Bonnaroo 2026 sold out in 48 hours after the lineup reveal on January 14. The festival runs Thursday June 11 through Sunday June 14 at Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee. Capacity is held at 80 thousand attendees per day after C3 Presents and Live Nation reduced cap from 95 thousand for sound and traffic management following 2023 review. General admission ran 412 dollars and VIP at 1,580 dollars. Resale on StubHub now sits at 720 dollars for the four day pass and 4,200 for VIP, the highest secondary market premium in Bonnaroo history.
The lineup pulls four headliners across the four nights. Thursday opens with Doechii, the first hip hop solo artist to headline opening night since Kendrick Lamar in 2017. Friday brings Olivia Rodrigo on her Guts tour third leg with the festival exclusive set including her unreleased March single. Saturday lands Tyler the Creator, returning to Bonnaroo for the third time with material from Chromakopia and the upcoming Don't Tap the Glass scheduled for August release. Sunday closes with Hozier, who has not headlined a major US festival since Newport Folk in 2023.
The mid card underscores the genre breadth Bonnaroo has worked to recover. Vampire Weekend, Glass Animals, Tate McRae, GloRilla, Lainey Wilson, Khruangbin, Mac DeMarco, Phoebe Bridgers, MJ Lenderman, Jelly Roll, and Cigarettes After Sex. The country additions reflect a deliberate post 2023 push to reclaim Nashville cultural alignment. Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll drew 1,400 first time Bonnaroo buyers from Tennessee per Pollstar in February.
The What Stage and Which Stage continue as the primary mainline rotations. The Other Stage and That Stage host the indie rock and electronic mid cards. The new fifth stage, named On Tap, replaces the historic Cinema Tent and hosts daily pre noon comedy and podcast tapings. Smartless, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend, and Joe Pera Talks With You will all record live tapings during festival weekend. The reduction of the late night Superjam tradition from three nights to two responds to noise complaints from Coffee County in 2024.
The 700 acre farm has run festivals since 2002. AC Entertainment co founded with Superfly in Knoxville before selling to Live Nation in 2014. Capacity ran 65 thousand the first year and crossed 80 thousand by 2007 with peak at 95 thousand from 2014 through 2019. Cap reductions began in 2022 to address camping density and water management. The 2024 festival drew 240 thousand four day attendees, generating 78 million in direct economic impact for Coffee and Bedford counties per the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development.
Manchester infrastructure has matured with the festival. The Highway 41 corridor was repaved in 2025 with 47 million in state funds. Coffee County highway patrol adds 380 troopers for the weekend. The festival spends 14 million annually on production, the second largest US festival operating budget after Coachella.
Sustainability investments run ahead of peer festivals. Bonnaroo achieved zero waste certification in 2024 from the Zero Waste International Alliance, the first major US festival to clear the audit. The 2026 program includes 220 reusable cup deposit stations, 14 composting hubs, and a 3.4 megawatt solar array supplying 47 percent of daytime stage power. Live Nation Sustainability Director Gisselle Rivera Tencer told the Tennessean in March that Bonnaroo is the company global flagship for waste reduction.
The economic ripple in Middle Tennessee tracks through hotels and restaurants. Murfreesboro hotels are at 100 percent occupancy through the festival weekend with average daily rate of 312 dollars, up from 187 dollars in mid May. The downtown restaurant scene reports 47 percent year over year revenue lift during festival week. Ride share spend in the area exceeds 4.2 million for the weekend per Lyft data. Nashville Airport handles 47 thousand additional inbound passengers Wednesday through Sunday and 38 thousand outbound on the Monday after.
Bonnaroo 2027 dates were announced concurrently with 2026, locking June 10 through 13. Pre sale registration opens September 28 with general sale October 4. Live Nation parent ticketing growth strategy explicitly counts on Bonnaroo, Coachella, and Lollapalooza as the three flagship US events. The 2026 lineup signals that the brand has worked through its post pandemic identity crisis and aligned with the artists shaping music in the second half of the 2020s.
The festival broadcast picture has expanded. Hulu carries livestream of the four headliners across all four nights. NPR Music carries Tiny Desk On The Farm with eight artists confirmed including Tate McRae and MJ Lenderman. Concert film rights for the Tyler the Creator Saturday set sold to A24 in an eight figure deal that closes after the weekend.
Camping density tells another part of the operations story. The 80 thousand cap breaks across 41 thousand car spots, 22 thousand RV slots, 9 thousand tent only, and 8 thousand glamping units. The 2,400 dollar premium tent option sold out in 14 minutes on the January on sale.