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 with the people that make the festivals we attend, share stories, and talk about what else has us excited. Story Time at the Roo Bus supports the TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that helps underserved people explore career and community goals in a music festival setting.
Episodes
Sharla and Daniel are back for one last episode before we hit the road for Roo! We take one last look through the Bonnaroo Code to talk about what it means for us for this week. It's going to be a hot one on The Farm this week, so prepare thyself and play as a team to beat this heat. Come and see us at the bus in the Groop area this coming week, we can't wait to be a part of the greatest party on Earth with you!
Sharla and Daniel are back for the last episode before Bonnaroo week! We've got our tips for what to be doing in these last few days before Roo, how to beat the last minute anxiety, and also have our tentative schedule for what shows and other fun stuff we'll be getting into it. Get lots of sleep and drink lots of water, Bonnaroo week is almost here!
Can you believe it? We're in the final stretch for Bonnaroo 2024! Sharla and Daniel have a lot of things to talk about, including what to expect when you arrive to Roo, the epic and biblical crowd that's expected at the Chappel Roan show, Sharla's Country / Americana picks, and much more. Rest up and drink lots of water, the greatest party on the planet is almost here.
There's just three weeks to go until we're back at the greatest party on the planet! Lots of news dropped this last week, including the Outeroo schedule. Sharla and Daniel walk through that and also talk with friend to Roo Scott, who went to one of the Dead & Company shows at The Sphere in Vegas this past week!
Can you believe we're just one month away from the Greatest Party on Earth? Brooklin, Sharla and Daniel are back this week to go over a lot of crazy stories, but we've also got a great crew from our camp to talk about getting your camp, car, and even yourself ready for Roo 2024! Roo Season APPROACHIN!
It's a bit of an untraditional episode this week with a very very special guests! The youngest member of our crew Lacey joins us for her adventure at Shaky Knees, we have some cameos from Andrew and Lord Taco at the Pond show, and Matty from Squeak Squad has a long talk to talk about this year's Wednesday party.
Sharla and Daniel are back on the back porch again on a nice night to sort through a lot of fun stuff as we start the final stretch leading up to Roo. Wristbands are now shipping, the Festive Owl talks about the state of the festival industry, and we take a deep dive into many of our favorite Bonnaroo traditions!
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...
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