EPISODE · Nov 30, 2022 · 16 MIN
Insights into Booking a Music Festival: High Five Clip
from The What Podcast · host Barry Courter and Bryan Stone
How do bands get booked at major festivals like Bonnaroo? Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco traveled to Knoxville in 2020 to talk to the guys that actually put together the lineups to find out.In this High Five Clip from The What Podcast, hear AC Entertainment’s Lead Booker Bryan Benson and Vice-President of Booking Stephen Greene discuss how Roo comes together. They also discuss what happens when they book a band, like say Mumford & Sons, to a smaller stage, and they suddenly blow up.Find out what happened on today's High Five Clip, and then listen to the full original episode here and the full original part 2 episode here.Please remember to like, review, and subscribe to The What wherever you get your podcasts.______ CHAPTERS (00:00:00) Intro (00:06:23) Clip from Stephen and Bryan from AC Entertainment (00:10:47) Outro______ 🎧 LISTEN LINKS Website: https://thewhatpodcast.com Spotify: https://thewhat.co/spotify Apple Podcasts: https://thewhat.co/applepodcasts YouTube Music: https://thewhat.co/youtubemusic Amazon Music: https://thewhat.co/amazonmusic 📱 SOCIAL LINKS Discord: https://discord.gg/zShHTeCYGn YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thewhatpodcast X: https://x.com/thewhat_podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewhatpodcast/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thewhatpodcast/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewhatpodcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thewhat.co Threads: https://www.threads.net/@thewhatpodcast The What Podcast theme: "Aquarius" by *repeat repeat, used with permission. Other music provided by Midist and used with permission. We love to hear from you! Send us an email at [email protected] or call (423) 667-7877 and leave us a voicemail. We might just feature it on the show.
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How do bands get booked at major festivals like Bonnaroo? Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco traveled to Knoxville in 2020 to talk to the guys that actually put together the lineups to find out. In this High Five Clip from The What Podcast, hear AC Entertainment’s Lead Booker Bryan Benson and Vice-President of Booking Stephen Greene discuss how Roo comes together.
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