Muddy Roots Music Festival
- Dates
- Expected September
- Status
- Expected
- Venue
- Junebug Boogie Ranch
- Price
- Not announced
- Camping
- Available
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026
The last Muddy Roots Music Festival was September 4 to 6, 2026, in Cookeville, TN. Its next dates haven't been announced yet. Froligo tracks ticket prices, camping, attendee feedback and travel details.
The experience
What's special
Muddy Roots is a fiercely DIY, genre-agnostic camping music festival held each Labor Day weekend on the 127-acre Junebug Boogie Ranch near Cookeville, Tennessee. Running since 2010, it throws punk, outlaw country, rockabilly, doom, blues and back-porch folk onto the same stages, cultivating a tight-knit, misfit-friendly community set against a scenic ranch with a waterfall.
What people love
Attendees are overwhelmingly positive, giving it near-perfect ratings and praising the great bands, eclectic lineups, beautiful ranch setting and famously friendly, welcoming crowd; many return year after year and treat it as half music festival, half camping getaway. The site earns points for feeling accessible and well organized, with notably clean showers and better-than-average portable toilets, and attendees have highlighted plentiful harm-reduction supplies on hand.
Last time around (2025)
The 2025 edition again filled the Junebug Boogie Ranch over Labor Day weekend and drew warm coverage describing a fun, open, genre-spanning gathering that stays proudly DIY and communal rather than growing bigger. Attendees traded pros and cons online, with harm-reduction provisions singled out as a plus.
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Listen
No official playlist linked yet. Find Muddy Roots Music Festival on Spotify.
Lineup
Getting there
Nearest airport BNA.
How do I get to Muddy Roots Music Festival?
By car
Most people drive to Muddy Roots Music Festival. The nearest major airport is BNA, and from there it is a straightforward drive to the venue. Check current road and traffic conditions before you set off, and see parking below.
By train
No direct passenger rail to the venue was found. Drive, fly in, or use a shuttle instead.
By bus & public transit
One daily Greyhound departure from Nashville to Cookeville (~78 road miles, ~1h15). Gets a traveler to the Cookeville bus stop only, the Junebug Boogie Ranch venue is still several miles outside town, so this leg needs a taxi/rideshare or a ride from other festivalgoers to close the gap. Confirmed Groome Transportation's BNA shuttle network (Chattanooga, Clarksville, Fort Campbell, Pleasant View, Oak Grove, Manchester, Monteagle) does NOT include Cookeville.
Book / infoReaches Downtown Nashville only (BNA <-> Elizabeth Duff Transit Center). Cookeville is ~80 road miles further east; this mode gets a traveler into Nashville, not to the venue, realistic only as the first leg of a multi-mode trip, or if renting a car downtown instead of at the airport.
Book / infoTaxi & rideshare
However a BNA-to-Junebug-Boogie-Ranch trip is a ~80-mile, well over an hour one-way rideshare, realistically only sensible split across a group, or for the final short leg from a Cookeville bus stop/hotel rather than door-to-door from the airport.
Book / infoTaxis and rideshare such as Uber and Lyft can be limited near the venue, especially late at night or in rural areas. Agree a pickup point and time in advance and keep a backup plan.
🅿 Parking
On site parking available. Cost Free, included with camping, no separate parking fee. Attendees can park and camp almost anywhere on the 127-acre ranch except vendor row; the official 2023 FAQ post advises parking near a road if you plan on coming and going during the weekend, to avoid driving across the grass field at night. No overflow-lot or rideshare-only-zone policy found, it's a genuinely park-where-you-camp field festival.
🚙 Car hire
Compare car hire at BNA
On site parking is available; if you are hiring a car it is worth checking the cost and how early it fills.
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Where
Map shows the center of Cookeville. The venue's exact point is not confirmed yet.
Venue
The venue has its own page with capacity, accessibility and parking.
Camping & Accommodation
Is there camping at Muddy Roots Music Festival?
Yes, on site camping is available.
Facilities
Camping site types 3
Free, included with weekend pass, no separate car-camping fee.
Free, same as car camping, official FAQ explicitly lists RV, camper, tent, U-haul, hotrod, school bus and vintage touring bus as all welcome.
Primitive tent camping across the full 127 acres, first-come-first-served, no assigned or paved sites, this matches the live file's existing camping.types enum ('primitive') and is the festival's dominant camping mode.
Where can I stay near Muddy Roots Music Festival?
Airport hotels 2
1 International Plaza, Nashville, TN 37217
Typically $100-190 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates
Check rates590 Donelson Pike, Nashville, TN 37214
Typically $100-190 a night off-peak guide, higher on festival dates
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Entry rules
Accessibility & comfort
Official site muddyroots.com checked; the site is a single landing page with no FAQ, info or accessibility pages and no accessibility information published. Venue is Junebug Boogie Ranch, Cookeville; ask the organiser directly.
Pricing
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Quick answers
When is the next Muddy Roots Music Festival?
Not announced yet. The last festival was September 4 to 6, 2026. The next one is expected in September.
Where is Muddy Roots Music Festival held?
Junebug Boogie Ranch, Cookeville, TN.