Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music Festival has been canceled due to flooding from Hurricane Ida, which was Tropical Depression Ida when it hit the state on Tuesday. The four-day festival was scheduled to begin Thursday with headliners such as Foo Fighters, Run the Jewels, Tyler the Creator, Lizzo, Tame Impala and Megan Thee Stallion, among many others.
“We are absolutely saddened to announce that we must cancel Bonnaroo. While the weather this weekend looks great, Centeroo is currently flooded in many areas, the terrain is incredibly saturated on our toll roads and the campsites are flooded to the point that we can’t get in or park. vehicles safely, “the music festival posted on Twitter on Tuesday.
“We have done everything in our power to try to move the show forward, but Mother Nature has caused us tremendous rain for the last 24 hours and we have run out of options to try to make the event happen safely and in a way that fulfills Bonnaroo’s experience, ”the story continued.
“Please look for ways to meet safely with your Bonnaroo community and continue to radiate positivity during this disappointing time. SEE YOU ON THE FARM IN JUNE 2022! Bonnaroo tweeted.
The festival was recently released after organizers announced that attendees would have to show evidence of coronavirus vaccination or a covid-19 negative to enter the festival grounds. The United States has experienced an increase in covid-19 cases in recent weeks, with more than 157,000 new cases on Tuesday alone. But Tennessee has been particularly hard hit Tuesday with more than 9,000 cases, the kind of numbers the state hasn’t seen since December 2020.
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People who had already arrived in Tennessee on Tuesday in Bonnaroo across the country spent Tuesday on social media to exhaust their frustrations over the last-minute cancellation.
“The disregard for the planning months that occur when you cancel it the day before is outrageous,” one person said. he wrote.
“Well, I guess it’s time to turn my car around and head back to Florida lmao,” he wrote another.
The festival promises that people who requested their tickets through the main booking sanctioned with the festival will receive a refund in about a month. Other people who have bought tickets in a less traditional way may not be lucky, especially if you bought them from a private broker.
“All tickets purchased through Front Gate Tickets will be refunded in just 30 days according to the original payment method,” Bonnaroo posted on Tuesday.