Bonnaroo Music Festival canceled due to severe weather, flooding: Refunds and info
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The 2025 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival was canceled after one day due to severe weather and flooding.
Heavy rainfall swamped the main venue, Centeroo, forcing the evacuation of attendees.
Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival 2025 organizers have canceled the remaining three days of the buzzy annual event.
Severe weather and flooding forced Bonnaroo officials to announce on June 13 that they were canceling the weekend portions of the festival.
In a statement released the same day on Bonnaroo's official website and social media pages, organizers said they were "beyond gutted, but we must make the safest decision and cancel the remainder of Bonnaroo."
"We have put our hearts and souls into making this weekend the most special one of the year, and cannot express how crushed we are to have to make this decision," they said in their statement. "Thank you in advance for your patience, your positivity and your unfailing Bonnaroovian spirit."
Bonnaroo 2025 canceled: Officials call off shows after severe weather swamps grounds
Initially, festival officials suspended shows around 1 p.m. local before evacuating Centeroo — the main performance venue with six stages, soon after. For the next six hours, the inclement weather ranged from gentle showers to torrential thunderstorms.
The weather dropped just about an inch of rain on Bonnarroo's hometown of Manchester, Tennessee — around an hour outside Nashville — according to the National Weather Service. The rainfall swamped Centeroo and the areas around the main stages. Attendees mud wrestled even during rain delays in mucky conditions.
The only headliner to perform was country hitmaker Luke Combs on Thursday, who made history as the festival's first-ever country headliner. During his rousing set, he brought out three-time Grammy winner Miranda Lambert for support and performed a slew of hits. Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo and Hozier were set to helm the remaining days.
Bonnaroo refunds: What ticket holders can expect
In their statement, Bonnaroo officials vowed to "make things right" with festivalgoers and said all one-day Friday, Saturday and Sunday admission tickets and parking purchased via Front Gate Tickets will be refunded.
All four-day admission tickets and camping accommodations will receive a 75% refund.
"All refunds will be processed in as little as 30 days" to the customer's original payment method, according to a refund fact sheet.
Contributing: Melonee Hunt
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