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S08E03Jan 22, 2025 Video

How to Enjoy a Substance-Free Bonnaroo Experience with Soberoo

A growing number of Bonnaroovians are choosing to experience the festival substance-free, and in this episode of The What Podcast, we catch up with Patrick Whelan, founder of Soberoo. Soberoo has been a part of Bonnaroo since its inception and has grown into Harmonium Inc., a nonprofit that now supports sober spaces at festivals and concerts nationwide.

1h 11m

S06E08Mar 29, 2023 Video

How to Start a Festival with Tom Russell of Governors Ball and Sound and Sound

On this week's episode of The What Podcast, hosts Brad, Barry, and Lord Taco chat with Tom Russell, founder of Governors Ball and Sound on Sound, about the ins and outs of starting a festival. Russell shares what he learned while interning at Superfly (the team behind Bonnaroo) and how those lessons ultimately led him to start festivals of his own.