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Ashley Capps, co-founder of AC Entertainment, developed Bonnaroo following the cancellation of the Hot Summer Nights rock music festival in Knoxville, Tennessee in 1999. Hot Summer Nights, which was a mainstay in Knoxville's World's Fair Park would suspend operations permanently following construction by city officials.
To commemorate another year of Bonnaroovian joy, The Tennessean spoke with Bonnaroo's founder, Ashley Capps and the headlining band for the festival's first two years, the rock band Widespread Panic.
And at least in its first edition — Mr. Capps intends to repeat Big Ears in Knoxville, and also export the idea to other cities — Big Ears was for concertgoers who appreciate not hearing a lot of introductions and context and sponsor announcements before the music even starts. In other words, at times it was heaven." [14]
AC Entertainment is a music promotion company based in Knoxville, Tennessee.They are the co-producers of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival with Superfly Productions and the producers of the WayHome Music & Arts in Barrie, ON, [1] the Forecastle Festival in Louisville, KY, Big Ears Festival in Knoxville, TN, and the Mountain Oasis Electronic Music Summit in Asheville, NC.
The concert series organized by Ashley Capps was an unexpected trial run for what ended up becoming the Knoxville promoter's claim to fame: Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester ...
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