Why did Bonnaroo cancel its 2027 festival?

Bonnaroo's organisers announced the 2027 festival will not take place, giving the storm-battered Manchester, Tennessee site a year to recover from repeated extreme weather damage, including flooding that disrupted this year's June event and severe storms that forced a temporary evacuation [1, 2, 3]. Producers C3 Presents, owned by Live Nation, called it a difficult but deliberate "much-needed year off" aimed at strengthening the site, with the festival expected to return in 2028 [2, 4].