2009 Bonnaroo Music Festival
The 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was held from June 11 to 14, 2009 at a 700-acre (2.8 km2) farm in Manchester, Tennessee. There were roughly 75,000 people in attendance. The onset of Bonnaroo 2009 was punctuated by monstrous thunderstorms. Thursday night included heavy rain, lightning, strong winds and hail. A lighter storm passed over the farm on Friday. The resulting mud became a hardship for some and a plaything for others. The initial lineup was released on the festival's website at midnight on February 3, 2009. Phish performed a traditional two-set headlining spot on Sunday night as well as a late night set on Friday night. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band performed Saturday. The previously annual Superjam did not take place, and for the first time in Bonnaroo's eight-year history, not a single member of the Grateful Dead performed at the festival. = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) This Tent: Erick Baker White Rabbits Hockey Chairlift Passion Pit Delta Spirit That Tent: Charlie Allen Alberta Cross Portugal. The Man The Low Anthem Zac Brown Band The Other Tent: Janelle Monáe Murs The Knux People Under The Stairs Midnite Comedy Sweet Humored by Butterfinger: Comedy Carnivale: Christian Finnegan, Arj Barker, Janeane Garofalo, Nick Thune & Pete Holmes (3 Sets) Bonnapoo 2009 Starring Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Cinema Tent: Chuck Norris Rules: Missing in Action Kids Play Primus: Blame It on the Fish The Present Green Screens presented by Rock the Earth: Mountaintop Removal Q&A: Ben Sollee/Maria Gumoe 2009 NBA Finals Game Four Teen Wolf House Party Chuck Norris Rules: Lone Wolf McQuade The Simpsons Movie Arcade Discothèque Powered by Xbox 360: Tobacco DJ Quickie Mart Gypsyphonic Disko (DJ Set by Ben Ellman of Galactic) Kraak & Smaak Troo Music Lounge Hosted by Budweiser: Jedd Hughes Roger Alan Wade Julia Nunes The Black Lillies Erin McCarley Those Darlins Tanglers Blues Band American Princes Tobacco Solar Stage: Hunub Kru Breakdancing Poetix Bonnaroo Buskers Now The River: Eco-Folk Music African Drum and Dance By Mawre Company Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Bonnaroo Buskers Yoga Out of Bounds Hunab Kru Breakdancing Stephen Smartt & Brian Pierce Poetix Ogya Bonnaroo Buskers Hunub Kru Breakdancing Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Silent Disco Powered by Vitaminwater Sync: J. Boogie (including Latin Funk Dance Hour) Aaron LaCrate The Hood Internet Motion Potion = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) What Stage: The Itals Galactic with Trombone Shorty and Corey Henry Al Green Beastie Boys Phish Which Stage: Gomez Animal Collective Yeah Yeah Yeahs TV on the Radio David Byrne This Tent: Tift Merritt Kaki King Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Grizzly Bear Lucinda Williams Public Enemy Paul Oakenfold That Tent: Katzenjammer Dirty Projectors St. Vincent Santigold Ani DiFranco Phoenix Crystal Castles Girl Talk The Other Tent: Toubab Krewe Vieux Farka Touré Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté King Sunny Adé & the African Beats Amadou & Mariam Femi Kuti and the Positive Force Pretty Lights Sonic Stage: Portugal. The Man Alberta Cross The Low Anthem Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians moe. Kaki King Galactic (Interview Only) Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabaté Toubab Krewe Comedy Sweet Humored by Butterfinger: Comedy Carnivale: Christian Finnegan, Arj Barker, Janeane Garofalo, Nick Thune & Pete Holmes (3 Sets) Bonnapoo 2009 Starring Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (2 Sets) Cafe Where Hosted by AT&T: The Belleville Outfit Ben Sollee Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band Cinema Tent: Cold Souls Q&A: Don Hertzfeldt Green Screens presented by Rock the Earth: Flow Q&A: Gill Holland/Intro: Adam Yauch Anvil! The Story of Anvil Happiness Is Chuck Norris Rules: Missing in Action Tropic Thunder The Dark Knight Arcade Discothèque Powered by Xbox 360: The Hood Internet Aaron LaCrate Troo Music Lounge Hosted by Budweiser: Moonalice Everest Evan Watson Dirty Sweet The Features Jets Overhead Justin Townes Earle The Protomen Ki Theory Solar Stage: Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Rock The Earth Panel Discussion: "Social Change Through Music" Poetix African Drum and