Anyone going to Bonnaroo?
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April
4/30/2008:
Along the lines of the All Points West Festival this summer at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, is another massive four-day festival being held way out in Tennessee: The Bonnaroo Music Festival.
One reader has a simple question: “Is anyone from Hoboken headed down to Tennesee for the Bonnaroo music festival, maybe head down as a group and camp near during the festival?”
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four-day annual music festival created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002. The festival is held on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles southeast of Nashville, Tennessee. The main attractions of the festival are the multiple stages of live music, featuring a diverse array of musical styles including indie folk, world music, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternative music. The festival began with a primary focus on jam bands, but has diversified greatly in recent years. The festival features craftsmen and artisans selling unique products, food and drink vendors, and many other activities including some put on by various sponsors. Sponsors of the festival are required to provide free activities for attendees.
Check out the lineup! Impressive!
April 30th 2008 - 16:13:49 |
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April 30th 2008 - 16:21:30 |
Skipping this year. Still the most well run festival around(apart from the inevitable hell of ‘04 due to the torrential rains)
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April 30th 2008 - 16:34:30 |
a nice young musical concentration camp. For $200 you can have fun and also don’t forget to hit Shakedown Street.
100K, I just wish they took care of the people, its a humanitarian crisis for 3 days with no clean water. No money in the infrastructure….but you meet some really cool people besides the exhaustion and hydration.
At least we have good clean water in Hoboken
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April 30th 2008 - 16:40:24 |
I feel the complete opposite. Never had a problem with clean water or clean portos…
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April 30th 2008 - 17:10:01 |
I went in ‘03 & ‘04. Good times! The ‘04 rain was pretty bad, but the mud aftermath was excellent!
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May 1st 2008 - 09:46:40 |
i am going again this year…i went in 05 and 06—06 was perfect weather…you can avoid all the bathroom, heat mess if you camp VIP style—everything is catered, air conditioned bathrooms, you never get searched going in and out of shows, and your entrance is right to the main stage. my morning jacket is playing one late night set so that’s why i’m going—phenomenal. also pearl jam and jack johnson are joining..phil lesh/friends-who knows who they’ll bring on stage, also kanye west will play one night…going to be a great year, rain or shine!! i’m dissappointed the verve didn’t sign on as well as the black crowes, would have been over the top as they used to tour together 15 years ago or so..some really good memories from bonnaroo–best way to have a vacation, standing in the middle of a field somewhere in TN listening to your favorite bands.
(oh and the festival in JC this year is okay–weak lineup but a nice effort)
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May 1st 2008 - 09:48:21 |
Unicorns United wrote:
05′ was a rain fest as well, cleared up right as we were pulling out on monday morning!! definitely rain gear and canopy is the key–and AVOID shakedown street..i still get nightmares–i made my BF walk me thru it at the time though cuz i wanted the experience. GROSSSSSSSS
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May 1st 2008 - 11:17:40 |
unfortunately missing out this year, lineup looks real solid, the ‘04 and ‘05 rain and aftermath were pretty interesting, if you go prepared for anything you’ll be cool. the last phish show in coventry still takes the cake for mud
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May 1st 2008 - 11:54:53 |
This sounds like a giant wannabe Woodstock, not an ideal vacation at all. I’ll take the Caribbean or Southern Italy over this any day.
That being said, I hope you hippies have a good time.
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May 1st 2008 - 12:06:29 |
phishphan wrote:
yeah i know someone that lost their shoes in the mud the first day and went shoeless the whole time–from what i hear that sounds like a mess.
also cool at bonnaroo are the silent discos (which they’ve been doing everywhere now) and the scratch schools–; also if anyone is interested in going and can’t afford it, 101.9 is having a contest–so go online and enter for the final drawing. i don’t know if the package is VIP or regular, they’ve been hyping up bonaroo for months. i just read in rolling stone where thom yorke said radiohead’s best show ever was bonnaroo 06–it’s a really mellow, friendly crowd–
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May 1st 2008 - 12:28:10 |
Katie_Scarlett wrote:
Good for you, you wont be missed
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May 1st 2008 - 12:40:22 |
You mean MTV presents…Bonnaroo?
As for me…I’m sticking to seeing good bands like Radiohead in good ol’ JC.
Look at the lineup this year – Kayne West & Metallica are headlining. Wasn’t this supposed to be for the hippies?
I went the past year (‘07) and had an excellent time. We had an awesome campsite and met some very interesting people.
If you want to be one with your surroundings (ie camping in tents, being bathed in dust storms, and sweating you butt off)than Bonnaroo is for you!
Have fun and enjoy the 15 hour car ride!
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May 1st 2008 - 13:13:53 |
lm24kc wrote:
i like that it’s not a hippie fest–bands like sonic youth and the roots and jurassic 5 don’t play for hippies– there is a stage geared toward most of the markets (indie, bluegrass, rock, hip hop) if you want a true jam band/hippie fest, there are a few still around but this festival appeals to everyone, especially those who don’t like one type of music. in order to stay competitive, they needed to move from jam band to hit every market. it blows all over festivals out of the water, but not for only the lineup but because space, the lack of celebrity-dom (as in coachella) and real community music feel. bands just go down to hang out even if they’re not playing-you can catch an after performance on a smaller stage somewhere if you’re really into a band. and if you go VIP, you don’t have to worry about the few dirty sweaty wookies that are there will be a non factor–people are really annoyed that metallica are playing, i hope they play the same time as MMJ–it will be interesting
as for JC festival-i’ll be glad to see radiohead and the secret machines but it’s def not comparable–hopefully next year that other NJ festival will be bigger and this one will add some more acts
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May 1st 2008 - 13:26:54 |
First of all, VIP and Bonnaroo should be oxymorons. I understand this is Hoboken and we all have to be fancy…but seriously.
It never crossed my mind to go VIP. Money was not an issue. I just felt if I was going to “experience” Bonnaroo…I was going to be with everyone else. I wasn’t going to be holed off in some area with my AC and catering. I shared my gazeebo with random overheated people, I bartered for food with the neighbors, we shared sunscreen, water, TP etc. I have never experienced something like that before…not sure if I want to again…but man it makes for a great story!
Hey, it’s only four days.
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May 1st 2008 - 13:40:53 |
i’ve done regular camping, too and it’s nice not waiting 4 days for a shower and not having to pack food and not waiting in line to go in and out every time you want to go back to your tent (you don’t get searched either). the camping set up is basically the same- i’m happier when i’m cleaner –standing 12 hours in the heat is more fun–plus you get better access to the main stage-right next to the stage when beck and radiohead played in 06-whatever your preference-either way, the experience was only enhanced the year i did VIP
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May 1st 2008 - 14:00:10 |
phishphan wrote:
I just saw this – rather bitter for a wannabe hippie, no? Now go smoke your dope or drop your acid or whatever it is a phishphan is doing these days to mellow out.
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May 4th 2008 - 21:10:22 |
yellowsubmarine wrote:
Im heading down and doing VIP as well, drop me an email rcirish2000@yahoo.com , we are leaving Wednesday
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June 18th 2008 - 10:54:40 |
Just got back from this—There was a fun group from Hoboken, plus we met a ton of other Hobokenites down there thanks to my campmate wearing his Hoboken shirt and Hoboken flag at our site. Raconteurs, Pearl Jam, Metallica, and My Morning Jacket all played unbelievable sets–an amazing few days–sad to come back but definitely check it out if you can!
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