Story Time at the Roo Bus
Story Time at the Roo Bus is a weekly podcast by and for the music festival community. From Bonnaroo and beyond, we talk weekly with the people that make the festivals we attend, share stories, and talk about what else has us excited.
Episodes
Sharla and Daniel hang out on the back porch for this episode to talk Huntsville's new South Star Festival, TOTEM updates, and the last stretch of getting ready to Roo! Also, we have Lord Taco / Russ from The What Podcast on to basically talk anything and everything, plus we have our buddy and EDM expert David to talk about the Texas Eclipse festival and his picks for EDM at Roo.
The legend JB joins us this week as he's in town for the HSV Expo, we take the hour to talk about him getting to meet his childhood hero Steve from Blue's Clues, getting Roo fit, and finding some of the right camping supplies. We also take the second half of the show to talk about all of our "small font" bands for each day of Roo!
The Centeroo schedule has dropped earlier than ever, Brooklin, Sharla and Daniel are here to pour through it. From the heartbreaking conflicts to 6+ hours of Pretty Lights, we've opened a bottle of sangria and are here to dive in.
Sharla and Daniel are back in Murica this week and have a lot of catching up to do with a lot of news and tea that happened while we were on vacation. From the Outeroo lineup, to the new Huntsville event, and much more, we have a lot of Roo related tea to go over!
Your regular hosts are out of the country this week, so Matty Chap steps in with a fabulous panel from the Groop Area to talk everything happening there at Roo this year! Thanks so much to the entire crew for stepping in for our first entirely-guest hosted episode of the podcast!
Sharla, Brooklin, and Daniel are in our beloved Thailand this week! We recorded this bonus episode to check in and talk a little bit about the Outeroo lineup and other fun Thai and Roo things. Stick around this weekend for an entire guest episode hosted by Matty and many other friends!
Our good buddy Eric is back this week bringing along one of our most popular episodes ever: His Bonnaroo Game Show! He surveyed around 60 Roovians for this fun Family Feud style game show that had a ton of surprising and hilarious survey results. Sharla, Daniel and JB play along and it got pretty spicy!
We take a detour this week to take a look back at one of our favorite movies that shares so much in common with our favorite festival! We welcome in writer, podcaster and film critic Devindra Hardawar of the awesome Filmcast podcast to help us take a look back at Almost Famous, the 2000 Cameron Crow film that captures so much so perfectly about the live music community. Sharla and Daniel also take a bit to talk about the NYC TOT...
The One and Two Day Tickets for Roo 2024 have cause a lot of buzz and spirited discussion this past week. Sharla and Daniel did a lot of talking with some of the movers and shakers this week to figure out what's going on and what it might mean for the Roo community. Also as a reminder, we have to refer to two-day ticket holders as Halflings now.
Brooklin, Sharla, Chloe, Skyler and Chelsea all get together for this years edition of Ladies Night on the podcast! We talk about the one and two day tickets and get that elephant out of the room but also talk women representation on the lineup and much more.
With another Bonnaroo on the horizon, we take a look back at what did and what didn't work last year in 2023. Roo has been drastically improving and is better than ever as of late, but there's still a few tweaks the community thinks they could make for the better. Chelsea the Hygiene Queen herself is here with Sharla and Daniel this week to talk through some of those points and much more!
Are you headed to your first Roo? Maybe coming back after a long hiatus? We've gathered a few veterans to help answer the most common questions about how to have a successful Roo! Evan is back for another episode, and we also have Caleb / CJ / Cocaine_Jesus to help talk about some of the most pressing questions that typically crop up. Want to know how the pit line works? What daily entry means? Our tips for the best hidd...
We've got a bonus special episode to go along with our lineup episode! We are so lucky to have Brad Parker and Cory Smith from the Bonnaroo staff on with us this week to talk a TON about Roo. We talk about what kind of surprises to expect this year, how Where in the Woods and Groop is evolving, and much much more. They were genuinely fun to hang out and cut up with, and we're so thankful for their time in making this e...
It's one of the biggest days in music for all of us, and our biggest episode of the year is here to talk all about it. Sharla, Brooklin, Daniel, and a giant cast of Bonnaroovians join us for perhaps the best episode we've ever done, and we're so excited for you to hear everything we've put together for you.
Aside from hearing about what many, many Roovians think of this 2024 lineup, we have much more...
Sharla is out with a cold this week so the amazing and wonderful Chloe steps in to co-host! We talk with a panel about our hopes and dreams for the lineup with one week to go, and we also talk about our feeling about the four headliners that the Reddit confirmation thread believes we will see on the poster. Just one more week to go until lineup drop, Happy Roo!
It's a supersized episode to end 2023! Brooklin finally makes her long awaited return to tell us what she's been up to, and we also have our good friends and TOTEM board members Brad and Shaina on. Brad is here to tell us about the tax benefits of your donation to TOTEM, and Shaina is here to talk about Loophole to Reality and the awesome story of gifting her nephew a ticket to Roo this year!
It's a Christmas miracle! Pretty Lights is confirmed for two sets at Roo, plus we're now in an era of Bonnaroo where there are now four full headliners. Is the What Stage going to open on Thursday? Do we get acts on the Which on Thursday as well? Sharla and Daniel take a quick deep dive on this late breaking scoop.
We have a full house on the podcast this week for our Holiday Special! A ton of Roovians that you probably know and love are on with us to play some fun party games, and we even get a voice mail from a VERY special celebrity guest.
We're back for round two of our spotlight of TOTEM board members! This week, we hang with Evan Bonnaroo, or um, Evan Brown from Jersey and the NYC area to talk about his photography, his buddies in Moon Taxi, and what we'd like to see more of in the campgrounds. Sharla and Daniel also talk about some of the Roo Rumors that are really heating up and have a few more picks as well.
Are you looking to get a gift for that special wook in your life? Making some hints to the family about what you need on the Farm next year? Sharla and Daniel are back this week to talk about the essentials and then some that you can put on either list as you get ready to Roo in 2024. We also talk about Roo Clues, how crazy this rumor season is, and also have a number of weekly picks for you as well!
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