Bonnaroo nabs Widespread Panic, Dave Matthews Band, many more
Widespread Panic , Dave Matthews Band , Jack Johnson , The Allman Brothers Band , Modest Mouse , Alison Krauss & Union Station and The Mars Volta are among the acts that will appear during the fourth annual Bonnaroo festival.
This year's festival, which again takes place about 60 miles south of Nashville at a 700-acre farm in Manchester, TN, is set for June 10-12. More than 60 acts will appear during the event; the initial batch of confirmed performers is below.
While acts like Widespread Panic, The Allman Brothers Band and Jack Johnson are returning to the event, Dave Matthews Band, Modest Mouse and The Mars Volta are among those making their first Bonnaroo appearances.
Besides music, Bonnaroo features a 24-hour cinema, a classic arcade with more than 100 games, a brewer's festival featuring a variety of microbrew beers and Mardi Gras parade, a comedy tent and roving street performers.
The festival grounds will also be outfitted with wireless hotspots, a digital message-board system, an Internet cafe and a music-sharing village.
As with previous Bonnaroo festivals, tickets--which go on sale Jan. 29 at 10 a.m. ET--will be sold exclusively through the event's website. According to organizers, the first three editions of Bonnaroo sold out without any traditional advertising.
"When we first started the festival, fans responded to Bonnaroo because it was a new and interesting concept for live music, especially in this country," Jonathan Mayers, of promoter Superfly Productions, said in a statement. "It's inspiring to hear that people now feel it's become a real rite of passage for music fans."
Past Bonnaroo festivals have spawned three volumes of live CDs and two DVD documentaries. A CD and DVD from the 2004 festival are set to hit stores in April, and plans are also in the works for a television broadcast of footage from the festival, according to organizers.
The full list of artists so far confirmed for the 2005 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival follows:
Widespread Panic (two shows)
Dave Matthews Band
The Allman Brothers Band
Jack Johnson
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Modest Mouse
Gov't Mule
Bela Fleck Acoustic Trio
The Mars Volta
John Prine
Yonder Mountain String Band
My Morning Jacket
Keller Williams
STS9
Earl Scruggs & Friends
Joss Stone
O.A.R.
Toots and the Maytals
Umphrey's McGee
Iron & Wine
Ozomatli
Rilo Kiley
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
Drive-By Truckers
Particle
Joanna Newsom
Xavier Rudd
Ray Lamontagne
The Gourds
Secret Machines
Donna the Buffalo
John Butler Trio
Ollabelle
Citizen Cope
Brazilian Girls
M. Ward
Madeleine Peyroux
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