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| Bonnaroo Music Festival | |
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| Location(s) | Manchester, Tennessee, US |
| Years active | 2002 - present |
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| Date(s) | Mid-June |
| Genre(s) | Jam bands, Alternative rock, |
| Website | Official website |
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a four day annual music festival
created by Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment and produced by AC Entertainment and
Superfly Productions , first held in 2002. The festival is held on a 700 acre (2.8 km²) 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 world music,
The main stage, named the What Stage (capacity 100,000 people) and the second stage, named the Which Stage (capacity 30,000 people) are the two main performance areas, open approximately noon to midnight CST each day of the festival.
Centeroo is a 24-hour gathering place, featuring three large music tents (This Tent, That Tent and the Other Tent), the Bonnaroo Market (craft and merchandise vendors), an arcade tent, music sharing areas, a cinema tent, a comedy tent and other special events. Most activities and vendors in Centeroo are open 24 hours with live music in the tents from noon to 7:30 p.m. CST and midnight to 5 a.m. CST.
The word Bonnaroo, popularized by New Orleans R&B giant Dr. John with his 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo, is a Cajun slang word meaning "a really good time." The name was chosen for its literal meaning, and also to honor the rich Louisiana music tradition that inspired the organizers' desire to provide many styles of quality live music for appreciative fans. The word Bonnaroo is actually a creole-French construction taken from "bon" (french for "good") and "rue" (French for "street").
On January 10, 2007, Bonnaroo organizers AC Entertainment and Superfly Productions purchased a major portion of the site, where the annual music festival is held. The purchase of 530 acres encompassed all of the performance areas and much of the camping and parking area used for the annual festival; the festival will continue to lease another 250 acres that currently serve as additional parking and camping. Since its inception, Bonnaroo has contributed more than $1 million directly to Coffee County organizations. In addition to annual charitable contributions, the festival's activities provide annual revenue to the county. Measured in a 2005 study, the economic impact of the event on Coffee County was more than $14 million in business revenues and more than $4 million in personal income.[1]
== 2008 ==. The 2008 festival is planned for June in Manchester, Tennessee. The tentative date is June 12th through the 15th (Thursday through Sunday).
2007
The 2007 Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival was held on June 14-17. All 80,000 tickets were sold out.
On January 10, 2007, Bonnaroo organizers AC Entertainment and Superfly Productions purchased a major portion of the site, where the annual music festival is held. The purchase of 530 acres encompassed all of the performance areas and much of the camping and parking area used for the annual festival; the festival will continue to lease another 250 acres that currently serve as additional parking and camping.
John Paul Jones performed at several shows aside from the planned SuperJam. He played mandolin with Gillian Welch during the song "Look at Miss Ohio" as well as a cover of Johnny Cash's "Jackson". He then made an appearance during the set of Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, playing "Dazed and Confused" along with Roots drummer ?uestlove. Jones then played a small set with Gov't Mule, playing part of "Moby Dick" and "Living Loving Maid" on bass. He finished on keyboards for "Since I've Been Loving You" and 'No Quarter'. He also played Mandolin with the all women blugrass group; Uncle Earl.
Govt' Mule played with several guests. For the first set, Michael Franti came on for 'Play with Fire', Bob Weir joined for 'Sugaree' and 'Loser' and Lewis Black for 'Johnny Bratton Jam'. John Paul Jones finished the set with 'Moby Dick', 'Living Loving Maid', 'Since I've Been Loving You' and 'No Quarter'. During the second set, Jorma Kaukouen, Jack Cassady, Barry Mitterhoff came on for 'Come Back Baby' and 'Death Don't Have No Mercy'. 'That's What Love Will Make You Do' and '32/30 Blues' featured Luther Dickinson.
The Flaming Lips, an hour before their set was to begin, came out for a one song "sound check" in which they covered War Pigs by Black Sabbath. Singer Wayne Coyne announced that the band was not permitted to start for another hour, but that they would play a song as a sound check for the already dense crowd. The same song was covered again later on in the night by Gov't Mule. Before the show Wayne dispensed red laser pointers to several thousand crowd members so that large balloons released over the fans could be shot at. The Lips also played a rendition of the Rolling Stones' Moonlight Mile that the band been learned specifically for Bonnaroo.
