The Muddy Roots Music Festival 2026 took place from September 4–6, 2026, at the Junebug Boogie Ranch in Cookeville, Tennessee. Celebrating its 16th year as a staple of the D.I.Y. music scene, the independent festival brought together its signature blend of punk, doom metal, outlaw country, rockabilly, blues, and back-porch folk across three stages running from sundown to sunup.
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If you’ve never heard of it, Muddy Roots takes place every year at the June Bug Ranch north of Cookeville. I’ll be the first to say that I wasn’t sure what to expect from a punk festival in somewhat rural Tennessee but it’s a safe, fun place where feral kids roam free, Nazis aren’t welcome, and people genuinely look out for each other. Sure they have used Narcan out there and people break bones, but I’ve seen over a hundred people throw cash into a PBR twelve pack box to help someone out. We pick up our people who have fallen in the circle pit of life.
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