Bonnaroo 2026 Roars Back With a Bold New Lineup
So, Bonnaroo 2026 is officially on the horizon, and after everything that happened in 2025—the mid-festival cancellation, the flooding, the chaos—this comeback feels huge. The full lineup has been announced, and honestly, it’s stacked in a way that makes it clear the festival wants to return bigger, brighter, and a little weirder than before.
Headlining the June 11–14 event at The Farm in Manchester, Tennessee, will be The Strokes, Skrillex, Rüfüs Du Sol, and Noah Kahan. Each brings a completely different energy, so it already feels like one of those years where every night has its own personality. Skrillex is expected to kick things off at the new Thursday welcome party, marking his first return to Bonnaroo in 12 years, which longtime Roo-goers are already buzzing about.
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But the headliners are just the start. Bonnaroo is leaning hard into its reputation for unexpected, theatrical, late-night performances. Kesha is curating a wild, pop-alchemy-themed Superjam titled “Superj'sm EsoterÃca: The Alchemy of Pop,” which sounds like pure late-night Roo magic. And then there’s Weird Al Yankovic, who will deliver a special set of his own called “Bigger & Weirder Roovue.” Only at Bonnaroo can you go from The Strokes to parody anthems at 2 a.m., and somehow it all fits together.
The rest of the lineup is a blend of fresh faces, returning favorites, and genre-jumping names that Bonnaroo does so well. We’re talking Turnstile, Modest Mouse, Alabama Shakes, Four Tet, Clipse, Teddy Swims, The Neighbourhood, Vince Staples, Blood Orange, Japanese Breakfast, Griz, Wet Leg, Passion Pit, Amyl and the Sniffers, Osees, Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist, Major Lazer, Lil Jon, Holly Humberstone, Boys Noize, Mt. Joy, and many more. It’s the kind of list you read twice because you’re worried you missed something.
All of this is happening after major updates to The Farm itself. Following the flooding that shut down the 2025 festival halfway through, Bonnaroo has made serious changes: better turf management, new stormwater systems, 135 acres of newly seeded grass, and expanded roads. Campsites in flood-prone areas won’t be used anymore, meaning reduced capacity but a more secure layout. And with the new schedule—Thursday as a welcome night, full programming Friday through Sunday—the festival is clearly trying to balance the fun with safety and sustainability.
After a year of rainouts, refunds, and disappointment, Bonnaroovians have been waiting to feel that spark again. With this lineup and the improvements underway, 2026 is shaping up to be a true return-to-form moment—one of those years people will talk about for a long time.
And tickets? Not on sale yet—but that anticipation might just be part of the excitement.
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