Artist Pay Rates:

• Jimi Hendrix – $30,000 for two sets plus $2,000 for expenses. Note- There was a cap of $15,000 per artist at Woodstock so a deal was made for Hendrix to play two sets, an acoustic set and a set with his band.
• Blood, Sweat & Tears – $15,000
• Joan Baez – $10,000
• Creedence Clearwater Revival – $10,000
• The Band – $7,500
• Janis Joplin – $7,500
• Jefferson Airplane – $7,500
• Sly and the Family Stone – $7,000
• Canned Heat – $6,500
• The Who – $6,250 (also reported at $11,200 but Variety claimed that number was inaccurate)
• Richie Havens – $6,000
• Arlo Guthrie – $5,000
• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – $5,000
• Ravi Shankar – $4,500
• Johnny Winter – $3,750
• Ten Years After – $3,250
• Country Joe and the Fish – $2,500
• Grateful Dead – $2,500
• The Incredible String Band – $2,250
• Mountain – $2,000
• Tim Hardin – $2,000
• Joe Cocker – $1,375
• Sweetwater – $1,250
• John B. Sebastian – $1,000
• Melanie – $750
• Santana – $750
• Sha Na Na – $70