The Police played for only 1 hour, 40 minutes, going over hits "Roxanne" and "Message in a Bottle." Sting referred to the eclectic 80,000-strong crowd at the beginning of the show as "80,000 Tennesseans" and referred to Bonnaroo as "Bonnaroo, Tennessee" as if it were a city. It was obvious that by-gones would not be by-gones, but The Police played their first-half set impressively.
Tool displayed an exceptionally stunning visual spectacle while performing genre bending progressive post-metal. Tom Morello joined Tool during their set for a portion of Lateralus.
During the Thursday night performance by Mute Math, a male streaker ran around on the stage of This Tent before being escorted off stage by security guards.
The Decemberists were joined by Mavis Staples and Bobby Bare, Jr. for a cover of The Weight near the end of their set.
On Sunday, Elvis Perkins was joined by Alec Ounsworth from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah for a song.
During the Kings of Leon show, a fan threw a large bucket of mustard towards the stage and was immediately pulled over the railing and escorted by security.
On the last day of the festival, during Ornette Coleman's performance the 77-year-old jazz legend collapsed onstage due to heat exhaustion. He was admitted to a local hospital, treated and released later that night.
Lewis Black was struck in the head with an object thrown from a member of the audience during his pre-planned interruption of the Gov't Mule show, during which he was going to sit-in and tell a joke. Lewis was understandably upset and he encouraged the audience to boo the heckler before leaving the stage in disgust. He did not tell the joke.[2]
During Ben Harper and the Innnocent Criminals's performance they were joined by several other artists who were proclaimed 'friends of the band'. Ziggy Marley came out and they covered Bob Marley's "Get up Stand up". John Paul Jones came out and played "Dazed and Confused" with Harper and his band.
Sasha and John Digweed performed a late night set that started at 2 a.m., and lasted until the sun came up around 5:30 a.m.
Lineup
Musical acts included: The Police (as part of the reunion tour), Tool, Widespread Panic, The White Stripes, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, Manu Chao Radio Bemba Sound System,
The String Cheese Incident, Franz
Ferdinand,
Blue Note sponsored a jazz tent called Somethin' Else featuring Scott Amendola Band featuring
Nels Cline, Don Byron Plays
The Comedy Tent lineup was as follows: Lewis Black & Friends, David Cross, Dave Attell, Flight of the Conchords, Demetri Martin, Aziz Ansari, Finesse Mitchell, Lynne Koplitz, Dov Davidoff, Nick Kroll, John Bowman and Sideshow Bennie were scheduled to appear.
Performers at the Troo Music Lounge, a sponsored cafe tent, included: Angel and the Love Mongers, Bang Bang Bang, Dave Barnes, benzos, The Biscuit Burners, Pieta Brown, Cage the Elephant, Sam Champion, Christabel and the Jons, Rocco DeLuca, Dixie Dirt, Dubconscious, The Dynamites featuring Charles Walker, Piers Faccini, Favourite Sons, Fiction Plane, Tim Fite, Haale, Jescoe, Alexa Ray Joel, Langhorne Slim, Manchester Orchestra, Jennifer Niceley, Brandy Robinson, Salvador Santana Band, Jonah Smith, Smokin' Dave and the Premo Dopes, John Paul White, Tenderhooks, Tin Cup Prophette, The Westside Daredevils and The Whigs.
The SuperJam was composed of Ben Harper, John
Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin, and ?uestlove of
2006
Highlights
The 2006 festival ran from June 16-18.
The headliners for the 2006 festival included Radiohead, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Beck, and Phil Lesh and Friends.
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band was featured in their own tent for three days and nights.
