Bonnaroo music festival!

ImSquare17 · #1 02-26-2006, 10:28 PM

Wondering who's planning on going to bonnaroo this year? Lemme know, it'd be sweet to see some of you guys there! And for those of you that don't know what bonnaroo is check it out www.bonnaroo.com/2006, it's gonna be the music festival of the summer! The artist lineup contains such bass legends as Victor Wooten, Phil Lesh, Les Claypool and Mike Gordon! A small sampling of the bands playing is:

Beck
Radiohead
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Oysterhead
Nickel Creek
Bella Flack and the Flecktones
Elvis Costello
The Disco Biscuits
Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder
Steel Pulse
Robert Randolf and the Family Band
Damian Marley
Umphrey's McGee
Trey Anastasio

Just to name a few, there's gonna be like 80 bands playing over three days of music, festivities and camping! wooo! I'm crazy excited.

MJ5150 · #2 02-26-2006, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ImSquare17

Wondering who's planning on going to bonnaroo this year?

As I said in this thread: Bonnaroo, I won't be there. Feel free to go and have fun anyway.

-Mike

MJ5150 · #3 02-26-2006, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by ImSquare17

A small sampling of the bands playing is:

Nickel Creek

What dorks! They totally misspelled Nickelback. Sheesh!!

-Mike

DougP · #4 02-27-2006, 07:47 AM

i just made the snap decision to go. i'll be ordering my ticket this weekend.

Petary791 · #5 02-27-2006, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MJ5150

What dorks! They totally misspelled Nickelback. Sheesh!!

-Mike

Nickel Creek is a bluegrass band...

superbassman2000 · #6 02-27-2006, 08:28 AM

i'd love to go, but it is really expensive, and maybe i'll just wait for the equally expensive DVD to come out

ImSquare17 · #7 02-27-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by superbassman2000

i'd love to go, but it is really expensive, and maybe i'll just wait for the equally expensive DVD to come out

I know what you mean, besdes the ticket price, then you gotta pay to get there and back, and for food, but it's going to be so awesome! Closest thing to camping at a Phish show since the great tragedy (the break up)! A DVD is just not going to be the same, but dang that ticket price!

Ha! Equally expensive DVD... the new Bonnaroo DVD? $200.

superbassman2000 · #8 02-27-2006, 02:58 PM

i dunno, i saw Phish on their final tour, and i don't think Trey's solo project or oysterhead will be anything like phish, but they are good bands in their own right...not worth that kinda $$ though...

MikeyFingers · #9 02-27-2006, 05:00 PM

I'm going. Claypool is playing with like 3 bands I think, Wooten's gonna be there. I have to go.

jokerk874 · #10 02-27-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by superbassman2000

i'd love to go, but it is really expensive, and maybe i'll just wait for the equally expensive DVD to come out

i'm pretty sure like half the people who go are there just to get totally ****ed up

but yeah i would definately love to go but i doubt i'll be able to because i hear it' s real expensive

MikeyFingers · #11 02-27-2006, 07:49 PM

It's around 200-300 dollars for the 3-day pass.
Terrible. I have the Jimi Hendrix Woodstock CD. In the booklet, they have a picture of one of the tickets for Woodstock. For the 3 day pass, it was $18. *** happened.

ImSquare17 · #12 02-27-2006, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by MikeyFingers

It's around 200-300 dollars for the 3-day pass.
Terrible. I have the Jimi Hendrix Woodstock CD. In the booklet, they have a picture of one of the tickets for Woodstock. For the 3 day pass, it was $18. *** happened.

Yep, it's $200 for a ticket, which includes five or six days of camping, 3 days of music and activities, performances by the 67 bands that are already signed (any one of which seen individually would be $10-$60, more bands will be added), water, restrooms, medical tents, security staff and a festival radio station. Not to mention setup/preparation/planning and teardown/cleanup.

Also, with inflation, that $18 for Woodstock in '69 would translate to something like $130, and Woodstock had less than half the number of artists (31 I believe).

Now I hope it doesn't seem like I'm trying to say Woodstock sucked, or that I'm saying anything of a negative nature, I'm just showing the positive by comparison. I also hope I don't sound like a bonnaroo representative or plugger, I just really love these festivals and think it's worth the money, I've never heard anyone say they regretted going to bonnaroo.

I can't freakin wait!

ImSquare17 · #13 02-27-2006, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by superbassman2000

i dunno, i saw Phish on their final tour, and i don't think Trey's solo project or oysterhead will be anything like phish, but they are good bands in their own right...not worth that kinda $$ though...

Then you know how great the community is yeah? Which shows did you catch on their last tour? But yeah, there won't really be anything quite like Phish at bonnaroo, but as far as quality of music and community go, bonnaroo will be pretty close to a Phish show.

DougP · #14 02-28-2006, 05:52 AM

i think the price is pretty darn good considering what it encompasses. i cant wait.

superbassman2000 · #15 02-28-2006, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by ImSquare17

Then you know how great the community is yeah? Which shows did you catch on their last tour? But yeah, there won't really be anything quite like Phish at bonnaroo, but as far as quality of music and community go, bonnaroo will be pretty close to a Phish show.

yeah, i saw the show at alpine valley, which was their last venue of the last tour i believe, and it was a great show, i later got it on CD from livephish.com
but yes you are right, the community will be similar, along with the music...it should be a lot of fun...i still would rather have the dvd...a lot cheaper...

ImSquare17 · #16 03-07-2006, 04:38 AM

So no one else is going to bonnaroo? dang...

DougP · #17 03-07-2006, 05:53 AM

just got my ticket ordered on Saturday.

discoboo · #18 03-07-2006, 07:38 AM

sadly, after going to the first 4 i can't make it this year but stop by the puzzle box vendor in centeroo. they sell the boxes i make. stop by and pick one up and support yer fellow bass players.
www.puzzleboxguy.com

discoboo · #19 03-07-2006, 07:57 AM

mike gordon has stopped by our booth two out of the last four years. last year he bought some wooden guitar picks we make. one of the guys working with us is a huge phishhead and just quietly freaked out. it's so surreal when you are standing there and out of the darkness emerges mike gordon. i thanked him for making the movie "rising low." told him how great it made me feel to be a bass player. he was cruising on a golf cart with a hottie so when he left my wife and i stalked him for fun. got to say hi to phil lesh last year too.
bit of advice...bring big rubber boots. if it rains the mud is terrible but with the boots you can cruise while everyone else gets stuck and nasty.

DougP · #20 03-07-2006, 08:27 AM

good tip on the boots. this is my first year at Bonnaroo so i have already started a list of stuff to bring.