Music lovers play a game of Twister near the Centaroo Fountain during the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn., Sunday, June 12, 2011.
(AP Photo/Dave Martin)MANCHESTER, Tenn.-If the 10th Bonarroo Music & Arts Festival seemed a little different from previous ones to regular attendees, there were two good reasons, according to co-producer Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment.
“There are a couple of elements in play,” he said of the festival, which ended Sunday. “It was our 10th so we threw a birthday party, and there was a lot of effort done to make it special. Also, now that we’ve owned the property for a few years and we’ve even added a few more acres this year, we’ve been able to develop that. So you have both dynamics.”
A huge fireworks display ended Eminem’s show Saturday night, and fans were awed by a parachute team that colored the sky with LED confetti prior to the Arcade Fire show Friday.
“That was awesome,” said Marsha Drummond, of New York.
Capps said he and his co-producers at Superfly Productions now own about 630 acres of the more than 700 acres the festival occupies for six days each June in Manchester, Tenn.