Friday afternoons set by Bright Eyes featured a host of special guests. Gillian Welch, David Rawlings, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals all came on and played various songs with the band including a cover of Kevin Ayers "Singing a Song in the Morning". At one point, Conor Oberst left the stage and Rhys played a solo version of Super Furry Animals song, "Hello Sunshine". Upon returning to the stage, Oberst heralded the song saying, "that's beautiful, holy shit. I feel that's the theme song, that's the Bonnaroo theme song. We just heard it."
There were a number of notable collaborations and surprises as well. For the main act on opening night, Tom Petty was joined by Stevie Nicks for several songs. Radiohead played their longest set to date sporting 28 tracks. Trey
Anastasio and Mike Gordon of Phish along with Marco
Benevento and Joe Russo of The Benevento/Russo Duo formed the Superjam for late
Saturday night, with a two-song appearance by Phil Lesh. Andrew
Bird joined My Morning Jacket on stage for their three-and-a-half hour
performance. Additional collaborations include G. Love joining
In addition to music, Les Claypool's first feature film, Electric Apricot: Quest for Festeroo (a mockumentary based on jam bands), was shown at Bonnaroo 2006 in the Movie Tent. Activities this year included Troo Music Lounge, Bonnaroo Baseball (powered by MLB Authentic Collection), Bonnaroo Poster Art Exhibit, Brooer's Festival, Kidz Jam, Bonnaroo Fountain and Market, "The Art of Such N Such", a broadband Internet village powered by Charter Communications and Cisco Systems, Bonnaroo Discotheque powered by Xbox 360, and the Sonic Village. The Bonnaroo Buskers returned, and there was also a food drive to benefit the Good Samaritan Food Pantry of Manchester, TN. Relix magazine and Bonnaroo Beacon published an on-site newspaper, and Clean Vibes raffled off tickets to Bonnaroo 2007.
The Masquerade Ball was held on Saturday from 2:00-4:00am. It featured a band composed of the following separate band members:
Joel Cummins of Umphrey's McGee on Keyboard (Rob Marscher of Addison Groove Project joined near the end), Kris Myers of Umphrey's McGee on Drums, Chuck Garvey of moe. on Guitar, Rob Derhak of moe. on Bass Guitar
Lineup
Musical acts included: Radiohead, Tom Petty & The
Heartbreakers, Phil Lesh & Friends, Beck,
Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Oysterhead,
Bonnie Raitt, Death Cab for Cutie,
moe., Sonic Youth, Bright
Eyes, The Neville Brothers, Béla Fleck &
the Flecktones, Cypress Hill, Buddy Guy,
Damian Marley, Ben Folds, Common, Robert Randolph & The Family
Band, Dr. John, Les Claypool, Matisyahu, G. Love & Special Sauce, Umphrey's McGee, My Morning Jacket, Cat Power, Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder, Steel Pulse, Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove,
Cafe Stage performers included: Abigail Washburn, American Minor, Artvandalay, The Avett Brothers, Bobby Bare, Jr., Bojones, Corn Mo, Eliot Morris, Garage Deluxe, GOLDEN, Gran Bel Fisher, Grayson Capps, Gypsy Hands Tribal Belly Dancers, Hot Buttered Rum, HQ Band, Infradig, JD & The Straight Shot, Leslie Woods, Lucero, Mitch Rutman Group, Moonshine Still, Mute Math, Die Nachtigalen, Nug Jug, Phil Pollard & his band of Humans, Samantha Stollenwreck, The Rockwells, Tim Lee Band, Tishimango, Trevor Hall, Tyler Ramsey, Vorcza, Zac Brown Band.
The Comedy Tent lineup was as follows: Marcus Bigby, Lewis Black, Patton Oswalt, Jasper Redd, Jon Reep, Demetri Martin, Vic Henley, Patrick Ward, Tom Papa, Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Presents: "Air Conditioned Acid Trip", Paul Scheer, Aziz Ansari, Jackie Clarke, Rob Huebel, Owen Burke and Dylan Lappin.
