Industry · festival
Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
Bonnaroo is a camping festival held at Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee, launched in 2002 by Superfly and AC Entertainment. Live Nation took a controlling interest in 2015 and acquired the remaining founder interests in the years that followed.
- Current relationships
- 1
- Historical
- 0
- Publishers cited
- 1
- Latest evidence check
- 2026-08-20
Who owns and produces Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival?
- Live Nation Entertainment owns Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Festival ownership · since 2015-04-28 · Confirmed · verified 2026-08-20 · record
Relationship evidence
Each row is one sourced assertion. Ownership, operation, booking, promotion, ticketing, management and roles are recorded separately and never merged. "Unknown" means the cited source does not state it.
| Relationship | Counterparty | Scope / territory | Status | Date / basis | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator of recordlisted as operator of record for (inbound) | C3 Presents | Unknown | reported | Unknown | 2026-08-23 | Bonnaroo |
| Ownerowns (inbound) | Live Nation Entertainment | Unknown | confirmed | 2015-04-28announced | 2026-08-20 | Live Nation Entertainment1 source
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The record
- Type
- Festival
- Location
- Manchester, Tennessee
- Founded
- 2002
- Official site
- www.bonnaroo.com
Evidence for this record
- Iconic Bonnaroo Joins Live Nation Entertainment's Festival Business — Live Nation Entertainment. Company press release. Published 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2026-08-20.States: The 28 April 2015 announcement states Live Nation acquired a controlling interest in Bonnaroo, founded in 2002 by Superfly and AC Entertainment.
Ownership
| Relationship | Type | Period | Status | Verified | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live Nation Entertainment owns Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. Live Nation Entertainment | Festival ownership | 2015-04-28 | Confirmed | 2026-08-20 | Live Nation Entertainment |
Changes in the record
2015-04-28 · Festival ownership change · announcement date
Live Nation announced a controlling interest in Bonnaroo, founded by Superfly and AC Entertainment in 2002.
Source
- Iconic Bonnaroo Joins Live Nation Entertainment's Festival Business — Live Nation Entertainment. Company press release. Published 2015-04-28. Retrieved 2026-08-20.States: Live Nation announced a controlling interest in the festival.
Research mentioning Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
- Who Owns Bonnaroo? A Controlling Interest, a Farm, and an Undisclosed Cap Table
Live Nation announced in 2015 that it had acquired a controlling interest in Bonnaroo and a share of Great Stage Park. What the record establishes, and what it does not.
Published Live Index research that names Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in its text. A mention is not a relationship: recorded relationships are the tables above.
Cite this reference
- Plain
- Live Index, "Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival — industry register record", Live Index, https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/bonnaroo
- APA
- Live Index (n.d.). Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival — industry register record [Reference guide]. Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/bonnaroo
- Chicago
- Live Index. "Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival — industry register record." Live Index. https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/bonnaroo.
- BibTeX
- @online{industry-festivals-bonnaroo, author = {{Live Index}}, title = {Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival — industry register record}, organization = {Live Index}, url = {https://liveindex.io/industry/festivals/bonnaroo} }
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