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 monkeybones on Mar 16, 2011 11:28:43 GMT -5
This will be my first bonnaroo and i am so excited for it already.
Reading the different stories you guys have been sharing from times past, expectations about what is to come, and the general awesomeness of the event have me thinking about what my first time will be like and what i want to accomplish.
i was going to come up with a list of various goals to accomplish, almost like a scavenger hunt style, (ps has anyone done a roo scavenger hunt before?) but i decided to just go with a few.
1. Meet someone nice from Chicago because i have an totally unwarranted hatred for that city based solely on its garbage airports. I'm hoping a nice person can change my view.
2. Crowd surf. Something i have never done before but i'd like to before this festival is over.
3. actually hug a free hugs person. I've seen them before at different festivals but they never actually seemed willing to give out hugs. i feel the roo vibe will be diff and i can manage to snag at least one.
so those are my 3 random goals for bonnaroo, hopefully i can get them all knocked off in my inaugural expereience.
What are some other goals of the inforoo populous?
Post by plasticpepper on Mar 16, 2011 20:00:06 GMT -5
I've had a Roo to-do list of sorts for a while now, and although I've crossed off a lot of things (going to shows by myself, picking up a copy of the Beacon, riding the ferris wheel, visiting the Silent Disco, eating arepas and the alligator...) there are still a couple I haven't done...notably finding the dragonmobile and Mr. T-mobile.
Post by 10goldbees on Mar 16, 2011 21:26:00 GMT -5
Sorry to poop on your dreams, but please don't crowdsurf. It's an incredibly unnecessary way to disrupt someone's concert enjoyment. There have been so many times that I've been caught up in a beautiful, life-altering trance at a show, only to get kicked in the back of the head by someone who then expects me to pick up their sweaty ass.
Plus, it's the easiest way to get molested while losing all of your worldly possessions.
Plus, with Roo crowds it will be very difficult to get up and get going.
Post by 10goldbees on Mar 16, 2011 21:29:25 GMT -5
And for the sake of the thread (and to not be a sourpuss), I'll add that this is the year I: - ride the ferris wheel - go in the cinema tent - learn to say quack it and just stick around a set I am enjoying instead of trying to catch two shows at once - buy one of those awesome looking hammocks that they are usually selling - same as above, but with the cool posters - wander around centeroo long after all the shows are over, just to see what's up - learn to bring less food than I think I'll need - and play in the MOTHER FLIPPIN SONIC FOREST
Post by Mista Don't Play on Mar 16, 2011 23:31:16 GMT -5
Yea, I would avoid crowd surfing. Not only is it annoying, but the later it gets the more wasted and tweaked out the crowds become and they have no interest, or ability, to hold you up and transport you above their head.
1. See Buffalo Springfield, Robert Plant and the Band of Joy, Arcade Fire, and My Morning Jackets Concerts in their entirety (and STS9 if no conflicts) 2. Sleep atleast 15 hours collectively (thursday, friday, and saturday nights) 3. Get to brunch
GOALS FOR 2011 BONNAROO: 1. see musicians who ive never heard of, and fall in love with them live. 2. ride the ferris wheel 3. eat alligator jerky 4. not get blisters or sun burn 5. sleep til 10 6. dance like a damn fool
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Post by firsttime11 on Mar 17, 2011 7:43:32 GMT -5
Enjoy the quick and well needed break from life that I get in those four days, cause before I know it il be back to 40hrs a week and broke from bills....ohh and have the time of my life of course.
Post by Tripperfish on Mar 17, 2011 8:40:02 GMT -5
I think crowd surfing needs some defence here! Listen, if you're young, and (this is key) light, AND if it's the right show, then go crazy, have fun, I fully believe that it's a key part of the festival experience.
However, if you're a big dude and you've decided to crowd surf during Ray Lamontagne, I'll kill you myself.
It's all about right time right place! But I can sympathize with people who want to get close for their favorite acts who get blindsided by a foot or two!
Anyways here's my goals:
1. Buffalo Springfield 2. Lots of Whiskey 3. Girl Talk late night
Post by monkeybones on Mar 17, 2011 13:35:24 GMT -5
aight crowd surfing comments noted lol.
i'll feel it out and it the vibe is that it will work without being bothersome to people ill go for it, otherwise is will abstain as per usual. and im def not a huge guy, i'm like a buck fifty sopping wet with a brick in my pocket.
I was pretty short with my "sleep til 10", because that's the nearly unattainable goal.
Catch more bands than in previous years.
Stay til after the last show. I usually leave mid-Sunday for lack of stamina/tiredness, but I lost 30 pounds, so far, and have been endurance training on the roads on weekdays, and in the liquor closet on weekends.
My last goal is meet tons of people and have fun, but that's a given at Roo.