#bonnaroo2018

[altoecko]

Album on table! https://youtu.be/PVnGDwdom7c #drunk #thundercat #brainfeederrecords #2017 #the2010s #2010s #bonnaroo2018 #bonnaroo #jazz #fusion #pharrell #kendricklamar #kennyloggins #wizkhalifa #flyinglotus #kamasiwashington #hiphop #music #vinyl #vinyligclub #vinylrecords #vinyljunkie #vinylgram #licoricepizza #instawax #instavinyl (at Peachtree Corners, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B09LGiEpEUg/?igshid=1l7wx6f7uels8

[interestedinthosegirls]

Tbt Bonnaroo 2k18. Can’t wait for Roo this year! 4 months and 19 days.... Ahhh!

[soundazed]

THE WIZRD 🦅🦅 @future at Bonnaroo 2018 • • • 📸: @matttorres #future • #futurehendrix • #futurerapper • #musicphotography • #photography • #rap • #music • #festivalphotography • #bonnaroo • #bonnaroo2018 #thewizrd • #futurehndrxxpresentsthewizrd • #futurehndrxx (at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival) https://www.instagram.com/p/Btj6PbeHZ3U/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bs8bq2zbx0y9

[ruleofexception]

Radiate Positivity - Bonnaroo 2018

[highartteacher]

HAPPY ROO EVERYONE 🌈✌🏻🍄

[bassnectarofficial]

Heads up @Bonnaroo! See you very soon for our 4th year down at The Farm, kicking off summer festival season with a bang! 🤯🤯4️⃣🤯🤯 Tickets available at bonnaroo.com #Bonnaroo2018

[liahalonso]

Music gives me wings! - - Photo by @pixeljournalism taken backstage @bonnaroo with the epic @houseofyesnyc 🎸! Gloves by @lamiadesign hair feathers by @thegoddessmaker - - #gypsycaravan #feathers #featherguitar #guitarist #women #womenwhorock #singersongwriter #singer #guitargirl #rockerchick #diymusic #diymusician #bonnaroo #bonnaroo2018 #backstage #rockstar #diva #latina #bellezalatina #mexicana (at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival)

[stephenfrench]

Muse at Bonnaroo 2018

[aresah]

Bonnaroo people!

Hey folks,

I live in Manchester and would like to tell you about our new local comic shop Everscape. It's a great shop with a wide selection of new comics, graphic novels, pop figures, collectibles and manga. He also has a deal going 40% off of his comic bundles which is a bundle including a few issues of popular comics from the past year. He also has boxes of older comics he's got a buy 2 get 1 free deal on those. So stop by to get out of this head a support a local business here in Manchester. Thank you and tell him Andrew sent you.

facebook.com/goeverscape/

[velvetlip]

#sherylcrow kicking’ it at #bonnaroo2018 #bonnaroo #live (at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival)

[annwritesstuff]

Bonnaroo - Some takeaways

I’ve been MIA on this blog for a few reasons ... One, I don’t like to create content just for content’s sake. Quality over quantity. Two, I’ve had a lot going on. This includes losing my job, applying to new jobs, dealing with my car getting broken into ... And, on a more positive note, going to Bonnaroo!

^Ya girl getting the obligatory Bonnaroo sign pic.

Bonnaroo was an EXPERIENCE, to put it mildly, but just what I needed. I’ve been meaning for a month now to write this post. I have a job now (thankfully), so before things get too crazy with my schedule I’m going to finish writing this damn thing and post it.

You probably already have some idea of what Bonnaroo is. Put simply, it’s a four-day camping music festival held on a farm in Tennessee about 1 hour south of Nashville. Obviously there’s much more to it than that.

I could write several posts about my Bonnaroo experience, but I’ll keep this one brief. Before I went I searched the web for advice for Bonnaroo first-timers. And while I found some helpful articles and message board posts, nothing could have truly prepared me for being there.

As a consumer of online advice, I’d like to contribute some of my own. So, here goes:

I underestimated just about every aspect of Bonnaroo.

My sweet boyfriend who has been to Bonnaroo 12 times tried to prepare me for several aspects of the ‘Roo experience before we went, but in hindsight it’s clear that I accepted his advice with a ton of naïveté. Some examples:

Josh: “It’s going to be hot. Like, really hot.” Me: “I grew up in Texas. I can tolerate the heat!

Oh boy ... Did I woefully underestimate what he meant. Prepare for heat at Bonnaroo as if you’re anticipating getting cooked alive. I grew up in an area that is hot for most of the year, yes. However, I’m used to going inside to A/C when the heat becomes too much. You can’t exactly do that at ‘Roo. If you hold a VIP pass there are opportunities to go into air conditioned tents. BUT, you shouldn’t spend your entire festival experience inside them.

Josh had mentioned to me that he usually wakes up not that long after the sun rises because it becomes so hot in his tent that he can’t stay asleep. THIS IS NOT AN EXAGGERATION! I would say that most nights I was there, I got 4-5 hours of sleep. On these days, I tried to take what opportunities I could to nap during the day.

It rained on Saturday night/Sunday morning, which ushered in cooler temperatures and allowed us to sleep until 10 a.m. This felt amazing!

My advice- Stay hydrated. I brought a four-pack of Hydralyte not thinking I’d actually drink it unless I had a hangover, but I drank it sans hangover and it was a lifesaver! Find and take advantage of the shade. Pace yourself - Don’t stay out in the heat all day and risk becoming burnt out by the time it’s 4 p.m. (more on that later).