2005
Highlights
June 10-12, and more than 75,000 people were in attendance. New Line Cinema
introduced a twenty-four-hour "cinema tent," showing popular and cult films. Wireless
Sound Tribe Sector 9 performed a late night set lasting from approximately 2 am to
6am.
Ray LaMontagne released a live EP of his
Bonnaroo set, appropriately titled Ray LaMontagne: Live From
Bonnaroo. Also, the LiveBonnaroo web site made several artists' live sets available for download, including sets from
Galactic, The Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket and Widespread Panic.
Widespread panic played an epic set on sunday night to close out the festival that lasted over 3 hours!
Lineup
Those performing music included: Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio, Jack Johnson, The Black Crowes,The Allman Brothers Band, Alison Krauss,
Modest Mouse, Ratdog, Herbie Hancock's Headhunters 2005, Gov't Mule, Béla Fleck Acoustic Trio, The Mars Volta, John Prine, Yonder Mountain String Band,
Jurassic 5, The Word, Galactic, My Morning Jacket, Keller Williams, Earl Scruggs, Benevento-Russo Duo feat. Mike Gordon, Joss Stone, Kings of Leon, De La
Soul, O.A.R., Toots and the
Maytals, Umphrey's McGee, Iron &
Wine, Ozomatli,
2004
Highlights
The festival ran June 11-13, and more than 90,000 people attended. It was marked by torrential rains, creating an incredibly large amount of mud. Many vehicles had to be towed out of the parking area.
As with every Bonnaroo Festival, there was also a Mardi Gras parade. It was led by the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, with the grand marshal being none other than American Idol sensation William Hung.
The festival also featured its annual SuperJam, comprised of Stanton Moore, Maceo Parker, George Porter, Jr., Eric Krasno, Neil Evans, Papa Mali, Adam Deitch, Reggie Watts, and The New Orleans Horns, among others.
One of the most memorable performances of the festival that year belonged to My Morning Jacket, whose set was marked by a massive rainstorm, only to be embraced by the band and the crowd.
Another highlight was the appearance of Adrian Belew with Primus. Mr. Belew and Primus performed Lone Rhinoceros and Thela Hun Gingeet.
It's also important to note The Dead's monumental set on Saturday that later won a Jammy for best performance of the year.
Lineup
The performers were: The Dead, Dave Matthews
& Friends, Trey Anastasio, Bob Dylan,
David Byrne, Steve Winwood,
Primus, Wilco, Burning
Spear, String Cheese Incident, Ani
DiFranco, moe., Gov't Mule, Ween, Los Lobos, Galactic, Yo La Tengo, Robert Randolph & The Family
Band, Femi Kuti, Doc Watson,
Willie Nelson was originally scheduled to perform but, shortly before the festival, had to cancel his summer 2004 tour due to carpal tunnel syndrome. Steve Winwood was asked to fill in.
Maroon 5 was also on the bill, but did not appear at their performance time, citing a sore throat by lead vocalist Adam Levine.
The North Mississippi All Stars released: Hill Country Revue which was recorded live at Bonnaroo 2004 and featured The North Mississippi All Stars performing with R.L. Burnside, Jim Dickinson, Chris Robinson of the Black Crowes as well as otha turners rising star fife and drum band.
2003
Highlights
The festival ran June 13-15, and 80,000 attended. In The Bonnaroo organizers planned a festival called Bonnaroo
Northeast to take place in Riverhead,
Warren Haynes released his 2003 Bonnaroo performance as an official live CD, Warren Haynes: Live at Bonnaroo. The Bonnaroo performance featured covers of Grateful Dead classics, To Lay Me Down and Stella Blue, he mixed in among tunes the Gov't Mule songs, Fallen Down and Beautifully Broken and some earlier solo work, I'll Be the One. Warren Haynes ended the afternooon performance with a duet with South African vocalist Vusi Mahlasela with his signature tune, Soulshine.
