Sobriety and transcendence at Bonnaroo
by Barrett Swanson
"...I joined the Soberoo encampment, the bone-dry haven at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, the four-day concert in Manchester, Tennessee, an event otherwise known for its anything-goes spirit and Dionysian revelry.
Apart from camping together in a labyrinth of tents, Soberoovians—as the local argot has it—hold a quartet of daily twelve-step-style meetings, although they claim no official affiliation with Al-Anon, NA, or AA. Since 2002, this assortment of music lovers has vowed to remain sober for the duration of the festival, and while they cater mostly to veterans of the recovery community, the group also functions as a makeshift relief effort, an asylum for those regular Bonnaroovians whom the week of hallucinogenic indulgence will bring to a genuine rock bottom..." (continues)
Apart from camping together in a labyrinth of tents, Soberoovians—as the local argot has it—hold a quartet of daily twelve-step-style meetings, although they claim no official affiliation with Al-Anon, NA, or AA. Since 2002, this assortment of music lovers has vowed to remain sober for the duration of the festival, and while they cater mostly to veterans of the recovery community, the group also functions as a makeshift relief effort, an asylum for those regular Bonnaroovians whom the week of hallucinogenic indulgence will bring to a genuine rock bottom..." (continues)
https://harpers.org/archive/2025/02/high-and-dry-sobriety-transcendence-bonnaroo-barrett-swanson/
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