Country festivals

29 festivals still to come with Country on the bill, carrying 154 of the 252 Country acts we track. Every act has a page: which festivals they play, what time they go on once the festival says, and what they sound like if the name is new to you.

Country translates to open ground well. Pedal steel and fiddle carry over a field the way they never do in a low-ceilinged room, and the rhythm section plays harder outdoors, closer to rock volume. Choruses are built to be sung back at the stage by people standing forty rows deep.

Neotraditional and red dirt sets tend to land in afternoon heat, dusty and loose, with long instrumental stretches. The polished country-pop acts take the late slots and headline. Expect lawn chairs and coolers at the back and a crowd that knows every word. Slow songs turn the field into held-up phones.

Country festivals in 2026

Every bill still ahead of you with real Country on it, deepest first. A festival needs at least 2 Country acts to be here, so one stray booking on a bill about something else does not count.

Who carries Country this season

The Country acts booked the most in 2026. Go to more than one festival and you have probably seen a few of them already.

  1. 1Jessie Murph7A rasp built for heartbreak, dragging country songwriting through trap drums and open-wound honesty, with genre lines treated as suggestions.
  2. 2Lainey Wilson5Bell-bottoms, Louisiana drawl and a run of CMA hardware make her the hardest-working woman in mainstream country right now, with the catalog to back the swagger.
  3. 3Waylon Wyatt5Teenage Arkansas country prodigy with porch-honest writing in the Zach Bryan lineage, wise beyond the birth certificate.
  4. 4Cameron Whitcomb4Backflipping former pipefitter with a howl, delivering raw-nerve folk-country redemption songs with gymnastic stage energy and zero polish where it counts.
  5. 5Zach Top4The 90s-country revival in one pompadour, with pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.
  6. 6Avery Anna3Arizona-raised songwriter who broke through online, singing heartbreak country with a crack left in it.
  7. 7Cody Johnson3Texas rodeo-cowboy-turned-arena-headliner: neotraditional country sung like every night is the last night of the season.
  8. 8Gavin Adcock3Rowdy Georgia country with tailgate anthems delivered with a linebacker's energy and zero polish on purpose.
  9. 9Noah Cyrus3Country-leaning confessional songwriting that stepped decisively out of a very long family shadow, with hushed duets and high-lonesome ache.
  10. 10Rilo Kiley3Jenny Lewis's early-2000s indie band, with sharp, sardonic songwriting that a whole generation grew up inside, and 'Portions for Foxes' still perfect.

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Country festivals: common questions

What festivals have the most Country in 2026?

Stagecoach 2027 (31 Country acts), C2C Glasgow 2027 (21 Country acts), C2C London 2027 (21 Country acts). We count the acts on each published lineup rather than going by how a festival bills itself, so this is the depth of the actual Country booking.

Where can I see Country live in 2026?

29 festivals still to come have Country on the bill. The next is Strings & Sol 2026, December 9–13, 2026 at Sapphire Resort & Spa, Puerto Morelos, Mexico, with 2 Country acts playing.

Which Country artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?

Jessie Murph (7), Lainey Wilson (5), Waylon Wyatt (5), Cameron Whitcomb (4), Zach Top (4). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.

How many Country acts are playing festivals in 2026?

252 Country acts appear on the lineups we track, across 29 festivals still to come. Each one has a page with its dates, stages and set times wherever the festival has published them.

Other genres

EDM 529Indie 496Alternative 453Rock 390Pop 365Punk 317Hip-Hop 309Folk and Americana 287House 267Metal 261R&B and Soul 226Hardcore 135Techno 134Dubstep and Bass 124Bluegrass 99Latin 96Jazz 76Emo 66Shoegaze and Dream Pop 62Trance 52Psychedelic 47Reggae and Dancehall 37Blues 32Drum & Bass 32Hardstyle and Hard Dance 22

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