Bonnaroo 2025 Canceled Due to Extreme Weather: ‘We Are Beyond Gutted'
Just a day after it started, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival 2025 has been entirely canceled due to extreme weather.
The four-day event, which drew 70,000 attendees last year, began yesterday in Manchester, TN, with artists including Tyler, the Creator, Olivia Rodrigo and Vampire Weekend booked for headlining spots through Sunday night. But organizers nixed the rest of the event after 'significant' precipitation produced deteriorating conditions.
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'We are beyond gutted, but we must make the safest decision and cancel the remainder of Bonnaroo,' reads the statement posted on the festival's official website.
Organizers explained that 'significant and steady precipitation that will produce deteriorating camping and egress conditions in the coming days' led them to call off this year's event. The festival encouraged those whose campsites are in good shape or who are staying in an RV or pre-pitched accommodation to spend the night, so organizers can safely escort them out tomorrow.
Earlier on Friday, organizers suspended shows due to weather around 1 p.m. and evacuated Centeroo shortly after. '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,' read the statement. 'Thank you in advance for your patience, your positivity and your unfailing Bonnaroovian spirit.'
All one-day ticket holders and parking purchasers for Friday through Sunday will be refunded. Those who bought four-day tickets and four-day camping accommodations will receive a 75 percent refund. Refunds will be processed in 'as little as 30 days,' said the organizers.
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