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 musicmanjp270 on Jun 2, 2011 22:55:44 GMT -5
My life changing moment was getting front row for daryl hall and chromeo, after that show I caught flaming lips performing dark side. THEN! got lost around centeroo for 30 min (but it felt like hours....) Finally found my way out, and made it to the campsite with no problem!
Im going to create a memory this year..... marriage proposal!!!! OH..I hope she says yes. It would make for a pretty Leno-y rest of the weekend if she said no!
Waiting all day at the Which stage the last day of my first Bonnaroo in 2007 to get up front for The White Stripes. I still watch those youtube videos all the time and still get chills, to me, it was an amazing show and I've been back to Bonnaroo ever since.
I guess I should tell a dating story after reading some of the others. I had tickets for 2008 and was going with a female friend when I started dating a girl in February. By the end of April I could tell she was a great girl so I told her she was more than welcome to get a ticket and come to Bonnaroo with us and she readily agreed. Of course then I said, "let me make this really clear, I'm very happy that you are coming, but don't expect me to baby sit you and miss the shows I want to see. It is hot, it is roughing it, it is tiresome but it is amazing." She then proceeded to tell me that she's never been camping before so this should be fun. I thought I had made a huge mistake. Well she made it like a champ, never complained even as we're sitting in the rain for My Morning Jacket or baking in the hot tent. She saw the experience of Bonnaroo as a great thing, she saw the joy it brought me and she loves the music. We are now married and will be heading down next week like we have every year since we met.
Pearl Jam in 2008. When they started playing betterman (one of my favorite songs) and 80,000 people had lighters held high, and Eddie just had to stop for a second and say "It's quacking beautiful man"
THIS!!!
Yes! Every year on the farm I have times when I stop and think about how awesome the experience is and how soon I'll be back at home and it will all be a memory and I need to soak in the moment as much as possible so I can remember the feeling when I need something to make me feel good about the world. That was one of those moments for sue!
Ben Harper and John Paul Jones performing "Dazed and Confused" was another good one
As was Old Crow Medicine Show coming out with Mumford and Sons to do Wagon Wheel. Wagon Wheel was like the "Sweet Caroline" of my college career, seemed like it always came on during a party and everyone would stop everything and drunkenly sing along.
2007 getting dragged to the the which stage while tripping face and getting a really close spot for the flaming lips. I wasn't familiar with their music, and had no idea about their rediculous theatrics, It was an amazing experience in every way a concert should be.
2010- Saturday morning I woke up in my tent. My neighbor had been running her car and my tent fan was positioned to pull the exhaust right in. I thought "That's annoying, maybe I can get more sleep" I rolled over and quickly realized I was potentially facing death if I did that. I climbed out of the tent, shaken, but totally okay. It would have been a stupid and senseless way to die and was damn scary to be faced with. When the Flaming Lips played Do You Realize that night I was brought to tears. It's all so fucking fragile.
In line with the relationship stories... All I could think of was my best friend and fiance and how I wished he was there with me. We got married last September and the Flips played St. Louis a week before our wedding. We finally saw them together and shared an amazing kiss right after they closed with Do You Realize with our wedding on the horizon. I don't go to church. That song is a religious experience.
As was Old Crow Medicine Show coming out with Mumford and Sons to do Wagon Wheel. Wagon Wheel was like the "Sweet Caroline" of my college career, seemed like it always came on during a party and everyone would stop everything and drunkenly sing along.
2007 getting dragged to the the which stage while tripping face and getting a really close spot for the flaming lips. I wasn't familiar with their music, and had no idea about their rediculous theatrics, It was an amazing experience in every way a concert should be.
THIS!!! The Mumford and Sons show was incredible last summer as were the Lips. Been a long time fan of the Lips, but that Mumford show took the album, which I had already bought and really liked, and made it a constant rotator in my car/iPod.
Im going to create a memory this year..... marriage proposal!!!! OH..I hope she says yes. It would make for a pretty Leno-y rest of the weekend if she said no!
if she doesn't i will
ok......But we have to shoot to vegas right after roo while everything is still blurred!!!!..lol
I love you people...All of you...Ahhhhhhhhh 5more daysss!!!!
My first Bonnaroo in and of itself was life changing. I do try to keep that spirit all year long. A feel good story from last year: I had lost my wallet at some point with $270 in it. A month later, I get a letter in the mail from some woman who had found my wallet and mailed my driver's license back to me. She just wanted to confirm that the wallet was mine, and she mailed me a check for the entire contents including the change, plus my Bonnaroo wallet. I was happier about getting my wallet back than the cash, but it just shows that people can be really good and honest, and those people go to Bonnaroo
Meeting my friend molly for the first time during Jay-Z's set. Making out with the girl next to me, fireworks exploding all around us, and HOVA belting out the chorus to Young Forever was a defining moment in my life.
My sister is trying to get me to meet molly this year as well....sounds like a good time!!
Mmmmmmmm!! Yes, Molly changed my life a few times the past couple years.
2010 Flaming Lips + their Dark Side of the Moon. I did not expect to particularly enjoy them, as I'd never seen them before. And I know it's not everyone's cup of tea. But I quite honestly haven't been the same since that show. It's burned into my brain in a big way.
