2004 Bonnaroo Music Festival
The festival ran June 11, 2004 – June 13, 2004, and more than 90,000 people attended. It was marked by torrential rains, creating an incredibly large amount of mud. Many vehicles had to be towed out of the parking area. = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) What Stage: Wilco Bob Dylan Dave Matthews & Friends Which Stage: Los Lonely Boys Yonder Mountain String Band Ani Difranco The String Cheese Incident This Tent: Calexico Neko Case North Mississippi Allstars Hill Country Revue Gillian Welch Praxis That Tent: mrnorth The Black Keys Patti Smith & Her Band Yo La Tengo Vida Blue featuring The Spam Allstars The Other Tent: Xavier Rudd JoJo & His Mojo Mardi Gras Band Mofro Chris Robinson and New Earth Mud Umphrey's McGee = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) What Stage: Los Lobos Gov't Mule Steve Winwood The Dead Which Stage: Hackensaw Boys Gomez My Morning Jacket Galactic Primus This Tent: Acoustic Syndicate The Del McCoury Band Sam Bush Band Doc Watson Ween That Tent: Kings of Leon Grandaddy Beth Orton Damien Rice Robert Randolph and the Family Band The Other Tent: Blue Merle Mindy Smith Robert Earl Keen Jazz Mandolin Project = (artists listed from earliest to latest set times) What Stage: Burning Spear moe. David Byrne Trey Anastasio Which Stage: Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra Taj Mahal Femi Kuti Medeski Martin & Wood This Tent: Leftover Salmon Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven Barbara Cue That Tent: Marc Ribot y Los Cubanos Postizos The Bad Plus Soulive Material The Other Tent: Marc Broussard Donavan Frankenreiter Guster Willie Nelson was originally scheduled to perform but, shortly before the festival, had to cancel his summer 2004 tour due to carpal tunnel syndrome. Steve Winwood was asked to fill in. Maroon 5 was also on the bill, but did not appear at their performance time, citing a sore throat by lead vocalist Adam Levine. (Core band members only, guests not included) George Porter (bass), Stanton Moore (drums), and Eric Krasno and Neil Evans of Soulive (guitar and keyboard).