Shangri-Lux is the official glamping partner of Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Located at the site of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival, Bethel Woods hosts some of the top musical artists in the country in all genres.
Photos: Bethel Woods Concert Events and our Glamping Tents
For nearly 20 years, the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts has hosted outdoor concerts in a 16,000 seat amphitheater in upstate New York. Located about 90 miles from NYC in the town of Bethel, the outdoor venue can be found within the grounds that once acted as home to nearly half a million concertgoers during the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August of 1969.
Today, the Center boasts not only the outdoor concert amphitheater but a recording studio, a museum celebrating Woodstock’s history and a carefully curated slate of programs aimed at both children and adults.
Quoted from a Forbes article by Jim Ryan on an interview with
Eric Frances, CEO of Bethel Woods:
“That was part of the whole concept of the original Woodstock festival: which was creating a festival that wasn’t in a parking lot of an arena or like some of the other festivals that took place in some of the bigger parks in huge municipalities or concrete jungles. We want that person who can walk in with their tent, put it up and stay here. Camping and glamping are embraced. The idea is to get people out of their element for three days of peace and music. There is a vibe– you can feel the history. It was pretty simple”.
It was a great amenity to offer people that were coming to the area that might not have a second home. Of course hotels are limited, so when there is a busy weekend the hotels fill up locally. When surveyed, guests would always say, “Oh, I wish we could stay.” So a small campground was launched as many more people are gravitating to “five star glamping,” which is an option thanks to our SHANGRI-LUX festival tents- now you can just spend the night because you don’t want to drive home after a long concert night.
More to come!