It was the people I was with, new friends, who made it as special as it was. And I maintain that it is the people that make Bonnaroo great, not the music.
#1 moment right here! When Wayne was crying his way through Do You Realize??, and his face was just lit up on that enormous screen, and you could feel every hair on your body stand up. That was some cool shit.
After hearing you all, I am just so much more excited to go to Bonnaroo. It's been a rough few years and I just need something like this to really see that there is goodness in this world and there is a place where you can let everything go and just live in the moment.
My first Bonnaroo in and of itself was life changing. I do try to keep that spirit all year long. A feel good story from last year: I had lost my wallet at some point with $270 in it. A month later, I get a letter in the mail from some woman who had found my wallet and mailed my driver's license back to me. She just wanted to confirm that the wallet was mine, and she mailed me a check for the entire contents including the change, plus my Bonnaroo wallet. I was happier about getting my wallet back than the cash, but it just shows that people can be really good and honest, and those people go to Bonnaroo
After returning from my 1st Roo in '08 my wife told friends that "He hasn't been right since he got back from Bonnaroo" I just laughed and said, "No, I wasn't right before I went to Bonnaroo!" Roo will restore your faith in humanity, to see tens of thousands of happy smiling folks sharing & caring for others = priceless!
My life changing moment was getting front row for daryl hall and chromeo, after that show I caught flaming lips performing dark side. THEN! got lost around centeroo for 30 min (but it felt like hours....) Finally found my way out, and made it to the campsite with no problem!
I had to do a double take....This is literally word for word the experience I had!
After returning from my 1st Roo in '08 my wife told friends that "He hasn't been right since he got back from Bonnaroo" I just laughed and said, "No, I wasn't right before I went to Bonnaroo!"
After returning from my 1st Roo in '08 my wife told friends that "He hasn't been right since he got back from Bonnaroo" I just laughed and said, "No, I wasn't right before I went to Bonnaroo!" Roo will restore your faith in humanity, to see tens of thousands of happy smiling folks sharing & caring for others = priceless!
Post by Nisplay Dame on Sept 15, 2012 13:37:46 GMT -5
Seeing that this post is "alive again" I'll share....I heard of this thing called bonnaroo down in TN. I was just breaking out into the world of music and was really into phish, but they were on hiatus. Trey was the reason I wanted to go so badly. I asked my brother, who I was shocked at his enthusiasm to go on the trip. The weekend was full of adventure, discovery and eye opening to say the least. I turned 21 on the final day of bonnaroo 2002 and had a life altering moment under the bright moon while Trey put on a memorable show. There is nothing that can compare to bonnaroo 2002, not even close. I haven't missed a roo since, it's my calling, my annual pilgrimage, it keeps me grounded to that sense of being an 21 year old with a whole life ahead of me!
Post by thatbrianguy on Sept 16, 2012 2:07:49 GMT -5
I miss the roo so bad cant wait for next year reading some of these post are just amazing, Ive been 3 times now, bonnaroo is the most amazing place ive been to on this earth and nothing has ever touched me like the love and happyness i feel every year you guys are great I can wait to be back. Under the bridge rhcp was one of my favorite memories wheather it was the song the people or a mixture of both i couldnt tell ya but i had tears in my eyes and i wouldnt trade that memory for any material thing you could offer me
This year was my first Roo and it changed my life. There are a few moments that specifically stand out but the entire process of getting ready and being there was absolutely life changing. I went by myself and felt so incredibly safe. I over prepared so much. I spent at least 200 dollars getting supplies when I could have spent 50 and been more than fine. I lived off of water, Gatorade, Luna bars and Cocoa Puffs. And spent three dollars total at the festival.
Some of the specific moments include: The last day. I waited all day for Young the Giant and made a bunch of friends who I still keep in touch with. Got sprayed with champagne by various people in Young the Giant and Cage the Elephant. Got half a set list (split it with one of my new friends) and got it signed by the guitarists. One of my favorite moments ever.
Mogwai's set and looking over and seeing the bright red sky. That's when I absolutely knew that Bonnaroo was home.
I was walking to my tent one night wearing my blue shirt with shirt with white stars and red shorts-combo and this man goes "AMERICA. THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. Not really though, I'm from Canada.". For some reason, that has stuck with me.
Arlene says the porta potty on Mondy morning trammatized her to perminant fear of porta pottys I have to check them out before she will use one.
Again, I haven't been here for too, too long, so forgive me for asking but are you talking about yourself in the third person and the first person in the same post or a different person or is there a schizophrenic break or something else?
Post by HeavierThings on Dec 4, 2012 20:05:40 GMT -5
Went to my first Bonnaroo with the dude who'd been my best friend all through middle and high school and another casual friend. Well, at the 'Roo, best friend turns flaky as shit and refuses to be chill and just have a good time. He keeps just disappearing, leaving me and casual friend to bond over different shows and expensive beers in Centeroo. By the time we left, something had happen. A true bromance was forged at Bonnaroo.
We used to be tight but then I got "old". Hopefully I see her at the farm and we can party one night together. 
