Monthly Archives: May 2009

Bonnaroo 2009: Thursday, June 11

The scene last night at Walmart was like nothing I’ve ever been a part of. Thousands of people flooded the parking lot and store to party and pick up last minute items. There was even a Subway inside that is open twenty-four hours a day. Needless to say, the tone was set early, as people partied until [...]

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Bonnaroo 2009: Friday, June 12

Eager for the first full day of the festival to begin, I wasted no time in getting to my first show of the day, Katzenjammer (pictured below), who played at noon in the David Byrne curated That Tent. A female folk band from Norway, Katzenjammer (meaning “cat’s wail”), are easily recognized with their signature Balalaika upright [...]

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Bonnaroo 2009: Saturday, June 13

Long before the Saturday at Bonnaroo even happened, I knew that this would be one of the day’s I was looking forward to the most simply based on the bands that were playing on this day. I’m not quite sure that the term “thrilled” does any justice to how I felt about the music I would be [...]

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Bonnaroo 2009: Sunday, June 14

As I woke up Sunday morning to what would be my fourth full day in Manchester, Tennessee, I thought about how quickly time has passed, where did it go and that I wouldn’t be seeing any of this again for another year. But the festival wasn’t quite over just yet, I still had a full [...]

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Top 20 Bands of Bonnaroo 2009

1. Phish When Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment got the idea to create a multi-day music festival many years ago, one of the things he wanted to model Bonnaroo after were the infamous Phish festivals. It’s only natural that somewhere down the line Phish would one day play the festival. Since Bonnaroo’s inception in 2002, the members of Phish [...]

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