Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival finally regained its former stride at the sold-out 2023 edition in mid-June. Returning to the Great Stage Park on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, approximately 85,000 revelers came to see a diverse top-artist lineup. Artists like Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, ODESZA, Paramore, Lil Nas X, and many others performed on the festival’s curiously named two main stages, “What” and “Which,” both of which featured L-Acoustics K Series concert sound systems deployed by Houston-based LD Systems.

At the What stage, LD Systems deployed 16 K1 enclosures over four K2 per side, with 12 K1-SB flown behind each main array. Twelve K1 over four K2 per side delivered out-fill coverage, while a dozen Kara were provided as front-fills. Low-frequency reinforcement was supplied by 32 KS28 subs on the ground, and the entire system—including a three-part delay ring of four K1 over four K2 per tower—was powered by six LA12X and 60 LA8 amplified controllers.