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I've seen the taped wrist bands and know that there are some every year. Meh, there is really not enough people crashing to make it a big deal. I remember the year when there was WAY more people than the ticket sales. Ticket sales were 90 or 100K and offical estimates of the crowd were around 120K. That was the year they were pulling on wristbands. Since then I've not had my wrist band pulled on. They have been putting them on tighter in years past it seems.
Local I think I might know what guy your talking about does he have a farm next to BFE? Our first year we were camped down there and bought water, ice and food from him. Even paid him 10 bucks to leave through his farm. Nice guy, good cornbread. That sucks there slowing his buisness down. The first year I went the local folks were lined up and down bushy brach selling stuff. The kettle corn guy made a killing. He was walking the row of cars giving away handfuls of kettle corn. I had some then walked back and bought a big bag of it. Good stuff it was still warm.
thought i'd chime in. first off, props for that tool video, very cool, nice and long. also good reminder of why we listened/watched the what stage shows from camp. GA camping with views of the screens from top of van, and killer sound when the wind blows right.
as far as the crashers go. last 2 years i met a few people wandering the campgrounds that got in without a ticket. i dont think any riots are gonna break out.
not like some tours of past where hundreds would consistently show up lookin for that miracle.
saw some bad things in buffalo and (insert city here) due to gate crashers.
the security force on horses (out of texas) are way more friendly than havin a full on cop force roaming the grounds. imo.
Post by thewalmarttree on Feb 26, 2008 20:53:26 GMT -5
thedrugsdowork said:
I've seen the taped wrist bands and know that there are some every year. Meh, there is really not enough people crashing to make it a big deal. I remember the year when there was WAY more people than the ticket sales. Ticket sales were 90 or 100K and offical estimates of the crowd were around 120K. That was the year they were pulling on wristbands. Since then I've not had my wrist band pulled on. They have been putting them on tighter in years past it seems.
Local I think I might know what guy your talking about does he have a farm next to BFE? Our first year we were camped down there and bought water, ice and food from him. Even paid him 10 bucks to leave through his farm. Nice guy, good cornbread. That sucks there slowing his buisness down. The first year I went the local folks were lined up and down bushy brach selling stuff. The kettle corn guy made a killing. He was walking the row of cars giving away handfuls of kettle corn. I had some then walked back and bought a big bag of it. Good stuff it was still warm.
Yes, thats him. Every year we hang out at his place walking in and out of the grounds. Even though there are mounties patroling the fence line, there is still an end to the fence. If you follow it long enough into the woods the fence just ends. People were still walking in and out that way buying stuff from Bobby. The mounties couldnt do anything about that. Bobby even counteracted their presence by giving the festival goers free rides on his 4-wheeler back to their campsite...this was really popular amoung ice buyers.
I've been getting in free every year just to see the craziness of all the hippies. I saw this one guy about 4 years ago complete a Rubics Cube in like 30 seconds...however the hassel of finding new ways to get into centeroo has ended for me. I bought tickets this year mainly to hear Metallica, Jack Johnson, and Pat Green. I dont really care about Pearl Jam. They interest me about as much as the Police did last year. I left after the Ben Harper set. Anyways, Bobby will be set up again so give him a shout.
Yes, thats him. Every year we hang out at his place walking in and out of the grounds. Even though there are mounties patroling the fence line, there is still an end to the fence. If you follow it long enough into the woods the fence just ends. People were still walking in and out that way buying stuff from Bobby. The mounties couldnt do anything about that. Bobby even counteracted their presence by giving the festival goers free rides on his 4-wheeler back to their campsite...this was really popular amoung ice buyers.
I've been getting in free every year just to see the craziness of all the hippies. I saw this one guy about 4 years ago complete a Rubics Cube in like 30 seconds...however the hassel of finding new ways to get into centeroo has ended for me. I bought tickets this year mainly to hear Metallica, Jack Johnson, and Pat Green. I dont really care about Pearl Jam. They interest me about as much as the Police did last year. I left after the Ben Harper set. Anyways, Bobby will be set up again so give him a shout.
Tell him he's awesome for me. That made our first roo sooo much easier. If I'm down in BFE I'll be stopping over.
Yes, thats him. Every year we hang out at his place walking in and out of the grounds. Even though there are mounties patroling the fence line, there is still an end to the fence. If you follow it long enough into the woods the fence just ends. People were still walking in and out that way buying stuff from Bobby. The mounties couldnt do anything about that. Bobby even counteracted their presence by giving the festival goers free rides on his 4-wheeler back to their campsite...this was really popular amoung ice buyers.
I've been getting in free every year just to see the craziness of all the hippies. I saw this one guy about 4 years ago complete a Rubics Cube in like 30 seconds...however the hassel of finding new ways to get into centeroo has ended for me. I bought tickets this year mainly to hear Metallica, Jack Johnson, and Pat Green. I dont really care about Pearl Jam. They interest me about as much as the Police did last year. I left after the Ben Harper set. Anyways, Bobby will be set up again so give him a shout.
Tell him he's awesome for me. That made our first roo sooo much easier. If I'm down in BFE I'll be stopping over.
same here and it was nice to shower on sunday in a real shower....also their Ice was actually FULL and frozen not melted half way down!
As my Inebriated buddy walks out of the Porto, he yells out, "Dude...I love this place...bonnaroo thinks about everything...they even put beer holders next to the toilet!"
Had to break it to him that that was the urnal. Good times good times!
