<p>I just saw the lineup.
I missed Glen Hansard & Eddie Vedders most recent tour & I told H that the next time Hansard plays in US, I am going.
He will be swayed by Tom Petty.
So what is it like?
How do you manage camping equipment when you are coming from across the country?</p>
<p>I ended my outdoor festival career at Watkins Glenn in 1973.</p>
<p>Rent an RV, drive it there and use instead of camping equipment?</p>
<p>I havent been to many.
WOMAD a fewtimes, but that isnt camping.
Bumpershoot, the No Depression festival, & Outsidelands aren’t camping either.
I also did not put in for tickets to Wrigley since H didnt want to go so he owes me!
;)</p>
<p>Ive been wanting to get a teardrop trailer, but I am still shopping around.</p>
<p>We’re in our mid to late 50’s. We’re too old to be going to these outdoor concerts for 80,000 people. Sounds like something my D would love.</p>
<p>Web site said RV passes will be limited, so don’t wait long to get one if you plan to go. Web site also mentions you can rent a on-site tent that will be set up for you.</p>
<p>[Camping</a> info here](<a href=“http://www.bonnaroo.com/festival-info/camping/]Camping”>http://www.bonnaroo.com/festival-info/camping/)</p>
<p>Thanks for the camping info.</p>
<p>Im 55 & H is almost 58, but we didn’t ever go to festivals when we were in our 20s. I don’t really remember any in our area, and we also were always working.
We did have a great time at Outsidelands a couple years ago, and I have a feeling this year might be interesting & I know he’d love a chance to go back to San Francisco.</p>
<p>We have friends “our age” that go (to this and others), but they grab the RV spot. My kids will camp and use porta-potties…me only if I can stay in our friends’ RV. I’m getting soft in my old age. We’ve had several friends the past couple years who out of the blue bought old Shasta trailers, or scamps, or Avions and only use them for “stuff” like this. It’s an interesting phenomenon, but I could envision quitting work and hitting the road for weeks on end sleeping in alittle trailer. I couldn’t do it permanently but it would open up a whole different ability to get to remote places where there are no hotels.</p>
<p>I live in the Bonnaroo vicinity and get full news information on it every year. My son went one year and hasn’t had any interest in going back. It is VERY dirty and is either blazing hot (think incidents of heatstroke) or wet and muddy. People have a blast, though. Adults definitely try to go the RV route. Traffic is a nightmare, although they have made some improvements by designating a lane or two just for Bonaroo traffic.</p>
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<p>Thanks, but no thanks. Definitely not my cup of tea. First of all, I dislike camping. I try to avoid crowds. I don’t like being out in the heat for hours on end. Much rather go to a concert where we will be sitting inside in the comfort of a nice concert hall.</p>
<p>hmm
I do not do well in the heat.
But I like wet & muddy.
however when we went to Outsidelands, we stayed at the Sheraton @ Fisherman’s Wharf.</p>
<p>There are some motels nearby, but this place is not near a whole lot.</p>
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<p>You seem to be from the Pacific northwest where summers tend to be rather cool in comparison to the heat and humidity you would encounter in Tennessee during June.</p>
<p>My personal festival rule is I only go to the ones where hotel stay is an option. I’ve been to Coachella (condo) and Outside Lands (hotel). My reasoning is that festivals are grueling, often in very warm temps (OSL excluded) and I need a nice, cool, quiet and comfortable space to recharge. </p>
<p>Festival campgrounds are none of those things.</p>
<p>DD has worked Bonnaroo a few times to get a free ticket. The first year she worked, she had just graduated high school. When she came home coughing and sneezing dirt, I couldn’t imagine she’d want to go back. I’ll never forget the stink on her, either, since showering is not a top priority there, though showers are available for $7 (may be more now). Manchester is a bit more than an hour from our house and we know NEVER to venture that way during Bonnaroo. The interstate is at a standstill for hours, but that’s expected by those who go and they make a party of that, too. I would definitely recommend flying in to Nashville and renting an RV (Camping World is close by … maybe 10 miles from the airport). If you’d rather camp in a tent, let me know and, when you fly in to Nashville, I can meet you and loan you a tent and sleeping bags.</p>
<p>I’m dying to go, but as my lovely D said “too bad we like showers.” I’m in the same area as MOWC & Splashmom, so I’ve considered driving home for 7 hours in between, but really I’d need a hotel. My 18 year old self would be so disappointed in me.</p>
<p>I went with my youngest to Sasquatch-@ the Columbia river gorge, which was beautiful.
I also knew enough to book at a private campground which was gorgeous compared to the festival campground.
Hot breakfasts & coffee. Lots of showers & mist tents. The entire campground was landscaped with well cared for bluegrass.
In May it wasnt bad, but when H & I had gone to the Gorge to see Pearl Jam, it was 116f.
I had packed a wading pool that I filled full of ice, & I sat in that until the show started.
But even though our tent was directly opposite someones truck whose headlights went on everytime they opened the door, the night before the show was one of the most romantic nights of my life.
The next one wasnt bad either, except I didnt get a tambourine, my H got more attention from Eddie than I did, & when he came out into the crowd to stand on the sound shed right next to me, he sang Last Kiss, instead of something else. Wah.
I love to hear music outside though.</p>
<p>DS and friends went one year. Blazing hot. Massively crowded. Not for the faint of heart.</p>
<p>My S went when he was in his early twenties. It was a year that it rained the whole time and they camped in mud. He had a blast, but at 28 already considers himself too old to rough it like that again. I’ve ALWAYS been too old to do that sort of thing. I was the right age to attend Woodstock (a rising college freshman), but thought it all seemed appalling and was happy to just see the movie. Some people are cut out for that sort of thing, some aren’t.</p>
<p>Even though the Mumford boys are attending Bonaroo you could not pay me a millon dollars to attend. I am 20 so right in the age group for that festival but I have no interest. They will tour in the summer/fall hopefully so I hope to see them than. I love love love the Mumford boys but god Bonaroo is something too crazy for me.</p>