Photos offer a glimpse of Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee

MANCHESTER, Tenn. — The Bonnaroo music & Art festival is underway in Tennessee, bringing tens of thousands of fans to a 700-acre ranch campground and concert venue this weekend for more than 150 performances. Red Hot Chili Peppers, Post Malone and Pretty Lights are among the headline acts at the sprawling annual event.

Concertgoers lined the grounds of Bonnaroo, about 60 miles southeast of Nashville, for a warm, sunny weekend. The four-day annual festival, which kicked off Thursday, features live music on more than ten stages. The performances last all night and into the early morning, including sunsets.

Other artists include Megan Thee Stallion, Cage The Elephant, Maggie Rogers, Melanie Martinez, Khruangbin, Fred Again, Cigarettes After Sex, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Diplo and Carly Rae Jepsen.

Bonnaroo debuted more than twenty years ago on a rural farm in Tennessee. Over the years it has had a diverse lineup, from Elton John and Jay Z to Paul McCartney, DeadMau5 and Bruce Springsteen. It also features a 24-hour cinema, comedy club, beer festival and theater performers.

Bonnaroo’s annual attendance is approximately 80,000 people. Some of this year’s acts will be streaming on Hulu.

With heat indexes expected to approach triple digits, medical crews treated various heat-related ailments while some partygoers built elaborate canopy and tent combinations for shade; others had their sunscreen confiscated upon entry due to restrictions on large bottles and aerosol cans, The Tennessean reported this.