Post by flyphisherman on Feb 28, 2008 4:17:40 GMT -5
In 2003 I went with no ticket and cut peaces of braclets from others and used fishing line to put it together and I went to Bonnaroo and centerroo for free. Oh small detail, I jumped about 3 fences to get into the camping area. Then in 04 two of my friends did the same thing cause they couldnt get a ticket, they just jumped out one mile down the road and sneaked in, then got braclet peaces from are buddies. It can easily be done but it is for the brave, bold, and cheap.
Post by JustSoYouKnow on Feb 28, 2008 11:15:06 GMT -5
My boyfriends sleeps horribly if he falls asleep drunk and ripped off his wristband, but we safety pinned it back together... they never checked that side, luckily bc it was our first 'roo and would have been our last. I did see them check on girl who did not have a wristband at all at night and asked her why but we went through the gates before we could see what ended up happening.
In some karma related way I feel "Crashing" would be too much like a non conformists, as if I was diffrent than everyone else "supporting" the fest scene.
Not for nuthin but somebody has to pay the band and the man (taxes)!!!!!
Post by flyphisherman on Mar 1, 2008 1:52:17 GMT -5
Its not wrong if you are that broke, you can go into the camping areas with no wristband anyways. Every year I see alot of people walking around (outside centroo) with no bands.
I have also seen quite a number of people without wristbands in the camping area however Roo is on private property and your invitation onto that property is your ticket. If you do not have a ticket or you are not working at the festival in some way you should not be anywhere on the property. If you do not have a ticket you are technically trespassing on private property which is a crime.
I have no problem with gate crashers. To each his own, I say. If I was too poor, I might do it myself. They are a part of any fest and , in reality, do no harm. They do use the porto-potties (I hope) so that is the only added cost to the fest sponsor. But that is negligible.
I don't judge a "crasher" and in fact have fed many with my community meals in my many Roos.
I do not judge the crashers themselves either and I would agree that gate crashers in general are accepted as part of the experience by most people and that we can all have a good time together. I have also shared some time and food with the wandering crashers and have had a good time together.
This being said I do have to point out that from the perspective of the promoters/property owners, gate crashing is indeed wrong and even illegal.
Hell, honestly, I've thought about trying to sneak in before. If I knew for a fact that I could hop the fence and get away with it, I'd probably even do it.
To me, we pay the $200+ fee to not have to worry about getting kicked out. The people who sneak in definitely do have to work a little bit for their experience, and they have to be extra-cautious around security, including the hassle to get into Centeroo. Our experience is less stressful, with the guarantee of getting to stay as long as we want.
I could really care less if someone snuck in, and I'd give them a piece of my bracelet if they asked. What would Hunter S. Thompson do? He'd sneak in.
I respectfully disagree with those that see gatecrashing as some sort of victimless crime:
It's disrespectful and annoying that other people feel that it is fine for them to take for free something that myself and 80,000 other people paid for. That's basic caveman philosophy -- Want. Take. Have.
Gatecrashers suck. Keller said so. (Don't think that Superfly put that on the '04 Sweet Sounds accidentally, either.)
We form a kind of society as we enter the festival grounds and we need to live together for four or five days. If you would like to be a part of society, that requires some sacrifices. In our case -- $200+ dollars, that your personal behavior should be relatively respectful of your neighbors, that glass bottles are apparently evil.
If people have no regard for one of the more basic rules of society -- that if a person is selling something, they expect for you to pay for it, not just take it (I think that's called stealing but I'm not a lawyer) -- why should I think that they will respect other rules? Like the one that tells them not to take my stuff? They have no money invested in festival, if they get kicked out they've lost nothing.
As far as I'm concerned, come as you are to Bonnaroo. You don't have to change who you are as long as you are reasonably respectful of those around you. If it's true that if people don't pay to go to Bonnaroo, it will be cancelled, then those that think that it's fine to go without paying are essentially saying that it is up to everybody else to pay for them. And that is extremely disrespectful.
Post by flyphisherman on Mar 2, 2008 5:05:50 GMT -5
I believe you can go into the campground for free. Last year 2 friends of mine were passing through from s camping trip and stayed at Bonnaroo in the camp area with no hassell from the staff or police. Once everyone comes in on Thurs and Fri they dont give a shit what happens. True strory are car battery died and a cop was 15 yards away on monday morning standing around with a thumb in his ass and we said "sir could you help us jump are car or let us borrow your cabels" and he replied with "what do I look like to you a tow truck driver" needless to say we found some from some kind people, and told the cop " thanks alot" in a high toned voice.
I do not judge the crashers themselves either and I would agree that gate crashers in general are accepted as part of the experience by most people and that we can all have a good time together. I have also shared some time and food with the wandering crashers and have had a good time together.
This being said I do have to point out that from the perspective of the promoters/property owners, gate crashing is indeed wrong and even illegal.
a couple of years ago our buddy tore his wristband off. don't know why but he is known for unreasonable acts. anyway, he continued to make it in to centeroo. security too busy checkin pockets, etc. i dont think he was turned away once.
I do not judge the crashers themselves either and I would agree that gate crashers in general are accepted as part of the experience by most people and that we can all have a good time together. I have also shared some time and food with the wandering crashers and have had a good time together.
This being said I do have to point out that from the perspective of the promoters/property owners, gate crashing is indeed wrong and even illegal.
and nothing illegal goes on a roo,of course...
As I pointed out before its all a matter of perspective. I am sure the promoters/property owners actually care more about gate crashers than most of the other illegal acts that may take place. The surrounding communities and law enforcement agencies are the ones that care about certain other illegal acts.