The initial list of performers has been announced for the 2005 Bonnaroo Music Festival. The fourth annual three-day event is a camping and music festival that will be held on June 10th-12th, on a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles south of Nashville. Slots for performance time and day will be announced in the coming months. Among the 60+ artists announced include Modest Mouse, the Mars Volta, My Morning Jacket, Iron & Wine,
- Widespread Panic (2 shows)
- Dave Matthews Band
- The Allman Brothers Band
- Jack Johnson
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Modest Mouse
- Gov¹t Mule
- Bela Fleck Acoustic Trio
- The Mars Volta
- John Prine
- Yonder Mountain String Band
- My Morning Jacket
- Keller Williams
- STS9
- Earl Scruggs & Friends
- Joss Stone
- O.A.R
- Toots and the Maytals
- Umphrey's McGee
- Iron & Wine
- Ozomatli
- Rilo Kiley
- Karl Denson's Tiny Universe
- Drive-By Truckers
- Particle
- Joanna Newsom
- Xavier Rudd
- Ray Lamontagne
- The Gourds
- Secret Machines
- Donna The Buffalo
- John Butler Trio
- Ollabelle
- Citizen Cope
- Brazilian Girls
- Ward
- Madeleine Peyroux