Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

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...