Bonnaroo Schedule

Alright, so my sister graduates from high school today (can you believe it?!), and I thought I'd share her graduation present (which I also get to enjoy and participate in) with you. I originally neglected to bring this up because I thought it made me sound spoiled or rich, and I really hate that, but the truth is you travel a lot, tickets are only a couple hundred dollars, it's a passion of mine, and a lot of people would hate doing this (but those who would love, would really love it). So, where is this magical gift to - a sex sauna? No, but you would think that, Alison. Actually, it's to a music festival in Manchester, Tennessee called Bonnaroo. I don't know if you've heard of it, but it's like a modern day Woodstock (that happens every year...), but it's on a farm and it's the largest music festival in North America. So, yeah, I'm pretty excited, and not that I would want to gloat, but to not spread my enthusiasm would diminish it of its value. So, that's pretty much what I've been focused on for the past week and the schedule came out last weekend, so since then I've been working on coming up with a schedule that can fit everyone's desires (my mom and our friend Morgan is going too). So I wanted to share the schedule I've been working on. Here it is:

THURSDAY: (we don't do much this day, because it's the first day, so it takes a long time to get into the festival and the concerts don't start until four. So, besides the three concerts we see that day, we'll pretty much be cruising around, looking around the place, and maybe listening to some bands we haven't heard of).

7:30 p.m. - 8:15 - Miike Snow (This Tent)

10:00 p.m. - 11:00 - The Temper Trap (That Tent)

11:30 p.m. - 12:45 - The xx (That Tent - yes those are the names of the tents)

FRIDAY: (this day is PACKED, though - it's gonna be pretty awesome)

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 - Trombone Shorty (Which Stage)

1:00 p.m. - 2:00 - Tokyo Police Club (The Other Tent)

2:30 p.m. - 3:30 - Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (The Other Tent)

4:00 p.m. - 5:15 - Dr. Dog (The Other Tent)

5:00 p.m. - 6:15 - She & Him (This Tent - I haven't decided which I love more enough to miss 15 minutes of the other)

6:15 p.m. - 6:45 - OK Go (The Other Tent)

6:45 p.m. - 7:45 - Tenacious D (What Stage)

7:45 p.m. - 8:15 - Tori Amos (This Tent)

8:15 p.m. - 8:30 - Steve Martin (That Tent)

8:30 p.m. - 9:30 - Michael Franti & Spearhead (Which Stage)

9:30 p.m. - 11:30 - Kings of Leon (What Stage) (And I'm assuming we'll miss some of either Michael Franti or Kings of Leon to find time to have dinner)

12:00 a.m. - 1:30 - Daryl Hall & Chromeo (The Other Tent)

12:00 a.m. - 1:30 - The Black Keys (That Tent)

12:00 a.m. - 2:00 - The Flaming Lips (Which Stage - not sure how we're gonna divide the three of these up yet, either)

2:00 a.m. - 2:30 - Galactic (The Other Tent)

2:30 a.m. - 4:00 - LCD Soundsystem (This Tent)

SATURDAY:

1:00 p.m. - 2:30 - Conan O'Brien (Comedy Theater)

2:00 p.m. - 2:45 - Brandi Carlile (That Tent - just my mom and sis for this one, Morgan and I are gonna stay in Conan O'Brien)

2:45 p.m. - 4:00 - Norah Jones (Which Stage)

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 - either Beatles Rock Band Experience or Jeffrey Ross Roasts Bonnaroo (Lunar Stage and Comedy Theater, respectively - we've got an hour to kill, so we'll check in on each and decide which we like better)

5:00 p.m. - 6:15 - Mumford & Sons (That Tent)

6:15 p.m. - 7:00 - The Dead Weather (What Stage)

7:00 p.m. - 8:30 - Weezer (Which Stage)

8:30 p.m. - 10:30 - Stevie Wonder (What Stage - he plays till 10:30, but I doubt we'll stay for the whole thing)

SUNDAY:

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 - Ingrid Michaelson (The Other Tent)

1:15 p.m. - 2:15 - Calexico (Which Stage)

3:00 p.m. - 4:15 - Regina Spektor (Which Stage)

4:15 p.m. - 4:30 - Against Me! (This Tent)

5:00 p.m. - 6:15 - Dropkick Murphys (This Tent)

6:30 p.m - 7:00 - Blues Traveler (Sonic Stage)

And we end the night with:

7:15 p.m. - 8:45 - Phoenix (Which Stage)

MONDAY:

Depart.

Phew. It's gonna be a long weekend, with not much showering or cleanliness, and consisting mostly of watching concerts literally all day (one day up until 4 in the morning!) - like I said, a lot of people wouldn't like this trip - but it's going to be well worth it and an incredible experience. I love my life.