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Not that I'm planning on doing it (my friend bought our tickets at noon the day they came out), but I was wondering if it was common to see individuals who didn't buy tickets in Bonnaroo (as if often the case with festivals) or does the bracelet system prevent this.
Not that I'm planning on doing it (my friend bought our tickets at noon the day they came out), but I was wondering if it was common to see individuals who didn't buy tickets in Bonnaroo (as if often the case with festivals) or does the bracelet system prevent this.
I am sure there are some but they are definately the minority
Post by Darth Boo Boo Kitty @#*& on Feb 25, 2008 22:44:24 GMT -5
I became acquainted with one inside the fest in '06 after he convinced a teenage girl camping near us that it was a good idea for her to hold his drugs and pretend to be his girlfriend while he snuck into Centeroo. After she got caught and hauled away by security he headed back to her tent, ate her food and took a nap. Bad guy. Dumb girl. I've never really been on the lookout and haven't come across any more.
When tool started playing everybody just pushed through the gates, security did not have a chance to check for anything. This can be seen here.
True, but that's different than crashing the whole festival. You basically have to crash the main festival and then crash Centeroo. Then you either need to sleep in Centeroo (doable but not ideal) or crash it again each day (also not fun).
And that isn't even mentioning the ill-tempered sea bass with lasers on their heads...
Post by jambandjohn on Feb 26, 2008 0:38:38 GMT -5
in 05 there were a bunch of crashers. they had found a pile of the armband pieces, from where the ticket takers cut off the excess and had taped the pieces on their wrist. after a while security wised up and yanked on everybody's armband as you went into centeroo.
Yeah, it definitely happens. I know people personally who have told me that they went to three or four Bonnaroos without ever buying a ticket. They just jumped a fence and walked in. These days, though, they don't give any slack on the wristbands, and it's a lot harder to do.
last year i met this guy who made a wristband out of the little parts that they cut off of everyone elses wristbands on the end-he just taped them all together. i was reallllllly out of it though so i didn't have a real chance to see if he was actually slleeping in centeroo or what
i remember that crap before tool, while it was securitys fault that it happened just because they were taking sooooooooo long to check everybody for nothing, it was still pretty disrespectful of people to knock the gate down.
In '04 I saw 6-8 guys cut the fence between Centeroo and the outside and get in. Last year I had 3 "crashers" camp near me as we had a HUGE site (20x60) which became a semi Tent Only.
There are always a bunch of people hopping the fence but the bracelet problem helps keep it down.
Post by thewalmarttree on Feb 26, 2008 9:01:33 GMT -5
Did anyone see the mounties on those huge Clydsdale Horses last year? They were patroling a certain area where the fence normally gets cut down. A friend of my has land that connects to a part of Bonnaroo. For years he would sell food, drinks, ice and even showers to festival goers at a very reasonable price. They could just walk over to his setup...get what they needed...then walk back. He would even allow cars to drive out of Bonnaroo when the festival was over. This was a huge time saver for some. If a fence was put up...it was taken down in the darkness of night. Since the mounties patrol that area now 24-7, his buisness hasnt faired well. Getting in Bonnaroo is easy without a bracelet...its getting in centeroo thats hard. More on this later...
Did anyone see the mounties on those huge Clydsdale Horses last year? They were patroling a certain area where the fence normally gets cut down. A friend of my has land that connects to a part of Bonnaroo. For years he would sell food, drinks, ice and even showers to festival goers at a very reasonable price. They could just walk over to his setup...get what they needed...then walk back. He would even allow cars to drive out of Bonnaroo when the festival was over. This was a huge time saver for some. If a fence was put up...it was taken down in the darkness of night. Since the mounties patrol that area now 24-7, his buisness hasnt faired well. Getting in Bonnaroo is easy without a bracelet...its getting in centeroo thats hard. More on this later...
I think they are actually draft horses - but anyway - I had heard that locals offered showers and such
Post by localweather on Feb 26, 2008 10:39:37 GMT -5
Last year during the Police set, this older guy (maybe in his mid 60s) came wandering through the crowd with a 12 pack of beer. He started talking to us, gave us some beers and also produced a pint of some sort of bourbon and gave us some shots of it. He said that he was a local and that he had been to every Bonnaroo, that he snuck in every night and went to see the shows.
He then gave me what was left of the 12 pack and took off into the crowd. Some dude offered me 2 bux for each beer that was left so I sold them.
Last year during the Police set, this older guy (maybe in his mid 60s) came wandering through the crowd with a 12 pack of beer. He started talking to us, gave us some beers and also produced a pint of some sort of bourbon and gave us some shots of it. He said that he was a local and that he had been to every Bonnaroo, that he snuck in every night and went to see the shows.
He then gave me what was left of the 12 pack and took off into the crowd. Some dude offered me 2 bux for each beer that was left so I sold them.
Not sure why a local would need to sneak in - thought the locals got tickets just for putting up with the hassle of us hippies - I may be wrong
Post by Sköldpadda on Feb 26, 2008 11:39:37 GMT -5
bos1969 said:
localweather said:
Last year during the Police set, this older guy (maybe in his mid 60s) came wandering through the crowd with a 12 pack of beer. He started talking to us, gave us some beers and also produced a pint of some sort of bourbon and gave us some shots of it. He said that he was a local and that he had been to every Bonnaroo, that he snuck in every night and went to see the shows.
He then gave me what was left of the 12 pack and took off into the crowd. Some dude offered me 2 bux for each beer that was left so I sold them.
Not sure why a local would need to sneak in - thought the locals got tickets just for putting up with the hassle of us hippies - I may be wrong
I think it's just people within a certain radius of the site.
I remember in 02, the entire fence from the main entrance all the way around that sharp curve, was down. Was very easy to just walk right in.
They started patrolling the fence along shedd road last year so people couldnt go across sheed and patronize the residents who were selling food, drinks and showers.
Everytime that fence would go down, they would have it back up really quick.
I talked to two horse mounted patrolmen lastyear that were sitting out there across from our nieghborhood. I wnated to cut through BFE instead of walking all the way down sheed to bushy branch. There was a hole in the fence at the time and they would not let me go through.
They said they were guarding the fence until a crew came to fix it.
I made the comment that I could not believe two security guards were being wasted guarding a hole in the fence. they agreed with me!
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Post by easymorningrebel on Feb 26, 2008 11:58:57 GMT -5
thewalmarttree said:
Did anyone see the mounties on those huge Clydsdale Horses last year?
I saw them chase down a guy and then rough him up looking for whatever he was selling. He ditched whatever he had so they had to let him go, but not before scaring the shit out of him. It was scary for me too, cause the horses were charging thru the camping only section. Me and my friends were just chillin at camp when it happened.
