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My younger brother went in 2008 and I was so jealous of him because I have always loved concerts, festivals and camping. I have asked my wife to go camping every year since we have been together (7 years) and I always got the same blank stare. I believed that her idea of camping was a hotel with less than 4 stars. Out of the blue she texts me while I was at work and says "Bonnaroo? Tix on sale Saturday" I was floored; signed in at noon on Feb. 19th to snag our VIP tix before she could change her mind! Every day my excitement and Roo pile grow. I cannot wait to get to the farm to listen to some mind-blowing sets and meet some of the best folks in the world. See you all in June!
I had been to Woodstock '99 and Lollapalooza in '06. After Lolla I decided that I wanted to go to a different music festival every other year (so I could take a ski trip in the off years) and chose Bonnaroo in 2008. When the lineup dropped with Pearl Jam, BB King, and Robert Plant, I informed my dad of the Zeppelin rumors and asked if he wanted to go too. He waffled, but didn't say no until after my mom had already told me to buy him a ticket. After I bought the tickets I shot him an email letting him know that we had tickets, but I could sell his to a friend if he didn't want it. He decided that since it was already bought he would fly to Atlanta to meet me. Three years later, he still talks about it and we are finally going back, this time with my girlfriend in tow, too.
I've wanted to go for years. Never thought Id have the chance or some one to go with. I got a refund from school, asked an old highschool friend on a whim to see if she wanted to go and bam she was game. Fate I guess. The drama leading up has been intense. People seem to think it is crazy that I am going with another female other then my wife and sleeping in the same tent. I don't find this to be near as weird as the vast majority do.
I had just seen NIN in Nov 08 and was blown away and had to see them again. Sorry to say I never heard of Roo until watching the promos on FUSE when I was at my mom's recovering in Feb 09 from after a weeks stay in the hospital. They had announced the lineup and NIN was playing. I was determined to see them again, get better and do something different new and exciting.
I convinced a friend to go after a month of reasoning and didn't turn back. Had such an amazing time, met amazing people and felt like this was the perfect place to get away from all crap in my real life. This will be my third year, sans friend couldn't go this year, and first year alone. No worries it will be like coming home.
Love hearing everyone's stories. BTW NIN was amazing and unforgettable!
Post by modestmolly on Apr 12, 2011 22:24:52 GMT -5
I feel like my Roo story is pretty uninteresting compared to all of these... My (ex)boyfriend convinced me to buy us tickets with my tax return and the rest is history. We broke up a month later and I've kept going back. Best gift anyone has ever given me though! Wish I could have gone in '09 but my new boyfriend and I went to Greece for his brother's wedding so I suppose I shouldn't' complain too much.
People seem to think it is crazy that I am going with another female other then my wife and sleeping in the same tent. I don't find this to be near as weird as the vast majority do.
I think the most important thing is how your woman feels about it. She's the majority.
Post by captmonkey on Apr 14, 2011 10:49:22 GMT -5
Back in 2005, I was in the Air Force and stationed in Nebraska, but I'm from TN (western TN). I was wanting to see Mars Volta so I looked up their tour dates. They weren't playing anywhere around me, but they were playing at some town in TN called Manchester. This is how I first heard about Bonnaroo. I considered going, but wound up not doing so, partly because I couldn't get any of my friends interested enough to take leave and go with me and I had yet to discover inforoo and realize I could've gone solo.
It wasn't until shortly after Roo '05 that I mentioned it to my mom who knew exactly what festival I was talking about. She knew because my cousin lived in Manchester and was talking to her about the first year they had Bonnaroo she didn't know anything about it and it turned her 30 minute drive home from work into a 6 hour drive home from work. I later wound up talking to my cousin and she explained that she just takes off work those days every year and goes and that I was welcome to come hang out with her. So, I made up my mind to go in '06.
Unfortunately, things change (I got out of the Air Force and got a new job) and I wound up moving the exact weekend of Bonnaroo '06. I literally drove past the farm on the Interstate on Friday and was saddened that I couldn't be there. To further complicate things, my other cousin (brother of the one in Manchester) got married that Saturday. So, I was too busy to go that year.
Finally, in 2007, I got a ticket and went and I've been every year since.
I met my boyfriend in April 2007... he had already been to Bonnaroo twice and talked about it constantly (I remember him talking about it on our first date). He mentioned the possibility of me going a few times, but I didn't take him seriously since we'd only known each other for a few weeks. In May he asked me to really consider going with him and I ended up buying my ticket a few days before the festival sold out. There were 10 of us that drove down in a group and that trip was my first introduction to a lot of his friends. We had an amazing time and have been back every year since (except for 2010, but we'll be back this year). I'm very close with a lot of the people who were on that first trip and I think of Bonnaroo as an anniversary for us since being in that situation with someone you're in a new relationship with and liking them even more afterward has got to mean something!
Last year, for my little brother's 21st birthday, I wanted to do something he'd remember as a birthday gift. I surprised him and put together a 10-day road trip, and we hit Cedar Point, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and of course, Bonnaroo. We'll both be going back every year possible.
1-1-12 Bassnectar NYE SHOW! 1-21-12 G. Love and Special Sauce 3-1-12 Radiohead 3-9-12 Experience Hendrix 5-15-12 Jack White @ The Ryman 6-7-12 Bonnaroo 6-19-12 Roger Waters presents "THE WALL" 7-7-12 Ringo Starr's 72nd Birthday Party Extravaganza at the Ryman
Post by localweather on Apr 18, 2011 14:43:50 GMT -5
Sometime in early 2005 just poking around on the internet I came across the lineup for Coachella. I had no idea that festivals like that actually went on anywhere but the UK, and I was really surprised and sad because I had no way to get to Coachella. A few hours later I discovered this other festival in TN and decided that I should go.
