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USA Today
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Bonnaroo announces 2026 festival after abrupt 2025 cancellation: Here's what to know
Bonnaroo is back. After extreme flooding caused a mid-festival cancellation of the 2025 music and arts event, organizers remained mum on new dates, fueling speculation that the festival might not happen in 2026. Those rumors were quashed this week, however, when organizers behind the four-day event in Tennessee announced Bonnaroo would return next year, running from June 11-14. After asking fans of the festival to complete surveys, organizers said in a July 17 Instagram post that they had taken in the feedback and planned the future of the festival accordingly. "We appreciate your feedback on future Bonnaroo dates, and we heard you loud and clear that your strong preference is to keep Bonnaroo in June," the announcement stated. Bonnaroo Music Festival canceled due to severe weather, flooding: Refunds and info What to expect from Bonnaroo 2026 The festival may look slightly different next year, however. Here's a rundown on the changes: In an email from Bonnaroo to The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, organizers said after the festival was cancelled in 2021, due to Hurricane Ida, they consulted with drainage and land management experts to improve conditions on The Farm in the event of heavy, sustained rain. "We created a multimillion-dollar, multi-year plan and have been tackling projects post-festival each year," they said in the email. "These improvements have helped, but there is still more work to do. In the 2025/2026 off-season, we'll be dedicating an additional multimillion-dollar budget and initiating improvements that prioritize the campgrounds and other areas affected by the extreme weather in 2025." Organizers added: "Some of these projects will include reseeding the property, continuing to increase access roads within the campgrounds, adding more drainage and reinforcing primary water runoff pathways." Bonnaroo 2025 cancellation sparks controversy among fans On the heels of the 2025 cancellation, festival organizers initially revealed they would refund 75% of ticket costs to festival goers. That prompted a petition at by Kaitlyn Ziegler, calling on Live Nation — the festival's promoter — to issue 100% refunds for the cancellation instead of the 75% refunds that were promised. The festival later announced it would issue full refunds. Following Bonnaroo's announcement of its 2026 edition, fans' responses on social media were mixed. Some expressed frustration with the changes to entry times and stage locations, while others expressed gratitude toward organizers for not skipping a year.
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bonnaroo cancellation prompts social media backlash, petition for 100% refunds
On the heels of Bonnaroo's mid-festival cancelation due to weather and the flooded site conditions it created, the fallout continues to be a hot debate on social media. Bonnaroo posted on its official Instagram account thanking Bonnaroovians and the Bonnaroo team. "Last weekend did not go according to plan but together we got through it," the post read. "Know that we are listening and reading every single comment. Bonnaroo is not a weekend on a farm in Tennessee — it's all of you. We love you." But many comments to that post were less than favorable, citing issues ranging from the refund policy, to drainage issues at the festival site to ultimately — trust. One post read: "Together we got through it?? There was zero togetherness between Roo staff and attendees. WE did that s***. WE pushed cars out of the mud. WE took care of each other. WE kept the Roo spirit alive in Nashville. Y'all did absolutely f***ing NOTHING to help us after the announcement." A petition has been started at by Kaitlyn Ziegler, calling on Live Nation, the festival's promoter, to issue 100% refunds for the cancelation instead of the 75% refunds that were promised. "This year's Bonnaroo music festival, owned and managed by Live Nation, was nothing short of disappointing for thousands of attendees," the petition reads. "Many festival-goers faced unexpected challenges, including extreme weather conditions, poor organization, and subpar facilities. These issues rendered the festival experience exhausting and unrewarding, contrary to what was promised when tickets were purchased." Refunds: When will Bonnaroo refunds be issued? How much can attendees expect after cancellation Reactions: Heartbroken at Bonnaroo: Artists, fans react to abrupt cancellation, 'this was gonna be a special one' More than 4,000 people had signed the petition by the afternoon of Tuesday, June 17. One person named Brian commented on the petition saying the festival needed to be canceled and he was glad they did, but a 75% refund is "a laugh in the face" at the hundreds, if not thousands of dollars in food, supplies, and traveling expenses festival-goers spent. "I understand that throwing a festival this massive requires a great amount of logistics to function properly, and I also understand that cost a lot of money for Live Nation too," Brian's post read. "However, Live Nation is a large and powerful company. They have the capability of organizing a proper response protocol to storms, yet they choose not to do so. We have had over two decades of magic on the farm. Let's not ruin the community we've built by being greedy." The Tennessean reached out to Bonnaroo's organizers and will update this story if they return our requests for comments. Melonee Hurt covers music and music business at The Tennessean, part of the USA TODAY NETWORK — Tennessee. Reach Melonee at mhurt@ or on Instagram at @MelHurtWrites. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: Bonnaroo cancellation prompts backlash, petition for 100% refunds
