Why was Bonnaroo canceled? How weather forced officials to stop the Tennessee music festival

Amid continuous downpours, the remainder of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival has been canceled.

The announcement came from festival organizers astatine 7:36 p.m. connected June 13th — the 2nd time of the long-awaited festival — citing "significant and dependable precipitation" expected to nutrient "deteriorating camping and egress conditions.

"We person enactment our hearts and souls into making this play the astir peculiar 1 of the year, and cannot explicit however crushed we are to person to marque this decision," organizers said successful a societal media post.

"Thank you successful beforehand for your patience, your positivity and your unfailing Bonnaroovian spirit."

Here's wherefore the upwind conditions forced organizers to unopen down Bonnaroo shutting.

Bonnaroo upwind delays started aboriginal successful the afternoon

Earlier successful the day, Bonnaroo performances were suspended arsenic terrible upwind moved done the area. At 1:23 p.m., Centeroo, the main festival grounds, was evacuated and attendees were asked to structure successful their vehicles arsenic warnings flashed connected the elephantine video screens adjacent stages.

Several artists who were scheduled to play the aboriginal day posted astir cancelations connected societal including Mannequin Pussy, Ginger Root and Effin.

The terrible upwind menace continued for hours. Around 5 p.m. the festival posted that Centeroo would beryllium closed for what was initially presumed to beryllium a mates hours.

Organizers encouraged attendees to "do what Bonnaroovians do" and mingle with different festival goers and stay positive.

Festival officials said they were preparing for the menace of terrible weather.

"We're gonna person immoderate weather, arsenic we bash successful Middle Tennessee," Ken Weinstein, spokesperson for the festival said June 13. "It's gonna travel and determination is thing we tin bash astir it."

How overmuch rainfall did Manchester receive?

The National Weather Service recorded little than an inch of rainfall successful Manchester successful the past 12 hours connected June 13, prompting muddy conditions passim the campgrounds and starring to the cancelation.

Festival goers were near with nary prime than to play successful saturated areas.

Some engaged successful mud wrestling, portion others crafted a makeshift slip-n-slide, societal media posts showed.

Unsettled upwind patterns are anticipated to proceed passim the weekend, keeping thunderstorms successful the forecast.

On June 14, the country is expected to acquisition an 80% accidental of showers and thunderstorms, chiefly earlier 4 p.m. and continuing into the evening hours.

On June 15, the country is expected to acquisition a 70% accidental of showers and thunderstorms earlier 10 a.m. and passim the day, followed by a flimsy accidental of showers and thunderstorms into the evening.

Has Bonnaroo been canceled before? This is the archetypal clip Bonnaroo has been unopen down mid-festival

The historical cancellation marks the archetypal clip the lawsuit has been canceled mid-festival.

Bonnaroo was canceled successful 2020 owed to the COVID-19 pandemic, past again successful 2021 owed to flooding.

Manchester, Tennessee upwind radar

This is simply a breaking communicative and volition beryllium updated arsenic much accusation becomes available.

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