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Hey All: I just wanted to say that this year was my first Bonnaroo and it FAR surpassed my expectations. I'm 48 and have seen MANY concerts through the years and this blows them all away. I felt I had to write this because of the first whiny message by an unhappy participant. I have nothing but praise for everyone from the promoters to the trash talkers. The performances I saw were outstanding. Whoever picks the lineup gets a big high five (like I got all weekend from dozens of random people), the diversity was fantastic.
What really made it was all the people. Everybody got along...no pushing no line cutting, no assholes like the the outisde world. I think you all deserve some recognition for being a great example for the rest of the human race.
I've left this festival with a renewed sense of hope for the world. Thank you all for this fantastic experience....peace and "Love and Happiness" (thanks Al Green for that) to you all and.... SEE YOU NEXT YEAR!!!!!!!!!!
i agree with everything except Everybody got along...no pushing no line cutting, no bungholes like the the outside world. totally untrue. not everyone got along, there was tons of pushing through crowds and cutting in lines and people are still bungholes. but with 70.000+ people there, these things are unavoidable. i think some things could be done better, but overall bonnaroo does put on a great festival. enough for me to go 3 times and it would have been more than that if it were possible. it's a great festival.
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 19, 2009 18:44:52 GMT -5
Hear, hear!
I have no real complaints. Obviously a festival of that size just can't go completely perfectly, but it still went very well. And I'm always pleasantly surprised and touched by how NICE everyone is. Yeah, there's a bit of pushing and shoving and stuff like that, but it's way better than other shows. I get spoiled by 'Roo - at Roo I can be in the front for a show and not get totally crushed, which is great. Maybe once in a while someone comes up and squeezes their way by to get to the front, but nobody threatens to punch me in the face if I don't let them by like I experienced at the last concert I went to before Roo. And in my experience, outside of the pits at Roo everyone is nice - there's always someone to give you a hand (or a napkin, or a flashlight, or some extra toilet paper) when you need it.
I agree as well. While I may always have suggestions for improvements, it's by far my favorite festival (and I've been to many). The only real crowd issues I had was in trying to get into the left side of the pit during Sunday's Phish show. Even then there were a lot of very nice folks to offset the pushers and line-cutters and the security card keeping the line from getting in was very polite, empathetic and professional.
Post by atlantajimmy on Jun 19, 2009 21:21:02 GMT -5
I really enjoyed the performances and the time overall. However with all the GREEN Friendly, save the planet, clean vibes sent out, why can't people throw away the thousands of bottles, cups and trash after each show? Cmon folks, you brought it now bring it over to the can and throw it in. I guarantee you it wont kill your buzz or prevent you from getting any.......
I really enjoyed the performances and the time overall. However with all the GREEN Friendly, save the planet, clean vibes sent out, why can't people throw away the thousands of bottles, cups and trash after each show? Cmon folks, you brought it now bring it over to the can and throw it in. I guarantee you it wont kill your buzz or prevent you from getting any.......
Not defending people who don't throw their crap away, but it really would have helped if there had been some freaking trash cans around! It was ridiculous how hard it was to find one at times. We kept finding ourselves carrying trash around for ages because there wasn't a trash can nearby but we weren't about to just drop it on the ground or whatever. I found some trash stuffed in my purse after I got home that I'd forgotten about too. Considering how environmentally conscious the fest is I would have thought there would be trash cans everywhere you look.
I think that they were trying to balance having trash cans available with not having trash cans in places where people would flip them over to stand on them. I agree that there were not as many as I would've liked and, like you, I ended up with pocket-loads of trash at times. It's always such a bummer to see the debris on the ground after a set...
I agree as well. While I may always have suggestions for improvements, it's by far my favorite festival (and I've been to many). The only real crowd issues I had was in trying to get into the left side of the pit during Sunday's Phish show. Even then there were a lot of very nice folks to offset the pushers and line-cutters and the security card keeping the line from getting in was very polite, empathetic and professional.
I was there too and that was intense! The roo needs to have a better line system so the cutters don't screw things up (same thing happened at the Silent Disco, though not the same intense pushing/squeezing).
That said, it was an awesome festival, and it was worth it to suffer the pit line for Sunday's phish show -wow!
Amazing: Phish, Bruce, Amadou & Mariam, Vieux Farke Toure, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Wilco, NIN Good to great: Animal Collective, NIN, Jimmy Buffet, King Sunny Ade, Tobacco, MGMT, Passion Pit, Kraak & Smack Glad to have seen: Oakenfold, Grizzly Bear, Beastie Boys, of Montreal, Snoop Dogg
Post by pondo ROCKS on Jun 20, 2009 13:22:43 GMT -5
This year was pretty great but I do have one small question...did it seem to anyone else that there were less volunteers/clean vibes people this year? In years past, I had always seen tons of clean vibes people, this year not as many.
Overall though, a GREAT festival full of lots of diversity.
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Post by SuzieSunshine on Jun 22, 2009 8:48:23 GMT -5
100% agree. I've been to Roo 4 times and every year it gets better. From the organization, to the music, to the extras they add in for our enjoyment. No other festival makes the experience as fantastic as roo.
