r/bonnaroo • u/maryjane_420princess • 15d ago

Questions/Advice 🙋 Where In The Woods

Do y’all think they’ll bring back where in the woods for 2028?

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u/m_b4 10 Years 14d ago

Where In The Woods was a dangerous mess that suckeddddd. Bring back Kalliope or bust

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u/urbroccolibabe 12d ago

nahhhh, dude. witw was fucking sick. it was my favorite place at that fest besides kalliope before they nixed it ): they fucked up putting big names there, i’ve literally never seen anything like 2024 witw and i’ve been going since 2015, so i was there when they debuted it until they took it away. 2025 must’ve been your first roo, bc that shit has never occurred. and bc of the limited space / fenced perimeter, LN should’ve realized that would happen when they booked a headliner-level artist to close it out. lame asf of them to take it away when they could’ve fixed their mistake by booking lower-tiered artists like before

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u/SLUnatic85 6 Years 14d ago

For what it's worth, it was only a dangerous mess that sucked when they scheduled it with like Festival headliner tier acts.

When it was typical afters and late night shenanigans appropriate for the small venue, it was an absolutely magical place...

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u/john16791 10 Years 15d ago

It was fun but it was so far away

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u/Atmos_v1 5 Years 14d ago

Cries in Pod 11 lol. WITW was my pit stop on my way back to camp

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u/Diligent-External714 15d ago

Take me back to WITW 23 ZD set 😫😫 life changing

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u/Due_Organization_355 13d ago

My whole crew rolled so hard into the next morning from that set. But we was all pretty fuckered walking to that set, our buddy was like "at least it'll be shady in the woods" It was like 3 in the am or something like that. Such a great night. To anyone that was in the woods in that crowd, thanks for the best vibes🫶 That was my first year at roo and nothing will ever beat it

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u/No-Relative-2721 4.5 Years 15d ago

Nah the cherub pre party was legit!

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u/Magicninjapants 15d ago

Doubtful considering they stated they had rerouted water run off to that area

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u/maryjane_420princess 15d ago

ahh I hadn’t heard/read this, good to know. Thank you!

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u/WolfinBoy 15d ago

Man nothing beats the Where in the woods debut in 2019. It was a wild time lol

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u/theknowing1414 8 Years 15d ago

2022 was its own edm festival basically.

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u/Bing803 11 Years 15d ago

I was camped on the opposite side of the farm in 2019 and didn’t see it then but I still mourn the Disco Balls from 2022, it was beautiful.

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u/Brandonbest4 15d ago

It was at max capacity the entire time

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u/bdf116 6 Years 15d ago

I’d be glad to just have bonnaroo back

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u/EmergencyRead5254 10 Years 15d ago

You’re assuming a lot in that question….

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u/maryjane_420princess 15d ago

I hope with all my heart that roo will come back 2028…guess we just wait and see now 😅

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u/zeuzfuse 10 Years 15d ago

I don’t think it’ll ever return in the capacity it was in its heyday. And for good reason, it was way too unsafe during late nights, people would get too fucked up, and during its proper last year I heard so many reports of sexual assault. The first iteration with the art section and game areas was incredible. Would love to see a community area like that built again

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u/maryjane_420princess 15d ago

Yeah I think a focus around art and community would make that space really cool and maybe incorporate some smaller artist some days but not all days

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u/SharlaRoo Roo Bus & TOTEM 15d ago

Exactly this. WITWs was amazing when it was a true art area with up and coming musicians and artists. I’d love to see it return with the 2019 vibe.

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u/No_Rule_2294 15d ago

Yes would really love like an art maze or something has more art/visual stuff going on.

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u/the_which_stage 6.5 Years 15d ago

2019 was really fun

It can be small & also be cool