The Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee has been cancel due to flooding from Hurricane Ida , which was Tropical Depression Ida by the fourth dimension it hit the state on Tuesday . The four - day fete was scheduled to start up Thursday with headliners like the Foo Fighters , start the Jewels , Tyler the Creator , Lizzo , Tame Impala , and Megan Thee Stallion , among plenty of others .
“ We are absolutely heartbroken to announce that we must cancel Bonnaroo . While this weekend ’s weather looks undischarged , currently Centeroo is waterlogged in many area , the earth is incredibly concentrated on our tollbooth paths , and the camping ground are flood to the peak that we are ineffective to push back in or park vehicles safely , ” the music festival tweeted on Tuesday .
“ We have done everything in our power to attempt to keep the show moving forward , but Mother Nature has dealt us a enormous amount of rain over the preceding 24 minute , and we have run out of options to attempt to make the event happen safely and in a way that lives up to the Bonnaroo experience , ” the story continued .
The Bonnaroo music festival in 2015.Photo: Jason Merritt (Getty Images)
“ Please find slipway to safely pucker with your Bonnaroo community and continue to shine positivity during this dissatisfactory prison term . WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE FARM IN JUNE 2022 ! ” Bonnaroo tweet .
The fete recently made headlines after organizer harbinger that attendees would be required to either show validation of coronavirus inoculation or a negative covid-19 to get in thefestival grounds . The U.S. has live a billow in covid-19 cases over recent weeks , with over 157,000 novel cases on Tuesday alone . But Tennessee has been particularly heavily murder with over 9,000 compositor’s case on Tuesday , the form of numbers the United States Department of State has n’t seen since December 2020 .
mass who had already go far in Tennessee for Bonnaroo from around the country on Tuesday take to social medium to vent their frustrations about the last - second cancellation .
“ The inconsiderateness of the calendar month of planning that go into this by set off it the day before is infuriating , ” one personwrote .
“ Well i judge it ’s clock time to turn my car around and ride back to Florida lmao , ” wroteanother .
The festival promises that citizenry who order their tickets through the main fete - sanctioned booker will get refunded in about a month . Other people who purchased ticket through less traditional ways may be out of luck , especially if you grease one’s palms them from a private broker .
“ All ticket purchased through Front Gate Tickets will be refunded in as little as 30 day to the original method acting of payment , ” Bonnaroo tweeted on Tuesday .
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