Bonnaroo’s newly surfaced poster for June 11–14, 2026 has festival fans doing what they always do: map headliners onto next summer’s calendar and ask which acts might turn up at other festivals. The bill reads like a genre-blending mixtape — Skrillex, The Strokes, GRiZ, Rüfüs Du Sol, Noah Kahan and a Kesha-curated SuperJAM among the highlights — and that has Electric Forest heads already making crossover lists.
On the ground, the short list of acts fans expect to see at both fests is predictable: GRiZ, Skrillex and Big Gigantic crop up the most. Those names make sense — they land squarely in the festival’s electronic/jam-friendly sweet spot and have histories of festival runs that bounce between events.
Beyond the obvious EDM-to-festival picks, people are throwing a wider net: Rufus Du Sol, Weird Al Yankovic (yes, that was on the poster), Alabama Shakes, Passion Pit, San Holo, Sub Focus and Chase & Status are all being floated as realistic Electric Forest additions if booking trends hold. A handful of comments also pointed to newer acts on the poster — Flipturn, Midnight Generation and LSZEE — as the kind of mid-card talent that could show up in the Forest’s later-day slots.
There’s also the always-present budget conversation: some fans noted Bonnaroo’s GA and VIP pricing appears friendlier than comparable passes elsewhere, and that price differential factors into how lineups get perceived across scenes. Bottom line — when a poster this stacked lands, it gets fans re-drafting itineraries and tradeoffs.
What matters for Forest is pattern, not poster: acts that move between Bonnaroo and Electric Forest usually slot into similar days on the circuit and fit the vibe — danceable, live-electronic, or indie-leaning sets that translate to the Forest production. If you’re already making plans, keep an eye on artists that bridge indie and electronic lanes; those are the most likely crossover candidates.
We’ll keep watching booking windows and official drops. For now, treat Bonnaroo’s poster as a clear signal that next summer’s festival circuit will be packed with the kind of acts that make both fields — and forest — worth the pilgrimage.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/ElectricForest/comments/1pccgej/bonnaroo_lineup_comparison/