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Bonnaroo (or Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival) is an American annual four-day music festival developed and founded by Superfly Presents and AC Entertainment. Since its first year in 2002, it has been held at what is now Great Stage Park on a 700-acre (280 ha) farm in Manchester, Tennessee.
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, annual summer festival held in Manchester, Tennessee, U.S. The festival takes its name from the 1974 Dr. John album Desitively Bonnaroo. In the Creole slang of New Orleans, bonnaroo means, roughly, ‘best on the street.’
Late-night sets, SuperJams, and Jim James' Silent Disco dance moves: How a hippie getaway became the best music bonanza in the U.S.
The festival began in 2002, and Rolling Stone magazine quickly voted it the number one music festival in the nation and later described the rurally remote wingding as a decisive moment in rock-n-roll history.
Created by Knoxville businessman Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment, Bonnaroo (which is Creole slang for “really good time”) was the promoter’s answer to Knoxville cancelling its Hot Summer Nights...
The name “Bonnaroo,” was taken from New Orleans R&B giant Dr. John with his album “Desitively Bonnaroo” which is Cajun slang for “a really good time.” The festival, often compared to Woodstock, is actually about five times bigger than the 1969 music festival.
Today we look back at perhaps the most memorable and influential music festival of the 21st century, the first Bonnaroo. Held June 21-23, 2002 in Manchester, TN, Bonnaroo has helped pave the way for the success of the modern day music festival.