Re: Bonnaroo 2017
shows i went to in full or part:
thu: hippo campus, twiddle
fri: anjelique kidjo's remain in light, the xx. u2, glass animals, portugal. the man
saturday: lukas nelson/promise of the real, michael kiwanuka, chance the rapper, red hot chili peppers, superjam, umphreys mcgee
sunday: margo price, lorde, bluegrass superjam
of what i saw, i have to say the chili peppers might have been the show of the weekend. i've seen them a couple times before and would have never guessed they'd be top five let alone best show going into the weekend. they were just on point saturday night, and everything worked.
also, this was the best weather ever at bonnaroo. no rain. temps from tuesday to saturday in the 70s or low 80s, with night temps actually requiring hoodies and blankets. it got hot and humid on sunday a bit, but not anywhere near unbearable as some entire bonnaroos have been.
eleventh bonnaroo since 2004, and my third year as a volunteer. the previous two years our group had volunteered in the access area, but there was some sort of change this year that made access a separate paid position that required more hours. while we considered it, ultimately i don't go to bonnaroo to work, and 32 hours over four days was too much of a committment despite getting paid on top of it. so we all signed up for the info/pods group, and we got assigned the main information booth inside centeroo. so that was actually pretty nice since we were able to help a lot of people (lost + found was the big thing - lots of phones turned in), actually be INSIDE centeroo, and also hear/see the music coming from that tent. there was enough staff - they always seem to overstaff - so we had some freedom during our shift to get up and walk around a bit, too, to check things out.
definitely noticed the spike in attendance compared to last year, but still was lower than any roo i'd been to before that. i'd say this year was the ideal attendance number (i read 65k?) as far as getting around and being at shows. not too crowded with freedom to move around and bathroom lines reasonable.
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