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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.
History
The word Bonnaroo, popularized by New Orleans R&B giant Dr. John with his 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo, is a 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 New Orleans Ninth Ward slang construction taken from the French "bon" meaning "good", and "aroo" from the English "around", translating to "the best on the streets". [1] Location Manchester, Tennessee, US, Great On January 10, 2007, Bonnaroo organizers Stage Park Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment 2002 - present Years purchased a major portion of the site, where active the annual music festival is held. The purchase of 530 acres (2.1 km2) encompassed all Mid-June Date(s) of the performance areas and much of the Indie rock, Jam bands, Jazz, Americana, Genre camping and parking area used for the annuBluegrass, Country, Folk, Gospel, al festival; the festival will continue to lease Alternative rock, Hip hop, Reggae, another 250 acres (1.0 km2) that currently Metal serve as additional parking and camping. Official website Website Since its inception, Bonnaroo has contributed more than $1 million directly to Coffee The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is County organizations. In addition to annual an annual, four-day music festival, created charitable contributions, the festival’s activitand produced by Superfly Productions and ies provide annual revenue to the county. AC Entertainment, first held in 2002. The Measured in a 2005 study, the economic imfestival is held at Great Stage Park on a 700 pact of the event on Coffee County was more acre (2.8 km²) farm in Manchester, Tennessthan $14 million in business revenues and ee, 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Nashville, more than $4 million in personal income.[2] Tennessee. The main attractions of the festivIn recent years, festival organizers have al are the multiple stages of live music, feaplaced great emphasis on recycling and turing a diverse array of musical styles in’greening’ efforts during the event.[3] cluding indie folk, world music, hip hop, jazz, In 2008, it was named “Best Festival” by americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, Rolling Stone Magazine, calling it "the gospel, reggae, electronica, and other alternultimate over-the-top summer festival." [4] ative 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
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various musicians performing at the festival. • Comedy Tent - This tent is reserved strictly for comedy acts, such as stand up comedians. Various other small tents and stages also exist, such as the Solar Stage and the Cinema tent. See the Bonnaroo website for further details on these venues.
Venues
The official venues located at Bonnaroo often change from year to year. The following are a few of the more permanent venues.
Activities
Available to the Bonnaroo public throughout the week are various activity tents. These tents become most popular with the night crowd, with such activities set up as The Silent Disco tent and several other club or bar themed venues. The Silent Disco allows for participants to enjoy the excitement and fun of a dance club but without disturbing nearby campers. Each person upon entering the tent is given a set of headphones that syncs with the DJ and the music, so everyone is listening to the same song through the headphones while appearing from the outside to be dancing to no music at all. Activities like this provide an easy and fun way to hang around the Centeroo in between music performances.
Which Stage at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN. • Centeroo - The Central area of Bonnaroo. Serviced by two main entrances, nearly all of the festival activity is enclosed in this area. Various merchants and activities supplement the plethora of music related activities located within Centeroo. Only one stage, the What Stage, lies outside of Centeroo. While Centeroo is open 24 hours a day, musical artists generally only play from noon until the evening, followed by the unopposed headlining act. Afterwards, there are late-night sets, usually running from midnight until the early morning, sometimes as late as 5 or 6 AM. • What Stage - The main stage of the festival, with a capacity of 100,000, is also the largest. What Stage is open from approximately noon until midnight. Traditionally, the headlining act each day will play on the What Stage with no other acts performing on any other stages. • Which Stage - The second stage, with a capacity of 30,000. Which Stage is generally one of the last stages to finish before the headlining act each night. After the headlining act performs, a late night show generally follows here. • This Tent, That Tent, and The Other Tent These three tents serve as a combined tertiary tier for musical performances. Late night shows also generally occur in all three of these venues, along with the yearly Superjam, a one-off combination of
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External links
• Bonnaroo.com Official Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival website • GreatStagePark.com Official Site of Bonnaroo Property • Inforoo.com The Unofficial Bonnaroo Message Board • Survival Guide Leo’s Unofficial Bonnaroo Survival Guide
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story/01-10-2007/0004503748&EDATE= Bonnaroo Purchases Festival Site [3] Greening & Activism - Bonnaroo Festival [4] Rolling Stone dubs Bonnaroo "Best Festival"
Notes
[1] Jon Pareles at the Bonnaroo Music Festival [2] http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/ stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/
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