Justin Vernon Details One-Time-Only Bon Dylan Performance In New Video & Voiceover

This summer, for one night only, Bon Dylan will take the stage at the return of Eaux Claires Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Fronted by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, festival co-founder and curator, Bon Dylan will perform as Bob Dylan circa 1994, doing songs from every era. In a new video and voiceover out today – soundtracked by Bon Iver’s rendition of Bob Dylan’s “Not Dark Yet,” recorded during an early Bon Dylan rehearsal in March 2026 – Vernon has shared the first glimpse of what’s to come, and why: 

“Oh, it was about a year ago. Bob Dylan came through town.

I went with my dad and about 16 of my friends.

I’ve lived here for 44 years. And it’s been too long to remember since the town felt that together. 

So we thought we’d better get the festival back going.

And then the question of whether Bon Iver should play or not.

It was on the table. 

Here’s what I’ll say. 

I haven’t felt much like being what I’ve been

Or been seen to have been. 

Or what I wanted to have been. 

Or what I’ve become. 

So I thought it’d be cool to try to be Bob Dylan for a night. 

I’m trying to turn Bon into Bob.”

Watch the introduction to Bon Dylan, and get to know more of the Eaux Claires Festival lineup and local partners by following @eauxclaireswi

–Justin Vernon, of Bon Iver & Bon Dylan

Bon Dylan is the only concert event that Justin Vernon currently has planned for this year, and he will be joined by a band of close friends and frequent collaborators: JT Bates, JP Brooks, Camaja Byrd, Sean Carey, Phil Cook, Ben Lester, Michael Lewis, Katira Lutterman, John Pieter, Courtland Pickens and Jeremy Ylvisaker.