Disney+ have announced they will livestream three of the biggest US music festivals this year – Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits.
The streaming service will carry live coverage of the three Live Nation-produced events in 2026 alongside Hulu, who have hosted the festivals’ official livestreams exclusively in the US for the past six years.
According to Disney, the move will make the festivals available to Disney+ subscribers internationally for the first time, with live performances, backstage footage, artist interviews and festival highlights all set to be included.
Bonnaroo is being held in Manchester, Tennessee from June 11 to 14, and this year’s line-up sees headliners The Strokes, Turnstile, Skrillex and Noah Kahan joined by the likes of Rüfüs Du Sol, Teddy Swims, The Neighbourhood, Role Model, Griz and Kesha.
Lollapalooza, meanwhile, is taking place in Chicago from July 30 to August 2, and at the top of the bill will be Olivia Dean, Charli XCX, Tate McRae, Lorde, The xx and The Smashing Pumpkins. Further names include including Geese, Wet Leg, Wolf Alice, Ethel Cain, Turnstile, Lil Uzi Vert, CMAT, Little Simz, Zara Larsson, Clipse, The Neighbourhood, Yungblud, Beabadoobee and Sombr.
Austin City Limits will run across two weekends – October 2 to 4 and October 9 to 11 – and it will feature headline performances from Charli XCX, Rufus Du Sol, Twenty One Pilots, Lorde, The xx, Skrillex and Kings Of Leon.
Kevin Chernett, Executive Vice President and Head of Global Media Partnerships at Live Nation, has said: “Music festivals used to be experiences reserved for the people who could physically be there.”
“Now they’re becoming global live moments that fans want to experience together in real time, no matter where they are in the world. Expanding this partnership with Disney+ and Hulu allows these festivals to reach music fans at an entirely different scale.”
