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Sound Storm: When The Grateful Dead Played Wisconsin’s Woodstock

Published: April 16, 2021, 5 a.m.

Fifty-one years ago this month, long-haired hippies and flower children from across the Midwest converged on a small Wisconsin farm in Poynette for a weekend of peace, love and music. The Sound Storm music festival’s lineup was stacked with mostly regional artists, but also included The Grateful Dead, who played a five hour set. Historian Michael Edmonds tells the story.