Bonnaroo released Monday the results of a recently completed economic impact study that shows that the festival and its avid patrons put more than $50 million into the local Manchester and statewide Tennessee economies last year. The study reports that the festival generated $36 million in direct expenditures (monies injected into the economy by Bonnaroo attendees during their travel to and from the festival) and an additional $15 million
Superfly and A.C Entertainment are proud to announce that the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has confirmed an exceptional comedy lineup to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the festival’s hugely popular Comedy Theatre. In keeping with tradition, Bonnaroo, which will take place on its 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, from June 13 – 16, will host a vibrant and diverse collection of national headlining comics at its inimitable air-conditioned venue,
By John Coffelt,Staff Writer Nineteen seventh-grade students at Westwood Middle School Middle School are getting some pretty intensive flight training each week during a new after-school program sponsored by Arnold Engineering and Development Complex’s STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) Center. The students, made up of an equal mix of boys and girls handpicked for the program by Westwood science teacher Deb Wimberley, are the first locally to participate
Manchester Parks and Recreation department will hold its spring egg hunt on March 23. The 2-7-year-old’s hunt will be held at 1 p.m. at Fred Deadman Park The 8-12 year-old’s hunt will be at 8 p.m. at the Babe Ruth Field at Fred Deadman. This hunt will take place in the dark; please provide your child with a flashlight. All participants must bring their own basket or bag to hold
Nationally recognized arts education expert Michell Korn will lead a workshop for parents, grandparents, librarians and educators teaching creative and interactive ways to engage a child in the love of reading from 8:30 a.m. , Monday, March 25, at the First United Methodist Church on 105 16th Street in Tracy City. The workshop will be co-hosted by the Rotary Club of Grundy County, the Grundy County Imagination Library and the Governor’s Books from Birth Foundation
By Ian Skotte, staff writer / Josh Peterson, editor Paul McCartney is coming to Manchester. And Tom Petty is coming back. The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival unveiled its 2013 lineup live on its YouTube channel Tuesday with parodist “Weird Al” Yankovic hosting the show that unveiled McCartney, Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers, Mumford and Sons, R.Kelly, ZZ Top, comedian Daniel Tosh and many more. Arguably one of the festival’s
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival released a statement last week that its lineup announcement will be made live this year, leaving many festival fanatics’ anticipation levels on high. That announcement, that was absent a time or date for an the actual unveiling, left fans hungry for more and Bonnaroo fed that appetite Tuesday by announcing that the lineup will be unveiled at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 19. According to a
Bonnaroo released Monday the results of a recently completed economic impact
Superfly and A.C Entertainment are proud to announce that the Bonnaroo Music
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Staff Writer John Coffelt The local workforce received a one-day manpower boon