Lineup
The lineup of musical artists was: Widespread Panic, The Dead, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, James Brown,The Allman Brothers
Band, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Jack Johnson, moe., Galactic,
The Flaming Lips,
2002
Highlights
In the inaugural year, the festival was held June 21-23, and more than 70,000 fans attended. Speaking to the power of the concept, 2002 Bonnaroo sold out in advance, mostly through word-of-mouth amongst the music fan community. The right of the populace to gather and celebrate was upheld by the responsibility displayed by the fans of Bonnaroo 2002 — few crimes were committed during the fest, and a minimum of police presence was required to maintain order. This is in stark contrast to the violence that occurred during the "Woodstock" of the '90s. An early morning performance by moe. on June 23 won a "Best Performance of the Year" Jammy.
Lineup
Musical acts included: Trey Anastasio, Widespread Panic, Phil Lesh and Friends w/ very special guest Bob Weir, Galactic, Béla Fleck & Edgar Meyer, DJ Logic, Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade, Amon Tobin, Old Crow Medicine Show, Soulive, Gov't Mule, Jim White, Umphrey's McGee, Gran Torino, The Big Wu, Donna the Buffalo, Acoustic Syndicate, Keller Willams Incident, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Ben Harper, Cut Chemist, String Cheese Incident, John Butler Trio, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, Jack Johnson, Jurassic 5, Del McCoury Band, Drums & Tuba, Lil' Rascals Brass Band, Disco Biscuits, Llama, The Codetalkers feat. Col. Bruce Hampton (ret.), Particle, Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, moe., Corey Harris, Ween, North Mississippi Allstars, Vinroc, Z-Trip, Mofro, Gabe Dixon, Norah Jones, Campbell Brothers, Dottie Peoples, Blind Boys of Alabama, and Pink Flamingos.
External links
- Bonnaroo.com Official Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival website
- InforooA forum dedicated to anything and everything Bonnaroo!
- Blender Bonnaroo Videos Blender.com Bonnaroo 2007 Interviews & Performances
- Leo's Survival Guide Unofficial Fan "survival guide" to Bonnaroo
- Bonnaroo @ Listserv The original Bonnaroo forum.
- Bonnaroo Community Bonnaroo fan site
- Live Bonnaroo Official Bonnaroo downloads
- Bonnaroo MySpace Official MySpace page
- Superfly Productions Website Event organizer
- AC Entertainment Website Event organizer
- Satellite view of the Bonnaroo site
- Bonnaroo 2007 lineup announcement
- "Tool, Stripes, Panic Joining The Police At Bonnaroo" from Billboard
- "Bonnaroo nabs Police as headliners" from knoxnews.com
- "Bonnaroo Organizers Purchasing Festival Site" from Billboard
- "Bonnaroo wants to buy the farm" from USA Today
- Live pics of Bonnaroo 2007 by SPACE MONKEY PHOTOGRAPHY
- Pod Art Bonnaroo Pod Art Blog
Eddie Florano wrote a song called Bonnaroo from 'Brown Beatler:The Reincarnation' album (2007).
Notes
- ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2007/0004503748&EDATE= Bonnaroo Purchases Festival Site
- ^ "Bonnaroo 2007 Music & Arts Festival", Variety, 2007-06-19.
| Notable rock concerts | |
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| Woodstock | Woodstock Festival (1969) • Woodstock '79 • Woodstock '89 • Woodstock '94 • Woodstock 1999 |
| Other early festivals | Monterey Pop Festival (1967) • Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969) • Atlantic City Pop Festival (1969) • Isle of Wight Festival 1969 • Altamont Free Concert (1969) • Festival Express (1970) • Bath Festival (1970) • Atlanta International Pop Festival (1970) • Isle of Wight Festival 1970 • Wattstax (1972) • Summer Jam at Watkins Glen (1973) • California Jam (1974) • World Series of Rock (1974-1979) |
| Benefit concerts | The Concert for Bangladesh (1971) • Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1979) • Live Aid (1985) • Farm Aid (1985) • Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute (1988) • The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) • The Concert for New York City/America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) • Tsunami Aid/WaveAid (2005) • Live 8 (2005) • A Concert for Hurricane Relief/Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast/ |