Bonnaroo 2009 - June 11-14, 2009

[Klout]

phish + roo = 75 hours of traffic and probably a few dozen deaths

[lilblondie]

Too bad this show is in the middle of nowhere.  885 miles and a 14 hour drive = not a chance in hell.

you dont know what your missing...super fun time....

[Yoda]

I do know what I\'m missing.  I\'ve done the festival thing and if I do it again, it\'ll be north of the Mason/Dixon.

[kindm's]

I do know what I\'m missing.  I\'ve done the festival thing and if I do it again, it\'ll be north of the Mason/Dixon.

I drove down in 2004. It was actually kind of fun. I was with a good friend, we had a hotel room we were sharing with others for showering and clean up but we camped out as well.

We drove straight to the hotel. took a shower and got in line to get in to the festival. When we left we went to the hotel slept and left the next day.

I will say this. This festival is not for the faint of heart. The sheer size of the camping venue is massive and you could be a 20 - 30 minute walk from centeroo. We got lucky as we were camped pretty close to the main stage but HOLY SHYTE were some folks camped WAYYYY out there. I couldn\'t imaging having to walk that far in the Tenn. heat of June. It was bad enough being camped where we were, lugging 60lbs of taping EQ everywhere.

BUT...... For the quality of the sound systems and the side stages ( I love those permanent sheds they have) it really cannot be beat. I haven\'t done any of the big west coast festivals so not sure how they compare but Bonnaroo was top notch from a technical perspective. It really is music overload but in a good way. I was taping JoJo and walked out and got a lemonade and strolled over to catch a little Ani Defranco. Pretty cool to be able to do that kind of stuff and I have only experienced that at roo.

I will probably never go back as we did run in to some hassles there but they were taping related so it wouldn\'t effect the regular concert goer.

It seems to be well run but the sheer size, travel distance, cost, and heat and humidity was enough to stick closer to home.

[ds673488]

phish + roo = 75 hours of traffic and probably a few dozen deaths

we could only hope

[peaches626]

kindm\'s i totally agree- i went in \'05 and it was an awesome experience and a great trip.  and my camping area had to be over a mile away from where all the music was.

for the people who say the lineup is crap (and there are people every year)- there is NO WAY you have seen or heard every band that is at Bonnaroo, you are bound to see some shit you\'ve never ever experienced before

It would take something serious to get me there again though- there is just soooo much involved in pullin it off right, and there are so many good festivals waaay closer

[weekapaug19]

phish + roo = 75 hours of traffic and probably a few dozen deaths

we could only hope

you hope people die? :hscratch:

[Klout]

walking over dead wooks is all part of the experience

[kindm's]

walking over dead wooks is all part of the experience

it also helps keep you out of all the mudd.

[Klout]

dead wook bridge over a ser mud patch can save you a pair of shoes

[Gfunk]

rotfl

[Klout]

sometimes I give them a heady kick down of ***** laced with anthrax if I come upon a particularly big patch that requires multiple bodies to cross

[kindm's]

sometimes I give them a heady kick down of ***** laced with anthrax if I come upon a particularly big patch that requires multiple bodies to cross

Or you could just throw a few bux down and then walk across the scramble.

[peaches626]

bonnaroo \'05 i found a 100 dollar bill on the ground right next to my car.  i picked it up and held onto for all three days of the festival, waiting for someone around our campsite to ask about a missing hundo.  never happened, so that paid for our gas on the way home...


just a random story. lucky me i guess. i am a wook.

[freddiewaht]

bruce springstein to headline.
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