to a Bethel Woods concert. Bethel Woods, ranked No. 39 among worldwide amphitheaters for 2009 by Pollstar magazine, will officially celebrate this milestone when Jarema walks through the gates for the concert, becoming the 500,000 concert attendee at the arts center located at the site of the Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y. “Like that long August weekend 41 years ago, we have accomplished to provide half a million a beautiful place to gather in peace and music,” said Matt McNeil, senior director of sales and programming for Bethel Woods. “We are proud to celebrate this milestone with Ms. Jarema and thank all our guests and Members in our fifth season.” “I am just overjoyed at winning,” Jarema said. “I think that Bethel Woods is one of the best things that has happened to Sullivan County, where we have a second home, in a long time. I’m a great believer in the future of the county as an entertainment destination, and Bethel Woods plays an important role in building that future.” A limited number of tickets are still available for Santana’s historic return to Bethel with special guest Steve Winwood Find out about shows To be among the first to hear, sign up for the E-Club at www.BethelWoodsCenter.org, text CONCERT to 38714 on a mobile phone, follow Bethel Woods on Twitter, or become a fan on Facebook. For more information visit www.BethelWoodsCenter.org.
About Bethel Woods
The not-for-profit Bethel Woods Center for the Arts’ stated mission is to enrich, promote and improve the quality of life in its community through culture, education, history and the arts. Located approximately 90 miles from New York City at the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, N.Y., the state-of-the-art 15,000-capacity outdoor performing arts venue, intimate 400-seat Event Gallery, and award-winning Museum at Bethel Woods are set within a bucolic 2,000-acre campus.
See the show
A limited number of tickets are still available for Santana’s historic return to Bethel with special guest Steve Winwood on July 17. Visit www.BethelWoodsCenter.org or the box office at Bethel Woods.