WGNS Heads to Hippie Hill for the day - Our interviews and photos...

Jun 17, 2014 at 11:47 pm by bryan


After Bonnaroo takes place each year in Manchester, a small festival of sorts takes place deep in the woods of Rutherford County. The location… Hippie Hill. The event is called “AfterRoo.”

WGNS’ Scott Walker headed to the hill on Tuesday afternoon where he met campers, artist, band members and travelers. Some guest on the hill are from as far away as Alaska...

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Thanks to Greenhouse Ministries in Murfreesboro and New Vision Baptist Church Vacation Bible School students, WGNS was able to pass out about 70 care packages made by local children. Greenhouse Ministries also donated two boxes of canned food items.

Speaking of food, we spoke to one woman who told us she travels across the country to feed those in need…

A Florida band called “Gators in the Sawgrass” drove an old Blue Bird School bus that was converted into a camper to Hippie Hill.

We also spoke to band members from “Strung like a Horse.”

A string band was also at Hippie Hill…

One of the artist Walker spoke to makes paintings with spray paint.

 

A glass blower named Lucky was also at Hippie Hill.

Walker even met someone from Ohio who had an 8-legged kitten with them. The kitten was deceased and in a jar of what appeared to be formaldehyde…

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