Grammy-nominated Nashville lifer whose gravel-throated heartland rock has carried two decades of hook-heavy, big-hearted records, and he is playing two different sets across the weekend.
Heartland rockAmericana
Eastside Ramble 2026 Lineup
Will Hoge's two-day East Nashville gathering: rock and roll, magic, comedy, and bowling across all three rooms of the Eastside Bowl, noon to 9pm.
Eastside Ramble is expected back July 2027 (dates aren't announced yet). Until then, here's the full 2026 lineup and the acts you would have loved.
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About Eastside Ramble 2026
The Eastside Ramble is Will Hoge's hand-built answer to festival bloat: two July days inside the Eastside Bowl, East Nashville's beloved venue-slash-bowling-alley, with music running noon to 9 p.m. across all three rooms. The inaugural 2026 bill is 17 acts deep and personally picked, with heartland rock, americana, blues, and country-soul from road-tested lifers and East Nashville's own, plus comedy, bowling, and a punk-rock magician, because a Ramble should ramble. It's the anti-mega-festival: small rooms, short walks, and a host who treats the whole weekend like his living room.
Expect americana, singer-songwriter, folk and indie folk across 17 acts.
At a glance
- Dates
- –Friday to Saturday, two days
- Where
- Eastside Bowl, Nashville, TN
- Lineup
- 17 acts
- Website
- Official site
Eastside Ramble 2026 lineup: all 17 acts
Search it, filter by day, stage or genre.Browse all 17 acts
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Literary Nashville folk: graceful, devastating story-songs that earned covers from Judy Collins and decades of songwriter-circle respect, delivered with an actor's sense of timing.
FolkSinger-songwriter
A wrecking-ball blues-soul voice (you may remember her run on The Voice) with a self-love gospel streak, and pure power live.
BluesSoul
Veteran Connecticut roots-pop road dogs with earnest, anthemic songs built for singing along ("Nothing More" soundtracked half of network TV).
Roots rockPop-rock
Sibling harmony-driven folk-rock, the kind of blood-harmony blend you can't rehearse into existence, Missouri-grown and road-toughened.
Indie folkFolk-rock
Twin brothers Brandon and Derek Campbell pushing country's boundaries, polished, groove-forward, and rewriting who the genre belongs to, one line dance at a time.
CountryCountry-soul
The former Avail frontman turned gravel-road troubadour, with punk conviction stripped down to an acoustic guitar and hollered truths, train-yard sincerity throughout.
Folk-punkAmericana
Soul-leaning singer-songwriter on Hoge's hand-picked bill.
Soul-popSinger-songwriter
The DIY punk-rock magician, whose sleight of hand was raised in basement shows, not ballrooms. Part of the Ramble's beyond-the-music programming.
MagicVariety
Indigo Ansin's genre-patchwork folk project: queer, defiant, radically loving songs that earned Gibson's Emerging LGBTQ+ Artist Award and a Boston Calling slot.
Folk revivalIndie folk
East Nashville act on the inaugural Ramble bill.
Alternative
Virginia rock and roll with a big-band-of-friends spirit and road-tested songs with heartland bones, plus a live show built on generosity.
Rock 'n' rollAmericana
Calumet-region grit relocated to Nashville, with smoky, hard-luck Americana, a poet's eye for the rust belt and a barroom voice to match.
AmericanaSinger-songwriter
Part of the Ramble's hand-picked bill. Details to come.
Nashville keys ace stepping out front, a fixture of the East Nashville rock scene with session-honed chops.
RockKeys
Part of the Ramble's hand-picked bill. Details to come.
Folk
Longtime Nashville guitar hand (you've heard him all over Will Hoge's records) with songs of his own, sideman craft stepping forward.
RockGuitar
The headliners
Will Hoge and his Rock and Roll Band · Grammy-nominated Nashville lifer whose gravel-throated heartland rock has carried two decades of hook-heavy, big-hearted records, and he is playing two different sets across the weekend.
Up-and-comers to catch early
chrysalis · Indigo Ansin's genre-patchwork folk project: queer, defiant, radically loving songs.
Darling · East Nashville's own, on the inaugural Ramble bill.Kiely Connell · Calumet-region grit relocated to Nashville: smoky, hard-luck americana with a poet's eye.
The Burney Sisters · Sibling harmony-driven folk-rock: the kind of blood-harmony blend you can't rehearse into existence.
Other acts worth planning around
Tim Barry · The former Avail frontman turned gravel-road troubadour: punk conviction stripped down to an acoustic.
The Kentucky Gentlemen · Twin brothers pushing country's boundaries: polished, groove-heavy country-soul.
Sarah Potenza · A wrecking-ball blues-soul voice you may remember from The Voice.
Amy Speace · Literary Nashville folk: graceful, devastating story-songs.
- CASEYMAGIC · The DIY punk-rock magician: sleight of hand raised in basement shows, not ballrooms.
Eastside Ramble 2026 lineup FAQ
When is the Eastside Ramble 2026?
July 24–25, 2026: Friday and Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. each day.
Where does the Eastside Ramble take place?
The Eastside Bowl in Nashville, TN: music across all three rooms, bowling included.
Who is headlining the Eastside Ramble?
Will Hoge and his Rock and Roll Band host and headline both days.
How many acts are playing?
17 hand-picked acts across two days, plus comedy, magic, and bowling between sets.
When do set times come out?
Sets run noon to 9 p.m. across the Eastside Bowl's three rooms. Save your acts on LineupScout and they'll become a personal schedule as times are posted.
How do I figure out which acts I'd like?
Tell the finder at the top of this page a few bands you love. It'll match you with your must-see sets, with reasons why.
When is Eastside Ramble 2027?
Eastside Ramble is expected back in July 2027; the festival has not announced the 2027 dates yet. The 2026 lineup stays on this page until it does.
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