Bonnaroo’s 2019 lineup has arrived and jam fans will rejoice at the return of Phish alongside headliners Childish Gambino, Post Malone, Odesza and The Lumineers.

From June 13-16, the mega-festival will return to Manchester, Tenn.’s Great Stage Park for it’s 18th year, with Phish offering a “Late-Evening” set on Friday night and a headlining performance on Sunday with two full sets.

“It’s Phish. Who know’s what will happen?” laughs Ashley Capps of AC Entertainment who co-founded Bonnaroo with promotion company Superfly in 2002. (Capps also has a personal connection to the quartet from Vermont. In 1991, he booked Phish for a show at Arnold’s Flamingo Grill in Knoxville – their first-ever gig in Tennessee. “They had a very devoted fanbase from the very beginning,” he recalls. “You could see all of the roots of what they’d become in those early days.”)

Interestingly, this year marks the first time Bonnaroo HQ has shared full daily lineups with Childish Gambino and Phish heading up Friday, June 14, rapper Post Malone and electronic duo Odesza leading Saturday, June 15, and Phish returning on Sunday, June 16, alongside folk outlet The Lumineers.

“We thought it was important to share what the fans what the overall blueprint is,” Capps says of publishing the daily schedule. “Fortunately we’re in a place where we felt we could share it without any changes. We decided to let the cat out of the bag.”

Thursday June 13 will also feature iconic country program the Grand Ole Opry, which enjoyed its first Bonnaroo appearance last year with Del McCoury Band, Old Crow Medicine Show and more. Capps notes that 2019’s Grand Ole Opry lineup remains to be seen, but inviting the legendary show back to the Tennessee festival was a no-brainer: “We didn’t introduce the Grand Ole Opry last year with the intention of not bringing it back. It was such an extraordinarily special moment.”

Overall, it seems that Bonnaroo is opting for a slight shift back towards rock and folk music in 2019, with acts like The Avett Brothers, John Prine, Brandi Carlile, The National, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Courtney Barnett, Nahko & Medicine for the People, Trampled By Turtles and The Wood Brothers all gracing the lineup.

According to Capps, the booking process for Bonnaroo involves members of C3 Entertainment, Superfly Productions, AC Entertainment and Live Nation who all strive to create a dynamic festival showcasing all aspects of the music scene.

“The music business is an iconoclastic business, continually reinventing itself,” he says. “The artists that are emerging, making music in new and exciting ways and capturing the spirit of their generation, that’s what the scene is about. For Bonnaroo this year, our goal is to be very much a part of the here-and-now, while still being very cognizant of the culture and foundation of the festival which is really about the love of live music.”

Additionally, the 2019 lineup features a large number of female performers, from hip-hop mega-star Cardi B, to multi-Grammy nominee Carlile, to R&B maven Solange. Even further down the lineup Capps points to sitarist Anoushka Shankar (daughter of famed musician Ravi Shankar) and downtempo duo Ibeyi as acts that broaden the festival experience with not only their unique perspectives, but their undeniable talent.

“If there’s anything that really characterizes Bonnaroo and sets it apart from many festivals it’s the extraordinary diversity in the lineup,” Capps asserts. “We’ve always programmed toward that diversity. It’s intended to be a musical feast of plenty. And it’s not only the balance of male and female, but also introducing world music artists and making sure that genres like bluegrass and jazz and folk music have a place in the lineup.”

Bonnaroo’s annual Superjam, which last year featured a star-studded tribute to the late Tom Petty, will be helmed by Detroit producer-saxophonist GRiZ. Capps says the Bonnaroo team is “thrilled” to be working with the future-funk musician, and he is sure to have plenty of surprises up his sleeve.

As far as offstage antics go, Bonnaroo 2019 will continue to produce the popular campground Plazas seen in 2018, which offered surprise performances by bands like Cage The Elephant, dance parties, free public Wi-Fi, wellness resources and more. So far this year, organizers have enlisted House of Yes and Little Cinema as well as Paramore singer Hayley Williams to curate a “Sanctuary of Self-Love.”

“It’s 24/7,” Capps says of the ever-changing Bonnaroo landscape. “Everyone’s living on the farm for four or five days and having this extraordinary shared experience.”

Tickets for Bonnaroo 2019 – including General Admission and VIP passes – will go on sale Thursday, Jan. 10, at 12 Noon ET/11 a.m. CT.

Visit Bonnaroo.com for more information.

Check out the full lineup below:

Bonnaroo 2019

THURSDAY, JUNE 13

Grand Ole Opry Featuring Special Guests

Saba

Space Jesus b2b Eprom b2b Shlump

12th Planet

Sunsquabi

All Them Witches

Magic City Hippies

The Nude Party

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

The Comet Is Coming

Jack Harlow

Eprom

Caroline Rose

Donna Missal

Peach Pit

Hekler

Dorfex Bos

*****

FRIDAY, JUNE 14

Phish

Childish Gambino

Solange

The Avett Brothers

Brockhampton

GRiZ

RL Grime

Beach House

GRiZ SuperJam

NGHTMRE

Gojira

Courtney Barnett

Girl Talk

AJR

Catfish And The Bottlemen

K.Flay

Anoushka Shankar

Nahko & Medicine For The People

Liquid Stranger

Deafheaven

Parquet Courts

Rival Sons

Ibeyi

Jade Cicada

Las Cafeteras

Cherry Glazerr

The Teskey Brothers

Medasin

Tyla Yaweh

Ducky

Monsieur Periné

Mersiv

Crooked Colours

*****

SATURDAY, JUNE 15

Post Malone

Odesza

Hozier

Kacey Musgraves

The National

The Lonely Island

ZHU

Juice WRLD

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead

Gucci Mane

John Prine

Jim James (Full Band)

Maren Morris

Gramatik

Shovels & Rope

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Quinn XCII

Clairo

Bishop Briggs

Hippo Campus

Space Jesus

Tokimonsta

Chelsea Cutler

The Record Company

SNBRN

Ruston Kelly

Whipped Cream

Rubblebucket

Little Simz

Memba

Deva Mahal

DJ Mel

*****

SUNDAY, JUNE 16

Phish (2 Sets)

The Lumineers

Cardi B

Brandi Carlile

Illenium

Walk The Moon

Mac DeMarco

King Princess

Lil Dicky

G Jones

Trampled By Turtles

The Wood Brothers

Hobo Johnson & The Lovemakers

Princess (Featuring Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum)

The Soul Rebels

The Lemon Twigs

Two Feet

AC Slater

CID

Dombresky

Bombino

Faye Webster

Ripe

Kikagaku Mayo

Igloohost