Every June music aficionados from across the globe make the trek to a farm in Manchester, Tennessee to see an assortment of the greatest bands perform at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival .
This years festival, which kicks off this Thursday at noon, marks the 10th reincarnation of the event so big that Rolling Stone Magazine called it one of the “50 moments that changed history of rock and roll.”
Bonnaroo’s varied 2011 lineup includes rap superstars Eminem, Lil Wayne, and Big Boi, electronic artists such as Bassnectar and Pretty Lights, Grammy winning Arcade Fire , and West Coast indie folk rock band The Decemberists.
First timers? In the words of previous attendees of the festival, “be pre prepared to get wet, dirty, and smelly.” There is ample mud and heat, and when the two are combined an unpleasant odor often results. Festival-goers report that the air stinks after the second day with so many campers gathered together in the hot weather. However, for the hardcore fans, it is obviously worth the minor discomforts.
Tickets went on sale on February 19 and quickly sold out so you will need to haggle with scalpers on Craigslist if you still wish to score a seat.
Below is the complete Bonnaroo 2011 lineup courtesy of Billboard Music :
Eminem Arcade Fire Widespread Panic The Black Keys Buffalo Springfield feat Richie Furay, Stephen Stills, Neil Young, Rick Rosas, Joe Vitale My Morning Jacket Lil Wayne String Cheese Incident Robert Plant & Band of Joy Mumford & Sons The Strokes The Decemberists Ray Lamontagne Bassnectar Iron & Wine Girl Talk Primus Dr. John and The Original Meters performing Desitively Bonnaroo Alison Krauss & Union Station Pretty Lights Florence + the Machine SuperJam with Dan Auerbach and Dr. John Explosions In The Sky STS9 Gogol Bordello Beirut Big Boi Scissor Sisters Gregg Allman Ratatat Global Gypsy Punk Revue curated by Eugene Hütz Robyn Warren Haynes Band Deerhunter Opeth Atmosphere Old Crow Medicine Show Bootsy Collins & the Funk University Wiz Khalifa Matt & Kim Grace Potter & The Nocturnals The Del McCoury Band & the Preservation Hall Jazz Band Mavis Staples Béla Fleck and the Flecktones Chiddy Bang Jovanotti Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers Loretta Lynn Cold War Kids The Walkmen Devotchka Wanda Jackson Neon Trees Portugal. The Man Sleigh Bells Amos Lee Best Coast Dãm-Funk & Master Blazter The Sword The Drums The Black Angels School of Seven Bells J. Cole Nicole Atkins & the Black Sea Wavves !!! Junip Freelance Whales Justin Townes Earle Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses Deer Tick Band of Skulls Sharon Van Etten Abigail Washburn Omar Souleyman Twin Shadow Kylesa Man Man The Low Anthem Alberta Cross Railroad Earth Jessica Lea Mayfield Smith Westerns The Head and the Heart Karen Elson Beats Antique 22-20s Phosphorescent Clare Maguire Hayes Carll
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