Updated Aug. 20, 2026, 4:02 p.m. CT
What we find out about Bonnaroo 2027 is … nicely, nothing.
Last yr, organizers announced future dates in July, however this yr they’ve but to verify dates for 2027. Instead, organizers circulated a survey asking if individuals can be extra prone to attend the competition in September as a substitute of June.
As rumors fly on-line that the music and humanities festival may be canceled subsequent yr, public officers in the City of Manchester, Tennessee, have acquired no phrase about subsequent yr’s competition.
Manchester Fire Department and Manchester Police Department haven’t any official data on Bonnaroo 2027, each advised The Tennessean.
The Tennessean has reached out to the Bonnaroo crew and Live Nation for remark, in addition to Coffee County Emergency Medical Services.
Now, followers stay looking out for future competition dates and different bulletins.
On a latest episode of “The What Podcast,” a weekly show about Bonnaroo, host Barry Courter mentioned “we are monitoring some news out of Bonnaroo, just to let you know that we are aware.” Music lovers are involved that the competition might not return.
“When we know more, we will let you know,” he mentioned.
The cryptic remarks drew an array of feedback from Bonnaroo followers.
“Well now I’m worried,” somebody commented. “Take a year off. Market is saturated,” one other individual mentioned.
Bonnaroo returned in 2026 following a mid-festival cancellation because of heavy rain in 2025.
Several exhibits had been delayed or canceled because of climate throughout the 2026 competition, elevating questions in regards to the ongoing enhancements to the competition grounds. Sister duo Aly & AJ’s set was canceled for the second yr in a row. They really useful, through an Instagram put up, that competition organizers transfer Bonnaroo to a unique time of yr.
Back in 2025, heavy, extended rainfall flooded The Farm, damaging competition grounds and making it unsafe to proceed the present. Campers struggled to go away the location, getting caught in inches of mud.
Four years earlier, organizers called off Bonnaroo earlier than the competition started because of remnant rainfall from Hurricane Ida swamping the grounds. However, in 2023, The Tennessean reported that Bonnaroo nonetheless managed to contribute $339 million to Tennessee’s financial system over the earlier 20 years.
In the wake of the 2025 cancellation, Bonnaroo organizers made thousands and thousands of {dollars} in infrastructure enhancements to The Farm, all meant to assist the world higher stand up to heavy rain.
Bonnaroo 2026, which was headlined by Skrillex, The Strokes, RÜFÜS DU SOL, and Noah Kahan, went off with just a few slight hitches.
The competition persevered via a extreme climate evacuation because of lightning and heavily-saturated competition grounds that become sticky, thick mud, in addition to a two-hour energy outage.
When requested, many participants at the 2026 festival mentioned they might attend once more in 2027, relying on the lineup and the corresponding prices.
Reach out to Audrey Gibbs, a music reporter at The Tennessean, at agibbs@tennessean.com. You may also comply with her on Instagram at @audreyraegibbs.