Could I survive Bonnaroo?

[Rudyjohn]

I believe Cil is a rebel - - she just might do it! :clap_1:

 

[John R]

teluride bluegrass is the next weekend, with only 10,000 of your closest friends instead of 70,000+

 

[Cil]

Ah, but I can't drive to Telluride, and I don't think the White Stripes will be there. But I agree that 10,000 is preferable to 70,000 and up.
I could probably handle Bonnaroo. Drunk naked hippies are okay, mud and cold less so, but doable.
SJ, it sounds like Woodstock, but without the aura of contentment. ;-)
Well, maybe I have to work up to next year.
I did see the White Stripes at Red Rocks in '05, but was looking forward to the Decemberists. I guess I'll head out to the pool and fire up the CD.
Thanks for the advice, everyone.

 

[Teresa]

I went four years ago. Great line-up of bands. It was perhaps the worst experience in my life. What a miserable place to be. 100,000 plus, crazy heat with no shade in sight. Rain came with cold weather. We looked like cattle walking from stage to stage in knee deep mud, barefoot, because shoes would get sucked in. Not a sober person in site. Watched the last show, Trey A., standing in the cold rain in 6 inches of mud. Looking around, I'd say that we weren't the only miserable one. I'd say it is definitely one of the biggest drug parties in the US. Anything you want, just walk down drug row, an entire little village of tents in the parking lot. Bonnarroo was my last festival. It just turned me off from ever doing anything like that again.

My two cents is to use the money which you would have spent on tickets, to buy some CDs of the bands who are playing the event. Take those CDs and play them while sitting somewhere nice, like an open park.

sounds like jazz fest in Nola. we did this many years ago and never will again.

 

[Smiling JOe]

sounds like jazz fest in Nola. we did this many years ago and never will again.

I've been to Jazz Fest in NOLA, and it has nothing on the craziness of Bonnaroo. I forgot to mention that Bonnaroo is in the middle of a hayfield during the middle of blistering heat.

I've also been in the infield of the Kentucky Derby. About the same number of people as on day of the Derby, and while the Derby is pretty bad in the infield, again, it has nothing on Bonnaroo.

EDIT: While looking for a photo of some of the things I saw (which I never found), I found this little one day snippet of a news story on Bonnaroo. I think Jeff left out a few incriminating things, but he remembered the part about the bread oven and not knowing how to get back to your tent on the first night.

 

[JB]

Ah, but I can't drive to Telluride, and I don't think the White Stripes will be there. But I agree that 10,000 is preferable to 70,000 and up.
I could probably handle Bonnaroo. Drunk naked hippies are okay, mud and cold less so, but doable.
SJ, it sounds like Woodstock, but without the aura of contentment. ;-)
Well, maybe I have to work up to next year.
I did see the White Stripes at Red Rocks in '05, but was looking forward to the Decemberists. I guess I'll head out to the pool and fire up the CD.
Thanks for the advice, everyone.

If you are going to specifically see one band, then again, I would recommend against. Find out the nearest regular tour stop and go see them in Atlanta or Nashville. It would me much easier and they would probably play a longer set.

 

[Cil]

If you are going to specifically see one band, then again, I would recommend against. Find out the nearest regular tour stop and go see them in Atlanta or Nashville. It would me much easier and they would probably play a longer set.

Yes--I did think about this. Thank you, JB. There is more than one band, but I've already once seen the one I like the most.
It will be nice when we are closer to civilization, after the move.
Tootsie, Jazzfest was that bad?
Voodoo Fest at NOLA was fine, almost a little on the tame side, other than the parade of bloody pierced/chained people.

 

[Smiling JOe]

One more reason to not go to Bonnaroo, the 6 hours it takes to drive the last 5 miles to get there.

 

[RiverOtter]

One more reason to not go to Bonnaroo, the 6 hours it takes to drive the last 5 miles to get there.

They have corrected all that.

 

[iwishiwasthere]

Pretty accurate reports. If you decide to call, let me know. I live about 45 min. from there and can provide a change of pace. Just know that it is a hot, dirty, stinky blowout filled with lots of booze and drugs. Of course, there are sober folks as well. One friend takes his van and camps out and loves it..but that may be to get away from his family.;-)