Each annual event typically featured over 100 acts performing on three to six separate stages through the park.

[3] In 2014, Bunbury was purchased by PromoWest Productions, an entertainment company operating out of Columbus, Ohio.

The 2020 festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the organizers have said that the event "will not be returning in the way that you all have grown to know it and love it".

Lawn Stage: Big Fresh, Bonesetters, Modoc, Jane Decker Amphitheater Stage: Brent James and the Vintage Youth, G. Miles and the Hitmen, Jesse Thomas, Pluto Revolts, The Pass *Some bands delayed/cancelled due to weather Main Stage: Brick + Mortar, Red Wanting Blue, ZZ Ward, Young the Giant, The Flaming Lips River Stage: The Lighthouse and the Whaler, Kopecky Family Band, Robert DeLong, Holy Ghost!

He chose the word because he thought it sounded whimsical and he liked the definition: "to have a made up excuse to get out of doing something boring.