Meet Your Roo Neighbors: The “Free Shrugs” Guy

Bonnaroo is so much more than just the music and the campgrounds, it’s mostly made by the people that attend it every June!  With that in mind, we’re starting a new series on our Roo Bus site.  We wanted to highlight some of the awesome personalities that make up the Bonnaroo community.  It’s the peopleContinueContinue reading “Meet Your Roo Neighbors: The “Free Shrugs” Guy”

The Case For McCartney at Roo 2019

Ask any Bonnaroovian who has been around a number of years, Paul McCartney’s show in 2013 easily tops all other Farm performances as the greatest of all time.  The Beatle played a three hour plus set list with three encores, complete with songs from his full catalog as well as some show stopping pyro andContinueContinue reading “The Case For McCartney at Roo 2019”

How You’re Radiating Positivity in the Bonnaroo Offseason

If you’ve been to Bonnaroo, you already know about The Code.  There are a number of phrases that the entire community keeps close that embody the spirit of the festival.  Two of them have been very near and dear to us, as they’re lessons and mantras that help us through much of everyday life asContinueContinue reading “How You’re Radiating Positivity in the Bonnaroo Offseason”

Live on the Green: An Awesome Mini-Fest Experience in the Heart of Nashville

Live on the Green is a bit of a miracle in that it even exists at all. Throughout every August, the festival manages to put a miniature festival experience in the heart of Downtown Nashville and somehow makes it entirely free for anyone that wants to show up.  This is at least a little easierContinueContinue reading “Live on the Green: An Awesome Mini-Fest Experience in the Heart of Nashville”

After Twenty Years, Itchycoo Returns to Manchester

A giant festival on a farm in Manchester full of nearly 100,000 people is something we take for granted recently.  Now that Bonnaroo has been running full steam for well over fifteen years now, throwing a giant party for that many people has become a well oiled machine. Nearly twenty years ago in the SummerContinueContinue reading “After Twenty Years, Itchycoo Returns to Manchester”

Your Favorite Campground Experiences at Bonnaroo

Ask anyone who has been there: Bonnaroo is way, way more than what’s going on inside Centeroo on the stages. In the past few years, the party has ventured way outside into the campgrounds. Depending on where you end up parked, you could be a short walk to anything from a surprise performance by CageContinueContinue reading “Your Favorite Campground Experiences at Bonnaroo”

Your Favorite Live Songs Ever Played at Bonnaroo

Time to turn the focus to YOU, the Bonnaroo community we know and love! We’re going to be featuring a series of articles on our new Roo Bus site, chronicling some of the best memories and stories of our little community. We wanted to start with a simple question: What’s your favorite memory of aContinueContinue reading “Your Favorite Live Songs Ever Played at Bonnaroo”

Bonnaroo’s Agreement with Coffee County and the City of Manchester: The Latest

For over seventeen years now, the small charming town of Manchester, Tennessee has played the role of a gracious host to our favorite music festival.  Composed of just over 10,000 residents and made up of just fourteen square miles, the city of Manchester grows in size by at least 60,000 more temporary residents every JuneContinueContinue reading “Bonnaroo’s Agreement with Coffee County and the City of Manchester: The Latest”

Festival Season’s Second Half: What’s the Best Choice?

Now that it’s the tail end of July, it’s halftime for Festival Season.  Some of the heavy hitters like Coachella and Bonnaroo have come and gone, and other big players like Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits are quickly coming up on the horizon. The unofficial end to Festival Season also seems to come at theContinueContinue reading “Festival Season’s Second Half: What’s the Best Choice?”

Predicting Bonnaroo’s 2019 Headliners

Now that Bonnaroo is a little more than a month behind us, Bonnaroovians are starting to do one of the things that they do best: Talk about rumors for the next year.  With the festival picture starting to slowly fade into focus for next year now that we know some of our headliners at FallContinueContinue reading “Predicting Bonnaroo’s 2019 Headliners”