The Hipster Guide to Bonnaroo

Telling the Yeasayers from the Heartless Bastards.

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Bonnaroo 2009 launches today. It’s the only festival in history where you can catch both Bruce Springsteen and Phish at the same fest. It’s gonna be a great weekend.

The bloggers at Pitchfork have posted their own concert guide for the festival, which we enjoyed enough to reprint here. Now, you too can party like a hipster (rule no. 1 = no Phish) and catch game 5 of the NBA finals. Check it out.

Thurdsay, June 11

5:45-6:45 Janelle Monae (The Other Tent)
6:45-7:45 White Rabbits (This Tent)
7:15-8:15 MURS (The Other Tent)
8:45-9:45 The Knux (The Other Tent)
9:45-10:45 Chairlift (This Tent)
11:15-12:15 Passion Pit (This Tent)

Friday, June 12

1:30-2:30 Dirty Projectors (That Tent)
2:45-4:00 Animal Collective (Which Stage)
3:00-4:15 St. Vincent (That Tent)
4:45-6:00 Santigold (That Tent)
4:45-6:00 Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Which Stage)
5:00-6:15 Grizzly Bear (This Tent)
6:00-7:30 Al Green (What Stage)
6:45-8:00 TV on the Radio (Which Stage)
7:00-8:30 Amadou & Mariam (The Other Tent)
8:30-10:00 Beastie Boys (What Stage)
8:45-10:45 David Byrne (Which Stage)
11:30-12:15 Phoenix (That Tent)
12:30-1:45 Public Enemy (This Tent)
2:15-3:45 Girl Talk (That Tent)

Saturday, June 13

1:30-2:30 Heartless Bastards (Which Stage)
3:00-4:15 Booker T. & the DBTs (Which Stage)
3:30-4:45 Bon Iver (This Tent)
5:00-6:15 Jenny Lewis (That Tent)
5:15-6:30 of Montreal (This Tent)
6:00-8:00 Wilco (What Stage)
6:45-8:15 Elvis Costello (That Tent)
7:00-8:30 The Decemberists (This Tent)
9:00-12:30 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (What Stage)
1:00-3:00 Nine Inch Nails (Which Stage)
1:00-1:45 Yeasayer (That Tent)

Sunday, June 14

1:30 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists (The Other Tent)
1:45-2:45 The Dillinger Escape Plan (That Tent)
2:30-3:30 Jessica Lea Mayfield (Cafe Where)
3:15-4:15 High on Fire (That Tent)
3:30-5:00 Erykah Badu (What Stage)
4:15-5:45 Andrew Bird (Which Stage)
4:30 Okkervil River (The Other Tent)
5:00-6:15 Merle Haggard (This Tent)
6:30-8:00 Band of Horses (Which Stage)
6:45-8:15 Neko Case (This Tent)
7:00-9:30 NBA Finals Game 5 (Cinema Tent)

Unlock the gates to musical paradise! Purchase your Bonnaroo tickets and dive into a world of diverse sounds, art installations, and good vibes.