Q&A with Bonnaroo's James Shinault, VP Festival Projects & Fan Experiences

Are you a total Bonnaroovian? Love festivals with a true community vibe? Always wanted to intern for the festival?

Come meet James Shinault, VP of Festival Projects and Fan Experiences at AC Entertainment, the local producer behind the beloved 16-year-old festival that takes place every June on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee. You’ll also learn about 2018 summer internship opportunities with the festival!

About James Shinault:

As Vice-President of Festival Projects and Fan Experience for AC Entertainment, James Shinault is tasked daily to create unique and unbelievable festival experiences for the hundreds that he personally works with and the thousands that attend the events that AC presents. Whether it's volunteers at Bonnaroo, interns for AC, or taking a YouTube search for random fun activities and turning that into a real life, in person experience at a music festival, it's James Shinault's responsibility to make it happen. Since graduating from Indiana State University, to working for SXSW from 2006-2012, and then joining the staff at AC Entertainment, James Shinault has created a true success story for how to go from college student, to intern, to a successful career in the music industry. He's also a fan of dogs...so there's that.