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Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
arts festival, Manchester, Tennessee, United States
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival; rock festival
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Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, annual summer music and arts festival held in Manchester, Tennessee, U.S. The first Bonnaroo, organized by veteran music promoter Ashley Capps and held in 2002, attracted about 70,000 visitors. The festival took its name from the 1974 album Desitively Bonnaroo by New Orleans pianist and vocalist Dr. John. In the Creole slang of New Orleans, bonnaroo means, roughly, “best on the street.” The music performed at the festival is not limited to any locale or genre. At the four-day multistage festival, held on a 700-acre (280-hectare) farm in June, attendees can hear a variety of ...(100 of 281 words)