Bonnaroo introduces ‘world’s largest’ 360° stage

Tennessee’s Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival has unveiled an Infinity Stage for its 2025 edition, touted as the “world’s largest” 360° live music experience.

Backed by UK-based music technology company Polygon Live, the new venture aims to deliver a fully immersive experience for attendees with speakers positioned overhead and around the hemispherical stage.

“Our offering, however, is not just about sound. It’s designed to tap into almost every sense: sound, sight, scent and touch. It’s a multisensory environment that stimulates and amazes, and keeps our audiences coming back for more,” explains Polygon.

Featuring “spatialised sound and synchronised lights,” the structure will be erected alongside five pre-existing stages – three main and two tents – in the main festival area, known as Centeroo.

Dedicated programming is expected for the stage, with a lineup announcement expected this week.

Infinity Live is reportedly a North American first, with Polygon Live staging iterations across Asia

The four-day pop/rock festival, which welcomed 70,000 people last year, is set to return to Manchester, Tennessee for its 22nd edition from 12-15 June. Bonnaroo is produced by Superfly Presents, which also produces San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival, and AC Entertainment.

Infinity Live is reportedly a North American first, with Polygon Live having staged iterations at Thailand’s Wonderfruit Festival and Singapore’s AFTER 2049, an electronic music event held before the country’s Formula 1 Grand Prix.

Polygon Live will also launch a bespoke three-day festival in London this May, dubbed the UK’s “largest outdoor spatial audio festival”.

Polygon Live LDN will be the first event to utilise Polygon Productions’ dual-dome design, with each stage boasting “five times the speakers a stage of similar size would use”, said Polygon during its December announcement.

The inaugural edition is set for 2-4 May 2025 at Crystal Palace Park and will include performances by Arooj Aftab, Gold Panda, Halina Rice, and Jon Hopkins.

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