Call up a friend in Houston and by co-incidence he had tickets to Bonnaroo already so I bought one, I flew down from Dallas and we rode out together and the rest is history.
Now I must say that I really didn't have all that much fun at my first 'roo. I only saw 5 bands, we weren't prepared very well and ended up leaving on Sunday morning, but it planted the seed in my mind. 2007 rolled around and I went, fired up and ready for anything...that's when I had fun, 2008 was even better, and in 2009 I went solo and still had a great time.
My first 'Roo experience set the stage for every single year after.
I learned of the magical experience through an email from my Dad while I was serving in Iraq with the USMC. I was set to return stateside in June with leave to follow and he thought Bonnaroo would be a great way to kind of relax and spend time with some close family and friends. So while I was still over-seas he bought the tickets, campsite and got everything ready.
Upon return home we continued to prepare and in 2005 we first graced the Farm. This will be our seventh year, not having missed once since our first trip. Definitely something I will never forget and something I look most forward to each year
My first fest was Lollapalooza 96'. Held in Newport Tn just east of Knoxville and I loved the whole huge aspect of it all and everything. After that I attended Music Midtown in Atlanta Georgia for two years, 2004 and 2005. The last two years they held the fest, anyways, I had heard of a fest going on in Manchester first sometime in 2004 I Believe. A camping only kind of thing of which I wasn't into at all at the time. By 2008 I had joined inforoo and read for ages it seems just how much people loved Bonnaroo. So natually I decided I needed to be a part of it back then. I tried for years to go but something had always came up that stopped me. Even this year, several things have came up that should have stoped me, but somehow I have managed to put all these things aside, even some that shouldn't have been. But I bought the tickets and have slowly gathered camping gear,(since I had none), since the first of the year. Now I know I am a 40 year old virgin, but thanks to inforoo and all you vets out there, I can say I am ready, and feel compleatley comfortable and to some degree know just what to expect. All of you veterans out there are the reasons Bonnaroo is what it is today. Don't ever forget that, and next year, I will be one to!
I had a couple friends in grad school with me, one of whom had gone in 2006 and insisted it was an amazing experience. I really didn't listen to the music common to roo, and frankly didn't care much for at least two thirds of the lineup. I wanted the party, and I wanted to know if I was going to be serious about this girl I was with. So I invited her to join my grad school friends and me for an experience that I assumed would be a little good music and a lot of good drinking. I saw the roots, tool, Ben Harper, the nightwatchman OCMS and several other acts and I realized this was something that transcended music. I was part of a community that was much bigger than music. These people grabbed life by the horns and maximized what it could bring them, and were EXTREMELY friendly and engaged in a common goal. Long story short, I knew I enjoyed the experience and I knew I wanted to participate in this again and again. And i completely reorganized my itunes library. Suddenly how you played in front of a live crowd was the most important part of whether i bought your album. I learned to appreciate the difficulty of the live performance and I learned several new artists. The girl? Nope. We broke up. She said she was mad at me for saying, "trip, trip, trip" all saturday night. And she hated stinking and the filth. But I met and married the girl I took the next year and am happily married to this day.
I had some ol' friends(Dn'Roo would be included in this group) go in '07 and they basically didn't shut up about Bonnaroo.
Me, being a musicphile, saw the lineup drop and in '08 and when I saw one of the headliners would be Metallica along with great acts like My Morning Jacket and Pearl Jam. I just had to go. Now I won't shut up about Bonnaroo. I get it ;D
I had some ol' friends(Dn'Roo would be included in this group) go in '07 and they basically didn't shut up about Bonnaroo.
Me, being a musicphile, saw the lineup drop and in '08 and when I saw one of the headliners would be Metallica along with great acts like My Morning Jacket and Pearl Jam. I just had to go. Now I won't shut up about Bonnaroo. I get it ;D
Couldn't you at least get my screen name right?
And yeah, I couldn't keep my mouth shut about this great and magical place. But now you understand! If only we could get some of the other old boys to go...hmm...maybe an idea...
Post by purplefuzzystuff on Apr 25, 2011 10:33:07 GMT -5
^^^^ haha, yes. I sold my ticket at the last minute in 09' I wish I hadn't but what can ya do?
Yeah I am gonna try to make it to the brunch this year but I told Alex I was probably gonna cook at some point this year and I would shoot you guys a text and let you know, cause who doesn't want a fresh cooked meal at roo?!
Several years ago we lost my older brother in an accident leaving my little sister and I as the only siblings. Before we lost our brother, my sister and I weren't very close, but the tragedy kinda brought us together after a couple years. We wanted to go on a summer trip together and stumbled across the idea of Bonnaroo back in 2008. It was life changing. Bonnaroo = my happy place. My sis and I are now best buds and we are coming back this year for our 3rd Roo!!!!
Several years ago we lost my older brother in an accident leaving my little sister and I as the only siblings. Before we lost our brother, my sister and I weren't very close, but the tragedy kinda brought us together after a couple years. We wanted to go on a summer trip together and stumbled across the idea of Bonnaroo back in 2008. It was life changing. Bonnaroo = my happy place. My sis and I are now best buds and we are coming back this year for our 3rd Roo!!!!
I went with my sister in 2008 and it was one of the best bonding experiences I have ever had with a family member. She's coming back with me this year. The only downside is that the other members of our family get tired of hearing how much fun we had.