Whether it's your first Bonnaroo or you’re a music festival veteran, we welcome you to Inforoo.
Here you'll find info about artists, rumors, camping tips, and the infamous Roo Clues. Have a look around then create an account and join in the fun. See you at Bonnaroo!!
Post by checkeredpast on Jun 21, 2006 0:52:40 GMT -5
I'm thinking of coming back next year as a volunteer. I'd love it if some of you could post with your volunteering experiences or just answer a few questions I have.. thanks
1) How many hours a day did you work and were you still able to catch a lot of the shows you wanted to see? 2) Was there a special campsite specifically for the volunteers? 3) any benefits/perks? 4) would you do it again? was it fun?
Post by dunedingirl on Jun 21, 2006 9:26:07 GMT -5
We stayed in Handicapped Accessible area and were surrounded by volunteers because we put out shade after like 10 am so they set their tents up in our shadow:
The volunteers we spoke to said they were told you would only be working like 24 hours but when they got there they had them scheduled for 30 hours. One girl told us they had her scheduled 6 days straight(she got there Weds). The volunteers we spoke with worked the pods and they camped within yards away in that campsite. They were all really nice but they worked ALOT! I am not really sure if I would want to go all that distance and then not see the bands I really wanted to. Spend the $200 and bring something to sell to make your money back. They didn't seem to be having a bunch of fun they just looked exhausted
when you volunteer they give you a wristband and free food. before they do that you have to gie them a $250 money order so that you cant just walk off with the bracelet and do no work. if you show up and work what your scheduled you get your $250 money order back at the end
Not trying to say it wouldn't suck, but the volunteer page does say "3-4 eight-hour shifts" (24-32 hours), so the volunteers should have known that they could be working 30 hours.
(But 6 days straight really doesn't sound cool when they advertise 3-4 shifts)
I really am considering getting a VIP ticket next year...then camping with the Inforoo area. That way I can get that free food and get better access to the artists and the free beer, while still being able to hang out with the coolest people at bonnaroo, the INFOROOSTERS!!
I do know that you have to buy 2 VIP tickets, so in the future, if anyone wants to go in with me on this scam-o-the-century, just give me a HOLLA!
Maybe...If it is good beer and good food. If I am paying for a buch of grilled cheese sandwiches and a bunch of buds I will pass..but I would thin they would pamper ya for 500 a head
That's what I'm thinking, too. I'm sure it's decent food, and you know it's gonna be bud and miller that they're serving. But just for the band access alone it'd be worth it....
That's what I'm thinking, too. I'm sure it's decent food, and you know it's gonna be bud and miller that they're serving. But just for the band access alone it'd be worth it....
I thought you only get to sit on the bleachers... that up on stage was special "friend of band" passes or something... can anyone in VIP give the lowdown on that?? Cause if that was the case, geez, I would so pay for it and just camp in tent land.
if all of dirty till sunday went VIP I would do it and actually sleep there...
but I'm thinking I spent so much money on food and water and alcohol anyway, it was probably the same price a VIP ticket would have been, so what the hell count me in! Whether I camp there or not, I think it would be worth it just to shower (ahhhhhh) maybe once during the weekend.... ok so now someone just has to be my ticket partner come January
i dunno about the RV...sucks all the life out of it. and you wouldn't get to wake up, crawl out of your tent, and stare at all the shadesters staring back at you!!
Post by dunedingirl on Jun 23, 2006 9:15:12 GMT -5
jasonusmc said:
That's what I'm thinking, too. I'm sure it's decent food, and you know it's gonna be bud and miller that they're serving. But just for the band access alone it'd be worth it....
Just to let you know, they served Sierra Nevada and 420 beer in the hospitality tent for $3, the same as the bud products just a smaller cup. And water and soda was $1.50. Right there you could probably make your money back and the food was pretty good too. The port a lets were cleaned like every hour and they always had rolls of toilet paper in there with more rolls hanging off the door. No one in security checked you and you could have carried a suitcase full of shit through and they wouldn't have looked at you twice. They just checked for your wristband.
alright i've volunteered the past 2 years here's my take
2005 i worked as a pre-show volunteer. get in the saturday before the festival started. you start work sunday and then you work through thursday when the festival begins. it's a lot of hours but i think it's worth it. you basically get randomly placed with a department that needs an extra hand throughout the week. it's pretty easy work but it is long days.
2006 i worked during the show. i worked thurs, fri, sat, sun 5 hour shifts each day. only about 20 hrs over the weekend, not bad at all. i did miss a few shows i wanted to see but i still so about 20 great acts for free. the work here was A LOT easier but you did miss some bands.
pros -wristband gets you through back gates so you dont have to wait in lines when you go into centeroo -it's basically FREE for not much work -get a staff shirt -SHOWERS (they were suprisingly decent too) -MUSIC, FREE (sign me up)
cons -pre show lots of hours (but it's worth it when the festival begins and your there for free) -if you want to do the pre show you basically have to be there for a little bit over a week which is kind of tough for some people with jobs. -miss some shows over the weekend if you work it.
the best part is
no matter how much money i spend over the weekend i still know that i'm going to go home with my $250 money order.
i don't know if that helps but
i will do it again. probably the pre show tho. i'd rather have the festival to just do what i want but for saving the money on a ticket it was worth missing a few acts. there's so much music i definitely would not go home disappointed.
Thanks for the info skyhigh. Is there any backstage access or anything like that? Do they provide you with any food and beverage? Where do they camp you? If you volunteer pre-show, you're camping the whole time? Showers?
