Bonnaroo 2025 Draft!

You have been given the opportunity to curate the lineup for Bonnaroo 2025! If an act has played at least two live public shows of six or more songs since 2021 or has announced upcoming shows by the time the draft starts, they are eligible. The top thirty artists on each lineup will be locked into non-compete clauses preventing them from being on anyone else's lineup. When the top 30 is complete, you can add up to an additional 80 undrafted free agents to your lineup. This Bonnaroo will be in the same continuity as every Bonnaroo that has happened before. Meaning if you book someone like RHCP to headline for a second year in a row that should probably be looked down upon. But don't overthink it, we'll just be voting for the best lineup that would also sell 80,000 tickets. We're not going to worry about stuff like "oh this artist would never actually play Bonnaroo". If they're eligible and available you can book them. A maximum of two artists can play the What or Which Stage on Thursday.

1) Once an artist or member of an act is drafted they are unavailable to anyone else however side-projects and solo artists from that act would still be eligible until separately drafted as long as their typical set contains no more than six songs by a previously drafted performer.

2) A maximum of two superjams are allowed (but not required) and will not take up a draft/free agent slot.

3) Disputes handled via poll. Upon confirming receipt of dispute request, a poll will be put up and run for twelve hours. Polls can run seven days a week but no poll will start before 9AM or after 9PM Eastern. Drafting will continue while the poll is running. If a poll is a tie, the thing being disputed stands. No act will be polled if disputed more than twelve hours after selection or later.

4) Once we have 20 participants, draft order will be randomly generated for the first round and will continue as a snake draft. (I.e., the person with the last pick in the first round would have the first pick in the second round.)


When you post your selection, identify who the pick is. (Do not assume that everybody else can recognize your pick from pic or gif - formatting issues sometimes make them unreadable.) In addition, tag the next person after you and the person going after them to keep things moving.

7) Trades are allowed. All participants must verify the terms of the trade. (Note: Trades are subject to dispute. In the event that a trade is believed to be unrealistically lopsided, a participant can call for a poll on the validity of said trade.)

8) 30 rounds of standard drafting.

9) Up to 80 undrafted free agents can be selected in the ninety-six hours after the last draft selection. An additional 55 free agents specifically for the Who Stage, Where In The Woods, or Plazas can be selected. If you plan on doing this please specify which acts are playing those stages. Following that, participants will then have their UDFA presented individually, allowing time to highlight acts and for other participants to verify that no previously drafted acts were included as another's UDFA.

10) Any rule changes prior to the start of the draft will be decided by me and updated in the OP.

11) Any rule changes after the start of the draft will require fifteen participant votes in favor prior to adoption.

12) A rule change cannot be instituted to change the process of changing rules or disputes. (E.g., no vote to assign a "ref.")

13) If an artist performs both solo and with a set band, then when one is drafted all iterations are off the table. For example, if Prince is drafted then Prince and the Revolution is off the table. However if Neil Young is drafted then Neil Young & Crazy Horse is off the table but not Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.

14) If an act has multiple lineup configurations, the one drafted should be identified when drafted. Other configurations would then be off the table. For example, if you were selecting Van Halen then you verified that you were choosing the iteration with Gary Cherone, the David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar VH's would be off the table.

15) In the event that a participant is unable or unwilling to complete the draft, a Supplemental Round (Round 31) will be established. All of that participant's selected artists would be available for selection in this round. The order would be random and would be established after completion of round 25 or whichever round follows the departure of the drafter, whichever is later. Only one supplemental round will occur regardless of the number of acts available. If fewer than twenty-five supplemental acts become available or if a drafter does not want to select a supplemental act then they may select any other available act. Unselected acts from the supplemental round are available as free agents.

16) If a drafter appears to be acting to the detriment of the draft, participants are able to request that drafter's removal. Removal will require seven votes in favor. Only participants may vote and the votes are public. That participant's drafted artists would be moved to a supplemental round

17) If a drafter may not be able to make their pick, they may select a proxy or proxies to select on their behalf. Proxies must be stated in thread.

18) When realistic, do not name unselected draft-eligible acts.

19) In the event that a team takes an act who has been accused of any sort of assault, harassment, violence, etc. (or if this happens mid-draft) and the drafting team did not know this, they may drop that act, however can only replace them in UDFAs.

Draft order: 
1) RyDolla$ign  2) Dad Dog  
3) T3ddy F1a1r  4) zac  5) Pepe Silvia  
6) Insane Cum Posse  7) xfinitypass  
8) 3post1jack1  9) hairystyel  
10) trantsgiving  11) dmo  12) Jeremy Fragrance  
13) faye webster  
14) Tony  
15) Julie  Picks docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kdePeCmf2oFfl9zC7t2C33lDfHnOvGhL1lcnJOgofFk/edit?usp=sharing