This Was the Highest Paid Performer at Woodstock

Santana

$1,500, split (presumably) among the band members
 

Ravi Shankar 

$4,500
 

Arlo Guthrie

$5,000
 

Richie Havens

$6,000
 

The Grateful Dead

$7,500
 

photo by © Baron Wolman

Joan Baez

$10,000
 

The Band

$15,000
 

Janis Joplin

$15,000
 

Jimi Hendrix

$30,000 for two sets (highest paid act)
 

Source: The Road to Woodstock, by Michael Lang