![]() ![]() It was so, so endearing to peek back into this reflection of my own past and observe people having their life altered, hopefully for the better. Simply put, as a young person especially, this is a festival that will change your life. Back then, and as I imagined the case to be for many of those who I watched this morning, was the first time feeling the kind of freedom that lives at Bonnaroo. ![]() Had I not attended this festival as a much younger person, some fifteen years ago to be exact, I don’t know where my life would be today, but I can assure you I would not be a music journalist. Walking the grounds at this festival was like looking back through a window of time for me, looking back at a snapshot of my own past experience of falling in love with live music and the culture that surrounds it. I am a thirty-something year old, and while of course Bonnaroo draws from every demographic of age young and old, it is largely comprised of younger folks. Before I go further to recap the performances I took in, I’m going to illuminate maybe my biggest takeaway from this weekend which really did strike me as I ambled about on this fine Saturday. Incredible spray-painted graffiti covered site walls giant spotlights had been moved in front of the Bonnaroo disco ball high atop a fire tower overlooking the grounds. The camps and plazas that played central host to each camp cluster oozed with creativity and expression in all forms. I got up, bumped around the grounds for a little bit seeking sustenance and cold beverage, and noticed the true surrealism that had begun to set in in full force. While temperatures did not surpass the lower eighties on this morning, they were certainly hot enough to get people out and moving early, as stagnating at campsites throughout the grounds simply is not an option for survival in the moist heat. Festival goers were treated to the first small taste of heat that the great fields in Tennessee are known for. Saturday morning and afternoon on the farm came quickly. ![]()
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