Kesha leads Bonnaroo SuperJam June 13

Bonnaroo’s annual SuperJam is one of those festival traditions people circle before the schedule even drops. It is usually the slot where the festival gets weird, loose, and unexpectedly stacked. This year, the big reveal is that Kesha is not just attached to the concept in theory — she is leading a fully named collaborative set on Saturday, June 13, called “SUPERJÂM ESOTERÍCA: THE ALCHEMY OF POP.” The festival has now filled in the key missing pieces: time, place, and guests. (musicrow.com) ### What is the actual news here? The news is not that Kesha is playing Bonnaroo — that part was already out there when the 2026 lineup landed. The fresh part is the detailed SuperJam announcement. Bonnaroo says the set will happen in This Tent from 8:45 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 13, during the June 11–14 festival in Manchester, Tennessee. (musicrow.com)Jam, exactly? At Bonnaroo, SuperJam is the all-star mash-up slot — a curated one-off show built around collaboration instead of a normal artist set. That matters because these performances are usually designed as exclusives. You are not getting the clean touring version of anybody’s catalog. You are getting covers, guest cameos, genre collisions, and th(musicrow.com)self still treats SuperJam as a marquee part of the weekend, not filler between headliners. (musicrow.com) ### Who is joining Kesha? The guest list is the real hook. Bonnaroo’s announced lineup includes Blondshell, Chromeo, Del Water Gap, Grouplove, Margo Price, Mountain Grass Unit, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and Wyatt Flores alongside Kesha. That is a deliberately mixed cast — indie rock, dance-funk, country, bluegrass, and alt-pop all shoved into one concept. Basically, the fe(musicrow.com), which is usually when SuperJam gets interesting. (musicrow.com) ### Why call it “The Alchemy of Pop”? Because the show seems built around transformation more than purity. “Alchemy” suggests songs getting melted down and rebuilt — pop as a framework, not a rulebook. That fits Kesha especially well. Her catalog started in maximalist radio-pop, but her live persona has gotten scrappier, rockier, and more theatrical over time. So the titl(musicrow.com)essy, and communal — not a straight recital of hits. That last part is an inference from the title and the lineup mix, but it is a pretty grounded one. (musicrow.com) ### Where does it sit in the weekend? Saturday is the festival’s busiest day, and the SuperJam lands in a prime evening window. Bonnaroo runs more than 150 performances across 10-plus stages over four days, so placement matters almost as much as billing. An 8:45 p.m. start in This Tent tells you this is meant to be a destination set, not a side-stage curiosity. (bonnaroo([musicrow.com)can do both sides of the job. A SuperJam host needs enough pop gravity to make the concept legible, but also enough chaos tolerance to share the stage without making it feel overmanaged. Kesha has that mix. She is famous enough to anchor the event, but her whole vibe works best when things are a little unruly. That is exactly what this format wants. (newsroom.liv([bonnaroo.com)bonnaroo-music-arts-festival-announces-2026-lineup/)) ### What does this say about Bonnaroo’s 2026 lineup? It says the festival is still leaning into genre-blending as part of its identity. The broader 2026 event already stretches across electronic, rock, hip-hop, pop, indie, and jam-adjacent acts. A Kesha-led SuperJam with Margo Price, Chromeo, Mountain Grass Unit, and Rainbow Kitten Surprise(newsroom.livenation.com)m into the same room. (musicrow.com) ### Bottom line? The announcement turns a fun lineup footnote into a real Saturday-night event. Kesha’s SuperJam now looks like one of Bonnaroo 2026’s clearest “you had to be there” bets — not because it is polished, but because it probably will not be. (musicrow.com)