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Bonnaroo By The Numbers
By Jill Menze

A great number of volunteers, bags of ice and porta-potties are needed to pull off an event the size and scope of Bonnaroo. Here's a glimpse at the numbers behind the 2006 edition:

2006 Statistics:

  • 108 bands, 31 comedians and more than 1,400 performers and crewmembers
  • More than 5,000 working personnel
  • 1,500 volunteers
  • 486 stagehands and technicians
  • 50 miles of electrical cable
  • 1,250 portable restrooms
  • 12,000 feet of phone cable
  • 13,000 feet of Ethernet cable
  • 37 backstage and nine public Wireless Hotspots
  • 6.5 million total watts of electrical power generated
  • More than 40,000 feet of fence
  • 15,000 tons of rock to build roads
  • 65,000 gallons of fuel
  • 620 walkie-talkies
  • 1 million pounds of ice
  • More than 1,000 gallons of paint
  • 200 rented musical instruments



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