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.
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170 - Live from Burning Man 2024
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Happy Burnaroo! We're live from Black Rock City for Burning Man 2024! Jordan and Ryan join Sharla and Daniel from our campsite at 7:30 and J at BRC to talk about how it compares to Roo, what we can bring from Burning Man to Manchester, and much more. We also have a ton of mini-interviews with Burners, asking them about the most positive thing that …
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169 - The Road To Burning Man 2024
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Sharla and Daniel are headed back to Burning Man this year, we have you along for the ride across country with us as we head to the desert! We talk about what the next step from Bonnaroo to the Burn is if you’re ever thinking of making it, what bands would be good at The Sphere, and much more! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOT…
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168 - Rumor Season Kickoff with Andrew, Skyler and Evan
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It's getting late in the summer and the festival season is giving way to rumor season! With tours being announced and clues dropping, we're starting to see how we can fit the puzzle pieces together for Bonnaroo 2025. Our friends Skyler, Andrew and Evan have done a mountain of homework to give us a realistic look at who the big font names on the pos…
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167 - Hell Yeah Brother! With Shaina and Matty
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Your regular hosts are both out of town this weekend for work and a concert, so some of your favorite Groop hosts from Roo are filling in this week! Shaina from Loophole To Reality and Matty from the Squeak Squad guest host this episode to talk about all of their other festival adventures, and how they're apparently planning on commandeering a rock…
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166 - The Sauce with Skyler, Lisa, and Chloe
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Sharla sits down with Skyler, Lisa, and Chloe as we start to wrap up festival season in a saucy way! 🥫🌠 We'll discuss the recently published article about the safety of Bonnaroo and share insights from Hinterland. Lisa, Chloe and Skyler discuss their plans to travel across the country for the South Star Music Festival in Huntsville, Alabama, and th…
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165 - The South Star Guide to Huntsville
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If you're coming to our hometown of the Rocket City for South Star, we're so excited to host you here! Sharla and Daniel are out on the back porch as we go through all of our recommendations for what you can check out while you're here in town in Huntsville, Alabama. Music bumpers this week are also brought to you by Huntsville local bands Them Dam…
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164 - Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas with Evan
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Our good friend and TOTEM Vice President Evan just returned from Vegas for a few nights of Dead & Co at The Sphere, and he's here to tell us about all of his unspeakable adventures. We also go through all of his favorites from Roo this past year as well as talk a bit about the upcoming South Star festival in Huntsville! Proceeds from Story Time at …
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163 - Party in the T-Pain Pit with JB
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Maybe you've seen the viral picture, but you probably haven't heard the story. JB camped with us this past year, and became a Bonnaroo legend on the rail at the T-Pain show that's going to be talked about for years to come. Sharla and Daniel run through JB's Roo recap, talk baseball, and much more! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support Th…
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162 - Our Bonnaroo 2024 Recap
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Brooklin, Sharla and Daniel are back home and back on the back porch at our house for a jam packed two hour episode where we go back over our stories and experiences from Bonnaroo 2024! We talk a bit about what worked fantastic behind the scenes this year, a few constructive critiques for future improvements, and then all go through as many of our …
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Our annual Bonnaroo episode recorded live from The Farm is here! This was the best Bonnaroo in a long, long time and we have a ton of interviews and clips recorded while we were all there together. The atmosphere and vibes were off the charts this year, and we hope you'll hear in everyones voices as to why that was the case. 💜 Proceeds from Story T…
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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…
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159 - Last Minute Tips & Our Roo Schedules
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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 her…
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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 p…
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157 - Outeroo Schedule / Dead & Co at The Sphere
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo B…
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support…
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155 - Shaky Knees & Group Wednesday Party
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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. Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo …
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo…
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153 - Lord Taco Check-In & Roo EDM
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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 festiv…
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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! Proceeds from Sto…
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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. Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to supporting underserved i…
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) ded…
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation,…
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Bonus Episode: Audio Postcard From Thailand
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Found…
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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! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus suppo…
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147 - Almost Famous Retrospective with Devindra Hardawar of The Filmcast
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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…
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146 - Halfling Tickets at Roo 2024
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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. Pr…
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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. Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicate…
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144 - What Worked and What Didn't For Roo
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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 th…
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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 …
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Special Episode: Brad Parker and Cory Smith from the Bonnaroo Staff
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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 ou…
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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 …
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Bonus Episode: Last Minute Speculation & Four Headliners Reported Confirmed!
