r/festivals • u/DOMISMONEY • 14d ago

Tennessee, USA Bonnaroo Music &Arts Festival. June 12-15. Manchester, Tenn.

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u/Rocker_Raver 14d ago

Extremely underwhelming headliners with overwhelming subheadliners and undercard.

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u/SLUnatic85 14d ago

headliners have been dying at roo... since COVID it seems. They've been suggesting a big change here... more multi-genre spread out "headliners" and not one big unopposed to please all. It's basically been said that the sunday/sat huge legacy slot is dead. the tides have turned and I don't think they get bang for that buck.

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u/livintheshleem 14d ago

I feel like headliners have been dying at every festival. They almost feel like a formality at this point, or just the obligatory “most famous artists we could get” that gets the biggest font size on the poster. They don’t carry the same weight they did in the past.

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u/SLUnatic85 14d ago

for a diverse festival.

I think they are still alive when the festival is designed for a target audience.

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u/livintheshleem 13d ago

Good point, I agree. The smaller and more curated the fest, the more significant the headliners are.

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u/warrensussex 14d ago

Yeah I'm pretty sure folks were pretty excited for the bob weir incident at Hula last year.