Dance by Mawre Company Rock The Earth Interview and Performance Bonnaroo Buskers Justin Townes Earle Poetix Cotton Jones African Drum and Dance by Mawre Company Bonnaroo Buskers Hunab Kru Breakdancing Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Silent Disco Powered by Vitaminwater Sync: Motion Potion (including 70's Funk Hour) J. Boogie's 80's Dance Party Gypsyphonic Disko Kraak & Smaak = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) What Stage: Wailing Souls Rodrigo y Gabriela Wilco Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Which Stage: Ilo & the Coral Reefer All Stars featuring Jimmy Buffett Heartless Bastards Booker T & The DBT's Gov't Mule The Mars Volta Nine Inch Nails This Tent: Elvis Perkins in Dearland Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 Bon Iver of Montreal The Decemberists moe. That Tent: Alejandro Escovedo Allen Toussaint Raphael Saadiq Jenny Lewis Elvis Costello Solo Yeasayer MGMT The Other Tent: The SteelDrivers Cherryholmes Tony Rice Unit The Del McCoury Band David Grisman Quintet Ben Harper and Relentless7 Sonic Stage: Chairlift Katzenjammer Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Brett Dennen Heartless Bastards Allen Toussaint Cherryholmes Raphael Saadiq Tony Rice Unit Travelin' McCourys Comedy Sweet Humored by Butterfinger: Bonnapoo 2009 Starring Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Daily Show Stars: John Oliver, Rob Riggle, Rory Albanese, Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler Jimmy Fallon with Wayne Federman (2 Sets) Daily Show Stars Cafe Where Hosted by AT&T: William Elliott Whitmore Zee Avi Cotton Jones Cinema Tent: Beautiful Losers Lebowski Fest - Movie Party Green Screens presented by Rock the Earth: Grand Canyon Adventure Q&A: Don Hertzfeldt Polanskied: Chinatown Rosemary's Baby The Tenant Cold Souls Arcade Discothèque Powered by Xbox 360: Kraak & Smaak Aaron LaCrate Troo Music Lounge Hosted by Budweiser: Turbine Fiction Family Joe Pug Dan Dyer BrakesBrakesBrakes Jerry Hannan Russian Circles The Giraffes Kuroma Solar Stage: African Drum and Dance by Mawre Company Rock The Earth Panel Discussion: "Social Change Through Music" Poetix Rock The Earth Interview and Performance Rock The Earth Interview and Performance: Ben Sollee Bonnaroo Buskers Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Julia Nunes Poetix The Black Lillies Bonnaroo Buskers African Drum and Dance by Mawre Company Poetix Hunab Kru Breakdancing Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Silent Disco Powered by Vitaminwater Sync: DJ Quickie Mart (featuring Old School Hip Hop Hour) The Hood Internet J. Boogie (featuring 80's Dance Party) = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) What Stage: The 6th Ward Treme Allstars Brass Band Erykah Badu Snoop Dogg Phish Which Stage: Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue Citizen Cope Andrew Bird Band of Horses This Tent: The Lovell Sisters Todd Snider Robert Earl Keen Merle Haggard Neko Case That Tent: Cage the Elephant The Dillinger Escape Plan High on Fire Shadows Fall Coheed & Cambria The Other Tent: A.A. Bondy Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Brett Dennen Okkervil River Sonic Stage: Ben Sollee American Princes Erin McCarley Elvis Perkins Julia Nunes The Lovell Sisters Ted Leo A.A. Bondy Mike Farris The Nikhil Korula Band Comedy Sweet Humored by Butterfinger: Daily Show Stars: John Oliver, Rob Riggle, Rory Albanese, Wyatt Cenac, Kristen Schaal, Kurt Braunohler (2 Sets) Michael & Michael Have Issues (2 Sets) Cafe Where Hosted by AT&T: Jessica Lea Mayfield Outernational The Heavy Pets Cinema Tent: Green Screens presented by Rock the Earth: Earth Days Q&A: Robert Stone Lewbowski Fest - Movie Party Kids Play 2009 NBA Finals Game Five Troo Music Lounge Hosted by Budweiser: Sons of Bill Mynameisjohnmichael The Nikhil Korula Band Madi Diaz Dear and the Headlights Dirty Guv'nahs Vertigo Solar Stage: Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Rock The Earth Panel Discussion: "Social Change Through Music" Poetix Rock The Earth Interview and Performance: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Rock The Earth Interview and Performance Rock The Earth Interview and Performance: Brett Dennen Hunab Kru Breakdancing Gypsy Hands Tribal Dance Bonnaroo Buskers Silent Disco Powered by Vitaminwater Sync: Motion Potion DJ Quickie Mart (featuring 80's Hip Hop/Soul Mashup Hour)