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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 dro…
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141 - TOTEM Spotlight with Shaina and Brad
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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 …
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Bonus Episode: Pretty Lights & Four Headliners at Roo
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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. Proceeds from Story Time at the R…
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140 - Holiday Special with I Am Bonnaroo, Roo Hamm, Bonnadude, Lord Taco, Dave and Chloe!
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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. Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to supporting underserved …
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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…
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138 - The Bonnaroo Holiday Wishlist
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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, an…
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Sharla and Daniel are back this week with one of our best new friends from Roo, Sammee from Salt Lake City! (Or SL, UT as you'll hear in the episode.) Sammee is helping us kick off our new spotlight series as we'll highlight all of the board members of TOTEM. We also talk a bit more about what's being whispered in rumor season as well! Proceeds fro…
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Much of the Roo gang was in Pelham, Tennessee this last weekend to see some amazing shows from Pretty Lights, which seems like the perfect kickoff for ROOmor Season! Sharla and Daniel also talk about the Roo news that dropped this week, as well as our upcoming TOTEM event this Sunday in Nashville! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The…
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Sharla and Daniel are back this week to talk about our new non-profit we'll be focusing on from now on, the TOTEM Foundation. It stands for The Opportunity to Experience Music, and we're using it as our way to pass the torch on to the next generation! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to sup…
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Much of the gang from Bonnaroo is putting together a new festival in our hometown of Huntsville, Alabama! While more official details are coming soon, Sharla and Daniel take this episode to explore the music scene in the Rocket City, what the festival grounds may look like, who we think may headline, and much more. Proceeds from Story Time at the R…
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Our good buddy Ryan comes to visit us on our back porch this week to talk about travel adventures, concert photography and much more! Sharla and Daniel also discuss the next steps in our non-profit, we hope you can make it out to our first event in Madison, AL on October 13th! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a …
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Burning Man turned into a giant mud pit for 2023, and while Sharla and Daniel didn't go this year, we've got a lot to share about what went down at Black Rock City. We also have some more news to share about our upcoming non-profit, and get a drop-in from our "unsurprising guest" JB! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundat…
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131 - Groop and Event Planning With Matty Chap
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One of our award winners for this year stops by with Sharla and Daniel. Our dear friend Matty of the Squeak Squad was instrumental in making so many great things happen in the Groop Plaza at Roo this year, so we wanted his advice for up and coming Roovians about how to make some magic happen in the campgrounds. Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo B…
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Sharla and Daniel are back this week after a few weeks of Roo hangouts with buddies! We're going full-in on details about the next chapter of the Roo Bus and are talking about what we have planned in the years to come with our new non-profit. Learn about what we're up to, how you can be involved, and stick around for a ton of weekly picks. Proceeds…
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129 - The Roo-ie Awards 2023
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Sharla, Brooklin and Daniel are back on the back porch this week to have a drink and talk all sorts of fun stuff. We talk about our recent experience at the Phish shows in Huntsville, Barbenheimer, and of course the Roo-ie awards for this year! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to supporting…
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128 - Live from Bonnaroo 2023
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Sharla and Daniel and tons of friends recorded much of this episode live from the Farm throughout the weekend of Bonnaroo 2023! Hear from special guests like the Roo Hamm crew, Bonnadude, and many more. What worked well this Roo, what needs improvement, and what shows were some of our favorites? Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The T…
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Bonus Episode: LIVE From Tuesday of Bonnaroo!
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Bonnaroo 2023 has officially begun! The whole crew records LIVE from the Group Plaza on the Farm! Proceeds from Story Time at the Roo Bus support The TOTEM Foundation, a 501(c)(3) dedicated to supporting underserved individuals through music communities. Donate below, or support TOTEM monthly by becoming a Patreon of the show. 💜 TOTEM Foundation: h…
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127 - Last Minute Packing / The Bonnaroo Works Fund
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We're almost there! With less than a week to go, Sharla and Daniel talk about some of our last minute tips, but more importantly we have Kelsey from the Bonnaroo Works Fund on to talk about what all they have in store and we also unveil our total for our donation to them for this year! Hydrate, pack your bags, and get ready. Bonnaroo is almost here…
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126 - Our Roo Schedule / Hanging with Lord Taco
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If you're always ready to Roo, you never have to get ready to Roo. Sharla and Daniel are back in the bus this week to talk about our tips for both veterans and rookies about what goes down each day of Roo. We're also joined by Lord Taco / Russ from the What Podcast to generally just BS with no agenda whatsoever. We're almost there, Roovians! See yo…
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