Woodstock 50, the festival meant to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1969 event, was officially cancelled on Wednesday (July 31), a little over two weeks before its scheduled dates. Organisers blamed a series of “unforeseen setbacks.”

The three-day festival had been planned for August 16 to 18 in Maryland. The original 1969 celebration became a landmark of counterculture and live music.

Greg Peck, a principal of Woodstock 50, said an “unfortunate dispute” with a financial partner and the legal proceedings that followed forced them to move venues, and that ultimately they ran out of time.