Obviously, wear sunscreen. The SPF-30 Target brand stuff I got the day before because it was cheap was really put to the test. I’m a white girl who burns easily, and I’m positive that if I went to ‘Roo sans sunscreen I would’ve come back with melanoma. I didn’t get sunburned, by some grace of god; however I remember thinking I hadn’t been burned but I hadn’t been “sun kissed” either ... It was like I had been aggressively sun hugged. All this is to say that sunscreen saved my skin (pun intended) and anything less than the cheap sunscreen I got wouldn’t have gotten the job done. Next year I’m splurging on Neutrogena SPF-100 with helioplex, baby!

Josh: “There is a lot going on and it’s impossible to do everything.” Me: “OK that’s fine, I don’t have to do everything.”

Do you experience FOMO? Well, if you don’t handle the Fear Of Missing Out well, you will have to deal with it at Bonnaroo. There is always something going on and it’s literally impossible to experience everything; Much less experience as much as possible while also staying hydrated and rested.

The afternoon of Friday, the first full day, Josh was (smartly) napping at our campsite and I couldn’t sleep. Excited and feeling like I had to ~*~*make the most*~*~ of my experience, I headed out to Centeroo, bought a mixed drink and went to see Japanese Breakfast perform.

It was great. Shortly after the set ended, though, I was drunk and exhausted. I wandered to a nearby tree, sat down and decided to close my eyes. I woke up about an hour later. It was 5 p.m.

5 P.M. I still had the whooooole evening and night ahead of me.

Don’t go hard during the day and drain your energy for the night! I would recommend resting during the hottest parts of the day as much as possible, and then venturing to the main attractions once the sun isn’t so high in the sky. Once the sun completely goes down, it’s much easier to be outside. If you’re in Centeroo during the afternoon, don’t feel the need to go hard. Watch concerts from the shade. Don’t overdo it with alcohol. Etc., etc.

Or, you could go hard during the day, then rest at night and miss the headliners. OR, you may be a superhuman who can just do it all. I don’t know your life!  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

If you rest at your tent, you are not wasting time or missing out! You are ensuring that you will have a great time later without literally breaking your body!

Josh: “No, you don’t understand, [reiterates point to me about how brutal the experience can be.]”

He was right. While Josh tried to give me a good idea of what to expect at Bonnaroo, there’s no way I could have learned how to deal with being at Bonnaroo until I was in the middle of the shit being forced to adapt to it then and there. I feel like I can give out all the advice I can think of, but it will only get any future Bonnaroo attendee so far.

Apart from what I’ve already said about pacing yourself, staying hydrated and wearing suncreen,

ALL THAT BEING SAID ...

Bonnaroo 2018 was one of the most incredible experiences of my life. It was the right time. It was the right place. It was the right company of folk. It was exactly what I needed at that moment in my life. I know you’re rolling your eyes right now, but I can’t put into words exactly how it made me feel. On Sunday night I sat watching The Killers, and thought “Nothing else matters right now.” And it was genuine.

I have anxiety and depression. I’ve dealt with it for years. When I thought “Nothing else matters right now,” it was my truth in that moment. It wasn’t something I was trying to tell myself, hoping I’d internalize it and actually believe it. It was the truth. Moments like this, as a person in a seemingly constant battle with her own thoughts, are so rare.

So, go. Risk a sunburn, a hangover, shitty sleep, FOMO, feeling ill-prepared for where you are. Go and experience everything Bonnaroo has to offer- the music, comedy, interesting people, crazy moments and everything a blog post can’t adequately articulate. You’ll get it.

^The remnants of the VIP camping section, Monday morning ...

I might write more at some point, but that’s it for this post. Bonnaroo 2019 begins on MY 28TH BIRTHDAY! I’ll be there. As of this writing, it’s only 337 days away 😊

[interestedinthosegirls]

omgg how was bonaroo? ive always wanted to go!

bonnaroo changed my life! the vibe of the community is all love and positivity and if someone sees you down, they will literally do/say anything to make you smile. the world needs the love and kindness found on the farm to radiate everywhere. the music was also Amazing and its a hell of a good time with friends and strangers. you should definitely invest in going! you will not regret it ✌🏼

[onlybricole]

I couldn't have asked for a better team for #Bonnaroo!!!! We absolutely killed it. I look forward to working with #MandM in the future. #Bonnaroo2018 #Mars #MadeWithM #Centeroo #GMRClient (at Manchester, Tennessee)

[altoecko]

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And the last album I'll play before #bonnaroo2018 is #desitivelybonnaroo in both title and content. #drjohn is the inspiration for the name of my favorite place. Now it's time to spend a week with some of my favorite people too. See you on the farm. #bonnaroo #vinyl #vinylgram #vinylrecords #thegoodstuff #licoricepizza #instavinyl #atlanticrecords #1974 #the70s #70s #atcorecords (at Peachtree Corners, Georgia)

[weedtravelbingo-blog]

Bonnaroo 2018

Hey there Tumblr world! Who else is going to Bonnaroo 2018?!

Like, comment, message...whatever! 

(if you feel inclined to share a social media account to follow I will probs follow you bc i love all things, people, music related to bonnaroo <3)

[paramore-rk-life]

Awwww Justin we LOVEEE you and miss you too 😭😭😭❤️❤️ • Posted @withregram • @paramoremusicom ‪Justin York (@jyplaysguitar) just shared this. That @bonnaroo set at #PlayOnFest really made us all so emotional, seriously.. Missing #Paramore even more now, right?‬ • #bonnaroo2018 https://www.instagram.com/p/B_d9j1iHkUP/?igshid=oc1t5kw07kv8