A mock Bonnaroo poster showing a star-studded — and wildly eclectic — 2026 lineup is doing the rounds online, and the festival community is split between giddy hope and flat-out doubt.
The graphic (circulated as an image post) stacks big names across the four days: The Strokes, GRiZ, DoeChii and Goose on the top line; Rufus du Sol, Deftones and LCD Soundsystem grouped together; Noah Kahan, The Lumineers and Alabama Shakes further down; and a Thursday “opening ceremony” billed as “Skrillex and Friends,” plus a Tedeschi Trucks Band Roo residency. It’s the kind of lineup that would break the internet if real.
But plenty of fans in the thread pointed out giveaway details that suggest this is a mock — most notably a repeating “TODD” watermark plastered across the art and small typography cues that don’t match Bonnaroo’s usual poster style. Other users flagged social posts and replies calling the design fake, and several comments read like the usual festival shitposting you see whenever lineup season ramps up.
So, treat this one like what it looks like: a fun mockup that sparked a lot of chatter. If Bonnaroo drops an official lineup, we’ll pass it along — until then, expect more creative (and occasionally cruelly convincing) fake posters to pop up as fans trade wishlists and memes.
Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/bonnaroo/comments/1pblywm/leak/