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The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual four day music festival created and produced by Mark Barr and AC Entertainment , held at Great Stage Park on a 700-acre (2.8& nbsp;km²) farm in Manchester, Tennessee , United States|USA . It hosted its tenth annual event June 9–12, 2011. The main attractions of the festival are the multiple stages of live music, featuring a diverse array of musical styles including indie rock , world music , hip hop music|hip hop , jazz , Americana (music)|americana , bluegrass music|bluegrass , country music , folk music|folk , gospel music|gospel , reggae , electronica , and other alternative music . The festival began with a primary focus on jam band s and folk rock, but has diversified greatly in recent years but continues to pay tribute to it's roots. Past notable acts include Phish , Stevie Wonder , The White Stripes , Dave Matthews Band , Neil Young , Pearl Jam , Tom Petty , The Dead (band)|The Dead , The Allman Brothers Band , James Brown , The Flaming Lips , Willie Nelson , Bob Dylan , Radiohead , Buffalo Springfield , Arcade Fire , The Strokes , The Black Crowes , and Widespread Panic . The festival features craftsmen and artisans selling unique products, food and drink vendors, a comedy tent, silent disco, cinema tent, and ferris wheel.

The festival was named one of the "50 Moments That Changed Rock & Roll" by Rolling Stone Magazine. and "Festival of the Decade" by Consequence of Sound and amongst the 10 Best Festivals by GQ Magazine.

History

The word Bonnaroo, popularized by New Orleans R& B singer Dr. John with his 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo , means "a really good time." It is a Ninth Ward of New Orleans|Ninth Ward slang construction taken from the French "bon" meaning "good," and "rue" from the French "street," translating to "the best on the streets." The New York Times 19 January 2006 The name was chosen both for its literal meaning and to honor the rich Louisiana music tradition.

The first Bonnaroo took place in 2002 and took inspiration from music festivals like Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival|Coachella and Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury . With no traditional advertising, the festival sold out in nearly two weeks. By 2003, the festival had been named by Rolling Stone as one of the top 50 moments in rock & roll. Comedy acts like Jim Breuer were first added in 2005. In 2007, Bonnaroo purchased the land for the festival, creating Great Stage Park with all of its iconic features. A permanent main stage was installed in 2010.Buchanan, Leigh. Superfly Presents. Inc. magazine, June 2011

Economy

On January 10, 2007, Bonnaroo organizers Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment purchased a major portion of the site where the annual music festival is held. The purchase of encompassed all of the performance areas and much of the camping and parking area used for the annual festival; the festival will continue to lease another that currently serve as additional parking and camping. Since its inception, Bonnaroo has contributed more than $1 million directly to Coffee County, Tennessee|Coffee County organizations. In addition to annual charitable contributions, the festival's activities provide annual revenue to the county. Measured in a 2005 study, the economic impact of the event on Coffee County was more than $14 million in business revenues and more than $4 million in personal income. PR Newswire 10 January 2007 The Bonnaroo music festival makes most of its income from the fans.

Environmentalism

Bonnaroo promotes itself as a sustainable festival. As a reward for sending a letter to a legislator in support of Global warming#Responses to global warming|climate change legislation , the Natural Resources Defense Council gave 17 free downloads from various Bonnaroo artists. http://hangout.altsounds.com/news/115675-free-download-of-best-of-bonnaroo-comp-for-climate-change.html A Greener Festival has recognized Bonnaroo's efforts for the past three years. http://www.agreenerfestival.com/2011/10/46-festivals-win-our-coveted-award/ There is a defined process, which includes a self-evaluation and an audit from Greener Festival auditors during Bonnaroo. http://www.agreenerfestival.com/agf-award/

Accolades

In 2008, it was named "Best Festival" by Rolling Stone magazine, calling it "the ultimate over-the-top summer festival."

One of “50 moments that changed rock & roll” – Rolling Stone

“Bonnaroo has revolutionized the modern rock festival” – The New York Times The New York Times

“Festival of the Year” – Pollstar

“Best festival of the summer” – SPIN http://books.google.com/books? id=JZ4ej5RmWFUC& lpg=PA110& ots=okcnTlPbPw& dq=%25E2%2580%259CBest%20festival%20of%20the%20summer%25E2%2580%259D%20%25E2%2580%2593%20SPIN& pg=PA110%23v=onepage& q& f=false#v=onepage& q& f=false SPIN

“The culmination of a musical movement” – USA Today http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/2002/2002-06-25-bonnaroo.htm USA Today

“The concert event of the summer” – USA Today

“Music and subculture melted together into a pot of creative bubbling energy” – CNN CNN

“Bonnaroo: Three days of musical history in the making” - AP

Venues

The official venues located at Bonnaroo often change from year to year. The following are a few of the more permanent venues.

Centeroo - The Central area of Bonnaroo. Serviced by two main entrances, nearly all of the festival activity is enclosed in this area. Various merchants and activities supplement the plethora of music related activities located within Centeroo. While Centeroo is open 24 hours a day, musical artists generally only play from noon until the evening, followed by the unopposed headlining act. Afterwards, there are late-night sets, usually running from midnight until the early morning, sometimes as late as 5 or 6 AM.

What Stage - The main stage of the festival is also the largest. What Stage is open from approximately noon until midnight (late night sets usually over by 3am). Traditionally, the headlining act each day will play on the What Stage with no other acts performing on any other stages.

Which Stage - The second stage, Which Stage, is generally one of the last stages to finish before the headlining act each night. After the headlining act performs, a late night show generally follows here.

This Tent, That Tent, and The Other Tent - These three tents serve as a combined tertiary tier for musical performances. Late night shows also generally occur in all three of these venues, along with the yearly Superjam, a :wikt:one-off|one-off combination of various musicians performing at the festival.

Comedy Tent - This tent is reserved strictly for comedy acts, such as stand up comedians.

Various other small tents and stages also exist, such as the Solar Stage, Lunar Stage, Sonic Stage, and the Cinema tent. See the Bonnaroo website for further details on these venues.

Activities

Activities like these,along with great food vendors and unique shopping, provide an easy and fun way to hang around the Centeroo in between music performances. In 2009, Bonnaroo debuted the Bungaloo, a community art project that invited festival goers to paint a small tile that was then affixed to 10 foot water drops suspended between The Other Tent and This Tent. For each tile painted, the festival-goer could vote for the charity of their choice. Bungaloo, a new online paint company, made a $1000 donation to the charity with the most votes.

Bonnaroo Music Festival by year

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External links

Official Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival website

Official Site of Bonnaroo Property

The Unofficial Bonnaroo Message Board

A Bonnaroo 2011 Documentary

Leo's Unofficial Bonnaroo Survival Guide

@ Swigged!

The first (and only) unofficial guidebook to the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

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