Bonnaroo 2012- the music

Thursday:

Rhys Darby leading the second line

Music:
The Dirty Guv'nahs
Mariachi el Bronx
The Cave Singers
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.
the Silent Disco (a fun tent where you put on headphones to hear the music and dance around to a DJ)
Alabama Shakes
The Soul Rebels

Comedy:
Brian Posehn
Pete Homes
Kyle Kinane
Ali Wong

Food:
pork buns from a mystery food truck from New York

Fun:
The Soul Rebels came out at the end of the Alabama Shakes and with Rhys Darby (Murray from Flight of the Concords) led a second line around Centeroo (the main stage area), ending at a tiny stage/platform area where they played for a while and then brought out a salsa dancing dog. After the dog, we followed the second line to the comedy tent where there was a food truck with a DJ and they were throwing out free pork bun sandwiches wrapped in tinfoil. At first I thought they were potatoes...lol. They were super delicious and became the great mystery of Bonnaroo because we could never find that food truck again.

Friday:

 Radiohead

 Radiohead

Radiohead

Music:
The Infamous Stringdusters
Two Door Cinema Club
Laura Marling
Punch Brothers
Fitz and the Tantrums
Trampled by Turtles
Rodrigo y Gabriela
Radiohead
Major Lazer
Flying Lotus

Comedy:
Colin Hay
Garfunkel and oates
Mike O'Connell

Food:
Gastro Pub food truck- Sloppy Jose and Dirty Chips (fresh made chips with spicy mayo, slaw, and spices...DELICIOUS!)

Fun:
We were in the pit for Radiohead!

Saturday:

Sarah Jarosz

Charles Bradley

Music:
Charles Bradley (pit)
Sarah Jarosz
Flogging Molly
Punch Brothers
Childish Gambino
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Super Jam
Skrillex
Unchained the Van Halen tribute

Fun:
We saw Sarah Jarosz on the way to Charles Bradley in the grass by the stage. She wasn't performing, just playing a few songs for a Bonnaroo news piece.

Sunday:

The Beach Boys

Bon Iver

Delta Spirit

The Shins

Music:
Sarah Jarosz
Delta Spirit
The Beach Boys
Bon Iver
The Shins
fun.
Phish

Food:
Eat Box food truck- Dirty South burrito

Fun:
It drizzled most of the day. :(

Monday:
We packed up in the rain. It's always sad to leave Bonnaroo, but the bad weather made it a little easier to go.

Till next year!

Ferris wheel with Paige

View from the ferris wheel (food vendor area)

View from the ferris wheel (camping area)

View from the ferris wheel (stage area)

riding the ferris wheel

no-byrd-aroo. we missed you Daniel!

The group :)

Bonnaroo 2012- Getting there

Tuesday:
It started on Tuesday driving to Slidell to get the EZ Up out of Daniel's storage unit. It was a tight fit to get it in the car, but I made it work.

EZ Up crammed in the backseat

I got to Bryan's house in Mississippi late that night (it was hard to find since it is new and does not exist on Google maps!). Paige had just arrived and we all hung out for a bit and discussed the schedule and whatnot before going to bed.

Wednesday:
We didn't have to wake up too early which was nice. We made a few stops for beer, pocket chairs, and a fanny pack, then continued to Nashville. We stopped in Nashville for lunch (free Chick-fil-a...still have a bunch to use up. More about that later) and then had some time to kill before we had to meet Scott. We went to Big Lots for batteries and the Dollar Tree for candy. All the essentials. Then we drove on and met Scott about 30 minutes later. I rode with Scott the rest of the way to Bonnaroo. We were close, but traffic made it take about 3.5 hours before we were finally in. We were parked far away and immediately began lugging our stuff to Tent City. We claimed a fairly large area and I got guard duty while everyone else went to get the rest of our stuff.

Claiming space

We had Bryan's garden cart this year, which definitely gets the MVP award for its ability to haul things without breaking. It was dark by the time we got everying set up. I put the EZ Ups up pretty much all by myself while they brought everything else. We had pretty much the same set up as last year...4 EZ Ups all together. This time we used tarps as floors (they hadn't mowed) and had our tents right up against the EZs, instead of all spread out like last year.

 the green tent is mine

Beware of Pickpockets and Loose Women! (A Big Lots score)