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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, Hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country, folk, gospel, reggae |
| Website | Official website |
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 (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, 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 put on by various sponsors. Sponsors of the festival are required to provide free activities for attendees.
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 Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment 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]
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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 Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment purchased a 530 acres of the farm where the annual music festival is held, encompassing the performance areas and much of the camping and parking areas. The festival will continue to lease another 250 acres that currently serve as additional parking and camping.
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, The Roots, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Damien Rice, Ween, Gov't Mule, Ziggy Marley, The Decemberists, Kings of Leon, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Wolfmother, Regina Spektor, The Black Keys, Galactic, DJ Shadow, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Spoon, Keller Williams (WMD's), Sasha & John Digweed, STS9, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Hold Steady, North Mississippi Allstars, Fountains of Wayne, Hot Tuna, Feist, Hot Chip, Lily Allen, John Butler Trio, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, Aesop Rock, The Richard Thompson Band, Dierks Bentley, Xavier Rudd, Gogol Bordello, Junior Brown, Tortoise, T-Bone Burnett, Mavis Staples, Clutch, Cold War Kids, Dr. Dog, Paolo Nutini, Brazilian Girls, RX Bandits, The Nightwatchman, The Slip, Girl Talk, Railroad Earth, Martha Wainwright, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Annuals, Tea Leaf Green, Sam Roberts Band, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Charlie Louvin, Sonya Kitchell, Mute Math, Apollo Sunshine, Uncle Earl, James Blood Ulmer, The National,The Little Ones (band), The Black Angels, Ryan Shaw, The Wild Magnolia Mardi Gras Indians, Ornette Coleman, El-P, David Bromberg and Angel Band, The New Orleans Klezmer Allstars, Yard Dogs Road Show and Pete Yorn.
Blue Note sponsored a jazz tent called Somethin' Else featuring Scott Amendola Band featuring Nels Cline, Don Byron Plays Junior Walker featuring Chris Thomas King, Ravi Coltrane Quartet, Lou Donaldson & Dr. Lonnie Smith Quartet, Robert Glasper Trio, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Lionel Loueke, Mago featuring Billy Martin & John Medeski, Stanton Moore Trio, David Murray Black Saint Quartet, The Philadelphia Experiment, Jacky Terrasson Trio and Doug Wamble Quartet.
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 The Roots.
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.
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, Medeski Martin & Wood, Nickel Creek, Gomez, Atmosphere, Steve Earle, Blues Traveler, Disco Biscuits, Amadou & Mariam, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, The Dresden Dolls, Son Volt, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Jerry Douglas, Soulive, Rusted Root, Devendra Banhart Band, Donavon Frankenreiter, Mike Doughty, Sasha, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Blackalicious, The Magic Numbers, The Codetalkers feat. Col. Bruce Hampton, Bill Frisell, The Streets, Stevie Nicks, Joan Osborne, Seu Jorge, Bettye LaVette, Lyrics Born, Dungen, Shooter Jennings, Rebirth Brass Band, Robinella, Andrew Bird, Steel Train, Jackie Greene, DeVotchKa, World Party, Brothers Past, The Wood Brothers, dios (Malos), Toubab Krewe, The Motet, Marah, I-Nine, Matt Costa, Balkan Beat Box, Deadboy & the Elephantmen, The Refugee All Stars of Sierra Leone, David Ford, Electric Eel Shock, Be Your Own Pet, Tortured Soul, The Cat Empire, DJ Medi4.
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.
The 2005 festival took place from 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 Internet access was provided by Cisco Systems. There was a "comedy tent" featuring Jim Breuer as well as some lesser-known comedians and even daily yoga classes. Like 2004, rain marked each day of the festival. The children's area was provided by Kidz Jam.
