MANCHESTER, TN (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — Superfly and A.C. Entertainment have announced the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival's confirmed comedy lineup for the 2012 event, scheduled to take place June 7 – 10 in Manchester, TN.
A festival staple and a longstanding tradition that began in 2004, Bonnaroo will once again feature a dynamic and eclectic host of national headlining comics in its ever-popular seated, air-conditioned comedy venue.
The festival, in association with Comedy Central, will welcome personalities including, among others, Aziz Ansari, Steven Wright, Marc Maron, Brian Posehn, Judah Friedlander, Reggie Watts, and Colin Hay, former Men At Work frontman.
Bonnaroo is now widely considered one of the biggest comedy events in the country. More details about Comedy Central's new partnership with Bonnaroo will be announced in the coming weeks.
The event has offered its attendees the amenities and community spirit of a small city, with 24 hours of activities including a comedy theater, cinema festival, broo'ers festival, silent disco, salon, sustainable gardening lessons, arcade, Internet cafés, restaurants, yoga classes and hundreds of high quality food and craft vendors.
Rolling Stone magazine called the 2011 event "epic," saying the weekend was full of "surprise and wonder," and Stephen Stills of Buffalo Springfield intoned, "If Woodstock were like this, we never would have left."
The 2012 comedy lineup is below:
Aziz Ansari
Steven Wright
Marc Maron
Brian Posehn
Judah Freidlander
Reggie Watts
Rhys Darby
Colin Hay
Garfunkle & Oats
Amy Schumer
Pete Holmes
Rory Scovel
Mike O'Connell
Ali Wong
Kyle Kinane
— Crystal Lynn Huntoon
