Bonnaroo Music Festival

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Bonnaroo Music Festival
Location(s) Manchester, Tennessee, US
Years active 2002 - present
Date(s) Mid-June
Genre(s) Jam bands, Alternative rock, Hip hop

The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival (Bonnaroo, or the 'Roo for short) is an annual rock festival by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002. The festival is held on a 700 acre (2.4 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 mostly jam bands, but also including hip hop, jazz, Americana, electronica, and other alternative music. The festival features craftsmen and artisans selling unique products, several dozen food and drink vendors, and many other activities put on 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 24 hours with live music in the tents from noon to 7:30pm CST and midnight to 5am 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" has taken on a whole new meaning for thousands of people who like to have "a really good time." (From Jamband.com)

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[edit] 2006

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Radiohead played their longest performances to date, two and a half hours in length and sporting twenty-eight songs. In a recent interview, vocalist Thom Yorke also confirmed that a DVD of the performance is in the works.

The Preservation Hall Jazz Band was featured in their own tent for three days and nights. On Sunday that tent was taken over by the Bindlestiff Family Cirkus which performed all day, then put on a late night Saturday cabaret show with the Dresden Dolls.

There were a number of other notable collaborations. For the main act on opening night, Tom Petty was joined by Stevie Nicks for several songs. 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, while Gillian Welch, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals, David Rawlings, and Jim James of My Morning Jacket all performed with Bright Eyes. Additional collaborations include G. Love joining Robert Randolph on stage, Stephen Malkmus guest-singing during Sonic Youth's final song, Donavon Frankenreiter performing one song with G. Love, and DJ Logic appearing with Medeski Martin & Wood. The performance by Oysterhead marked the first occasion since 2001 that the trio had played together. The festival came to an end Sunday evening with a show from Phil Lesh & Friends, which featured jazz guitarist John Scofield and joined for the majority of the time by Joan Osborne.

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, Playground, "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 comprised of the following separate band members:

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Musical acts included: Radiohead, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Phil Lesh & Friends, Beck, Elvis Costello & The Imposters, Oysterhead, Bonnie Raitt, Death Cab for Cutie, moe., 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, Sonic Youth, 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, Seu Jorge, Bettye LaVette, Lyrics Born, Dungen, Shooter Jennings, Rebirth Brass Band, Robinella, Andrew Bird, Steel Train, Jackie Greene, DeVotchKa, World Party, Brothers Past, 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: 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, Chad Carter

[edit] 2005

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The festival ran 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.

Ray LaMontagne released a live EP of his Bonnaroo set, appropriately titled Ray LaMontagne Live From Bonnaroo. Also, LiveBonnaroo.com made several artists' live sets available for download, including sets from The Black Crowes, My Morning Jacket and Widespread Panic..

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The Allman Brothers Band, Will Hoge, Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, Trey Anastasio, Jack Johnson, The Black Crowes, 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, 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, The Old '97s, 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 Barbeque Singers, Signal Path, Keren Ann, Dr. Dog, Motion Potion, DJ Quarter-Roy, DJ Medi4, DJ Quickie Mart, Animal Liberation Orchestra, Steel Train, SIIHB's, Sound Tribe Sector 9

[edit] 2004

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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, Eric Krasno, Neil Evans, Papa Mali, Adam Deitch, Reggie Watts, and The New Orleans Horns, among others.

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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, 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, 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.

[edit] 2003

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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, 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.

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The Allman Brothers Band, The Dead, Widespread Panic, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, James Brown, 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 & the CC String Band, Buddahead, Kaki King, RAQ, Jason Mraz, The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players, Josh Kelley, Gavin Degraw, Indecision, Iouque, Rebirth Brass Band.

[edit] 2002

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In the inaugural year, the festival was held June 21-23, and more than 70,000 fans attended.


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, The Del Mcoury 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, Pink Flamingos

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