Post by ronburgandy? on Jun 22, 2009 9:02:25 GMT -5
my biggest complaint:
they took out the artist bios in the booklet this year. that was a great resource on the farm for learning tidbits about bands i dont know about. please bring that back in the future, roo.
they took out the artist bios in the booklet this year. that was a great resource on the farm for learning tidbits about bands i dont know about. please bring that back in the future, roo.
I could not agree more, I was really surprised when I noticed that they weren't there.
they took out the artist bios in the booklet this year. that was a great resource on the farm for learning tidbits about bands i dont know about. please bring that back in the future, roo.
I could not agree more, I was really surprised when I noticed that they weren't there.
I had assumed that they had resorted back to previous years where they gave you a fold out map and then you got a separate magazine on the bands but that never came to be. Weird.
This year was my first roo as well, and it completely blew me away. in a weird way, i believe that Bonnaroo helped me regain some of my sanity and faith in humanity. i loved how nice and helpful most of the people were. One great example is that i had a pretty great spot at the Mars Volta, right in the middle of the thick part of the crowd. they were killing up on stage, and everyone was moving out in the audience. i guess i overheated, because i got really dizzy. next thing i know, i am being led/carried out by two people who gave up good spots at a great concert to help me when i face planted. they got me out to a more open area where i could sit down, and made sure that me and my roo mate would be alright and knew where the medic tent was in case i had more problems. it was one of the most moving things thats ever happened to me. worst part about that day for me was that i slept through NIN and MGMT, two of the main draws for me.
A Thieve's Parade 2/24 Conspirator 2/26 Kevin Smith 3/11 Keller 3/17 Papadosio 3/18 JJ Grey 3/25 Bela Fleck/Edgar Meyer 3/26 Toubab Krewe 3/27 O'Death 4/11 Budos Band 4/22 EOTO 4/28 Summer Camp 5/6-29 All Good
I wish i had stayed awake, and then slept through some of the stuff the next day instead. those were two of the main reasons i decided for certain to go.
I never have such a good time like I do at Bonnaroo. I've been 3 times and we brought a whole group with us this year, and I could not have had a better time.
That being said, I did think it was pretty crappy that they RAN OUT of maps and booklets by the time we made it into the gates. What's up with that?
Fortunately, I know the site pretty well by now and had no trouble getting to where I needed to go.
Post by plasticpepper on Jun 25, 2009 18:44:42 GMT -5
I always think it's weird/annoying that they run out of books. We're not talking a one year thing where there was some problem with printing or delivery or a late rush of ticket sales or anything. Every single year they run out. They clearly plan on that - they know how many tickets they're selling and they just don't print enough books, it's a given that if you're late getting there you probably won't get one. And I don't understand it - when you're printing such a huge run of something like that, the cost per each is pretty negligible. I can't imagine it would come out to more than a couple dollars per booklet. Spending $230 or whatever on a ticket ought to buy you a guide book; I honestly can't understand why they never print enough.
I don't know why it didn't occur to me this year, but next year I'm definitely going to print a ton of schedules (or my unofficial guide book thing if I do something similar again) so I can hand 'em out to people I run into who didn't get a book. I lent my book out to multiple people so they could check the schedule and I was really wishing I had extra printed copies to hand out too.
But since I kinda feel bad posting something critical like this, I should qualify - the guide book shortage is really the ONLY issue about 'Roo that I don't understand. There are other things that are maybe a bit unfortunate, but they're either inevitable or they're things that I imagine are on the to-do list of things to change. If my only real "annoyance" with the fest is a shortage of guide books, well, that's pretty good!
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I have always wondered "HOW COME THEY DO NOT PRINT THE SAME NUMBER OF BOOKLETS AS TICKETS SOLD OR EXPECTED TO BE HANDED OUT"?
They do make enough....extras and extras! They were just all in the press tent apparently. Bamabelle was able to bring us some extras from the press tent where they had tons of them. They just run out at the lines I suppose. They ran out of stickers for RV's too and we had to wait until they bring more. They just don't have the entire supply at the front gates and when thye run out instead of holding up the line to wait until someone brings more they just let you through. Sucks!! I think there are places in Centeroo that you can get them thugh, just not sure where.
They have in previous years but I kept an eye out at the info booth in Centeroo all weekend and they had signs up all weekend that they didn't have any books. Luckily, our party was set but after hearing all of the complaints in years past, I was curious to see if they'd corrected the issue yet.
They have in previous years but I kept an eye out at the info booth in Centeroo all weekend and they had signs up all weekend that they didn't have any books. Luckily, our party was set but after hearing all of the complaints in years past, I was curious to see if they'd corrected the issue yet.
It took me a while, but I finally found one at an Info Booth on Thursday. Then on Monday morning I went by the Volunteer Tent near the tower in the campground and they had a few there, so I picked up a couple for souveniers.
Post by 811942891995 on Jul 2, 2009 14:30:20 GMT -5
Hells ya! this year was sick! i've been evrey year and this one was the best by far! its incredable the way they keep pushing the limit....and guess what, it keeps gettin better! we aint been home a month yet and im already ready for another epic tennesse face melting!