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, Rilo Kiley, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Drive-By Truckers,Sound Tribe Sector 9, Particle, Joanna Newsom, Peter Rowan & Crucial Reggae, Xavier Rudd, Ray LaMontagne, The Gourds, Blue Merle, Secret Machines, Saul Williams, Donna the Buffalo, Mouse on Mars, John Butler Trio, The Perceptionists, Ollabelle, Old Crow Medicine Show, RJD2, Citizen Cope, Old 97's, Brazilian Girls, M. Ward, Madeleine Peyroux, The Frames, DJ Krush, Assembly of Dust, Amos Lee, Matisyahu, Perpetual Groove, Tea Leaf Green, Lake Trout (band), 22-20s Gabby La La feat. Les Claypool, Heartless Bastards, Josh Ritter, Kermit Ruffins and the Barbecue Swingers, Signal Path, Keren Ann, Dr. Dog, Motion Potion, DJ Quarter-Roy, DJ Medi4, DJ Quickie Mart, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Steel Train, Will Hoge, and STRUT.
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.
The performers were: The Dead (band), 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, Medeski Martin & Wood, Gomez, Yonder Mountain String Band, Damien Rice, North Mississippi Allstars Hill Country Revue, Beth Orton, My Morning Jacket, Patti Smith & Her Band, Gillian Welch, The Del McCoury Band, JoJo & His Mojo Mardi Gras Band, Taj Mahal, The Radiators, Sam Bush Band, Barbara Cue, Vida Blue featuring The Spam Allstars, Los Lonely Boys, Guster, Grandaddy, Jazz Mandolin Project, Robert Earl Keen, Kings of Leon, Praxis, MOFRO, Bill Laswell's Material, Soulive, Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos, Neko Case, Calexico, Leftover Salmon, Mike Doughty's Band, Acoustic Syndicate, Cut Chemist, Cut Chemist and Funky Sole, Chris Robinson & The New Earth Mud, The X-ecutioners, Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven, Umphrey's McGee, The Black Keys, Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra, The Bad Plus, Marc Broussard, louque, Danger Mouse, Nellie McKay, Donavon Frankenreiter, Blue Merle, Rachael Yamagata, Hackensaw Boys, Antigone Rising, Jem, Addison Groove Project, New Monsoon, Mindy Smith, Erin McKeown, Simple Kid, deSoL, Xavier Rudd, and mrnorth.
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.
The festival ran June 13-15, and 80,000 attended. In 2003, The Bonnaroo organizers planned a festival called Bonnaroo Northeast to take place in Riverhead, Long Island, New York. This festival, as well as the Field Day Festival, another festival to take place at the same site, were cancelled, however, in the weeks leading up to the event due to concern about securing permits in time.
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.
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, The Roots, Lucinda Williams, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, Emmylou Harris, Medeski Martin & Wood, Sonic Youth, The Meters, Leo Kottke & Mike Gordon, Joshua Redman, Yonder Mountain String Band, Robert Randolph & the Family Band, The Wailers, Nickel Creek, G. Love and Special Sauce, Tortoise, Liz Phair, Sound Tribe Sector 9, O.A.R., North Mississippi Allstars, Warren Haynes, Keller Williams, Garage A Trois, Ben Kweller, Mix Master Mike, Ekoostik Hookah, The Polyphonic Spree, Kid Koala, Z-Trip, Particle, Michael Franti and Spearhead, Josh Wink, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, The Slip, Cyro Baptista's Beat the Donkey, DJ Spooky, Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons, Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen, The New Deal, RJD2, My Morning Jacket, Topaz, phonosycograph DJ.DISK, DJ.Disk & The Filthy Ape, Vusi Mahlasela of Amandla!, Drive-By Truckers, Hackensaw Boys, Mark Farina, Robinella and the CCstringband, Buddahead, Kaki King, RAQ, Jason Mraz, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Josh Kelley, Gavin Degraw, Indecision, Iouque, Rebirth Brass Band.
In the inaugural year, the festival was held June 21-23. The more than 70,000 tickets sold out in advance.
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.
- Bonnaroo.com Official Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival website
- Bonnaroo MySpace Official MySpace page
- Superfly Productions Website Event organizer
- AC Entertainment Website Event organizer
- Inforoo Unoffical Bonnaroo Forum
- ^ http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-10-2007/0004503748&EDATE= Bonnaroo Purchases Festival Site
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