The What Podcast
The What Podcast
Barry Courter and Bryan Stone
How Has Bonnaroo Changed? A Festival Photographer's View
1 hour 9 minutes Posted Aug 12, 2026 at 3:30 pm.
Intro
20 Years at Bonnaroo, From Superfan to the Photo Pit
Solid Sound: Wilco's Own Festival in Massachusetts
Pickathon: Eight Stages in the Oregon Woods
Still No Dates for Bonnaroo 2027?
Outro
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Show notes
How has Bonnaroo changed over the years? We asked someone with a rare vantage point — Elizabeth Thorpe, festival photographer and our West Coast correspondent, who's been going to Bonnaroo since 2004 and now shoots it from inside the photo pit. Beth walks us through what the festival experience is really like from behind the lens: the "first three songs only" rule, why the pit is her happy place, and how Bonnaroo has evolved from a freewheeling field party into something bigger, busier, and more produced.