Bonnaroo Music Festival
The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is a music festival that has been held annually in Manchester , Tennessee since 2002 . The festival usually starts on the second Thursday in June and lasts for four days. Musicians and bands of various styles perform on several stages, including indie rock , classic rock , world music , hip-hop , jazz , Americana , bluegrass , country , folk , gospel , reggae , pop , electronic music and other alternative rock music . Performances begin around noon and last until around three in the morning.
The musicians and bands who have performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival include Eminem , U2 , Phish , Nine Inch Nails , Radiohead , Paul McCartney , Billy Joel , Tool , The Beach Boys , Kanye West , My Morning Jacket , Stevie Wonder , The White Stripes , Neil Young , Pearl Jam , Tom Petty , The Dead , The Allman Brothers Band , James Brown , Wilco , Bon Iver , Arctic Monkeys , The Flaming Lips , Willie Nelson , Mumford & Sons , Of Monsters and Men , Jay -Z , Bob Dylan , The Black Keys , Zac Brown Band , Dave Matthews Band , Buffalo Springfield , The Police , Arcade Fire , Jack Johnson , The Strokes , The Black Crowes , Metallica , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Bruce Springsteen , Beastie Boys , Kings of Leon , ZZ Top , Dead & Company and Widespread Panic . On the festival site there are stands of craftsmen and artists, drinks and food stalls, various tents with demonstrations and a ferris wheel.
The Bonnaroo Music Festival is a reference to the major music festivals of the 1960s and early 1970s, in particular the Monterey International Pop Music Festival (1967), the Atlanta International Pop Festival (1969, 1970), and the Woodstock Festival (1969).
In 2003 Rolling Stone magazine counted the Bonnaroo Music Festival among the "50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock 'n' Roll" ( 50 moments that changed the history of Rock 'n' Roll ). Consequence of Sound magazine voted the festival “Festival of the Decade” (2009) and “Festival of the Year” (2013), and it was one of the ten best festivals for GQ magazine .
Web links
- Official website of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival (English)
- GreatStagePark.com Official Great Stage Park Event Site Website
- Inforoo.com Bonnaroo Music Festival's unofficial announcement page
- Survival Guide Leo's Unofficial Bonnaroo Survival Guide
- Bonnaroo Music Festival channel on YouTube
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wayne Bledsoe: The Birth of Bonnaroo on alumnus.tennessee.edu, 2012 (English)
- ↑ Tyler Clark: The End of Bonnaroo as We Knew It . Consequence of Sound, June 5, 2018 (English)
Coordinates: 35 ° 28 ′ 40 ″ N , 86 ° 3 ′ 2 ″ W.