Country festivals

8 festivals still to come with Country on the bill, carrying 51 of the 141 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

All 141 acts we have tagged Country, sorted six ways. The lists disagree with each other, and the names they disagree about are usually the ones worth hearing.

Booked the most in 2026

The Country acts who spent 2026 on the road. 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 — genre lines treated as suggestions.
  2. 2Lainey Wilson5Bell-bottoms, Louisiana drawl and a run of CMA hardware — the hardest-working woman in mainstream country right now, with the catalog to back the swagger.
  3. 3Waylon Wyatt5Teenage Arkansas country prodigy — porch-honest writing in the Zach Bryan lineage, wise beyond the birth certificate.
  4. 4Cameron Whitcomb4Backflipping former pipefitter with a howl — raw-nerve folk-country redemption songs delivered with gymnastic stage energy and zero polish where it counts.
  5. 5Zach Top4The 90s-country revival in one pompadour — pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.
  6. 6Avery Anna3Arizona-raised songwriter who broke through online — heartbreak country sung 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 — 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 — hushed duets and high-lonesome ache.
  10. 10Riley Green3Small-town Alabama traditionalist — hunting-camp country with a college-quarterback charm.

Most upcoming bookings

Everything still ahead of us, for anyone with festivals left on the calendar.

  1. 1Megan Moroney2Emo cowgirl — Georgia songwriting with a wink, and the fastest-rising female star in country radio.
  2. 2The Cleverlys2Comedy bluegrass act performing as a backwoods family band, translating current pop and rock hits into banjo and mandolin arrangements delivered deadpan.

Most headline slots

The names printed in the biggest type, trusted to send everyone home.

  1. 1Lainey Wilson3Bell-bottoms, Louisiana drawl and a run of CMA hardware — the hardest-working woman in mainstream country right now, with the catalog to back the swagger.
  2. 2Megan Moroney3Emo cowgirl — Georgia songwriting with a wink, and the fastest-rising female star in country radio.
  3. 3Zach Top3The 90s-country revival in one pompadour — pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.
  4. 4Chris Stapleton2A songwriter's songwriter with a howl that turns Nashville craft into something closer to Muscle Shoals soul — 'Tennessee Whiskey' just the entry point of a stacked catalog.
  5. 5Cody Johnson2Texas rodeo-cowboy-turned-arena-headliner — neotraditional country sung like every night is the last night of the season.
  6. 6Gavin Adcock2Rowdy Georgia country — tailgate anthems delivered with a linebacker's energy and zero polish on purpose.
  7. 7Jason Aldean2Rock-heavy country radio staple — big guitars, small towns, and one of the format's most reliable arena draws.
  8. 8Post Malone2Genre-agnostic hitmaker — the face-tattooed everyman who moved from melodic rap to a full country turn without dropping a step.
  9. 9Tyler Childers2Eastern Kentucky songwriting with fiddle front and centre — plainspoken, regional, and completely uncompromised, honky-tonks to arenas without changing a thing.

Most places played

Whose year reads like a world tour that happened to be made of festivals.

  1. 1Jessie Murph7A rasp built for heartbreak, dragging country songwriting through trap drums and open-wound honesty — genre lines treated as suggestions.
  2. 2Lainey Wilson5Bell-bottoms, Louisiana drawl and a run of CMA hardware — the hardest-working woman in mainstream country right now, with the catalog to back the swagger.
  3. 3Waylon Wyatt5Teenage Arkansas country prodigy — porch-honest writing in the Zach Bryan lineage, wise beyond the birth certificate.
  4. 4Cameron Whitcomb4Backflipping former pipefitter with a howl — raw-nerve folk-country redemption songs delivered with gymnastic stage energy and zero polish where it counts.
  5. 5Zach Top4The 90s-country revival in one pompadour — pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.
  6. 6Avery Anna3Arizona-raised songwriter who broke through online — heartbreak country sung 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 — tailgate anthems delivered with a linebacker's energy and zero polish on purpose.
  9. 9Megan Moroney3Emo cowgirl — Georgia songwriting with a wink, and the fastest-rising female star in country radio.
  10. 10Noah Cyrus3Country-leaning confessional songwriting that stepped decisively out of a very long family shadow — hushed duets and high-lonesome ache.

Most saved to a plan

The Country acts people are building a Saturday around.

  1. 1Thomas DollbaumNew Orleans songwriter of bruised, literary alt-country — gulf-coast grit and quiet devastation in the Berman lineage.
  2. 2Jessie MurphA rasp built for heartbreak, dragging country songwriting through trap drums and open-wound honesty — genre lines treated as suggestions.
  3. 3Chris StapletonA songwriter's songwriter with a howl that turns Nashville craft into something closer to Muscle Shoals soul — 'Tennessee Whiskey' just the entry point of a stacked catalog.
  4. 4Waylon WyattTeenage Arkansas country prodigy — porch-honest writing in the Zach Bryan lineage, wise beyond the birth certificate.
  5. 5BabasEx-Kominas collaborators Sunny Ali and Karna Ray splicing punk's playful cynicism with country's earnest simplicity — deadpan cowpunk with real bite under the twang.
  6. 6Cameron WhitcombBackflipping former pipefitter with a howl — raw-nerve folk-country redemption songs delivered with gymnastic stage energy and zero polish where it counts.
  7. 7Charley CrockettHonky-tonk and Gulf Coast blues delivered by a genuine road-worn troubadour with a hat and a story to match — an album-a-year work rate straight from the old school.
  8. 8CrackerSardonic alt-country-rock from David Lowery, still funnier and stranger than its radio singles let on — 'Low' the gateway, the deep cuts the reward.
  9. 9Kacey MusgravesDeceptively gentle country that smuggles in sharp jokes and sharper edges under the pedal steel — 'Golden Hour' grace with a Texas smirk.
  10. 10Uncle LuciusTexas southern rock with an organ in the mix and a slow-burn approach to a payoff — 'Keep the Wolves Away' the campfire hymn.

All 141 Country acts

Jessie MurphLainey WilsonWaylon WyattCameron WhitcombZach TopAvery AnnaCody JohnsonGavin AdcockMegan MoroneyNoah CyrusRiley GreenRilo KileyRussell DickersonShaboozeyThe Band PerryAJ Lee & Blue SummitAustin SnellBailey ZimmermanBlue HighwayBrooks & DunnCarly PearceCarter FaithCharles Wesley GodwinCharley CrockettChris StapletonClay WalkerDashaElla LangleyFaye WebsterGretchen WilsonJackson DeanJason AldeanKacey MusgravesKaitlin ButtsKameron MarloweNate SmithPost MaloneSam BarberStephen Wilson Jr.The CastellowsThe CleverlysTucker WetmoreTyler ChildersBabasBilly DeanBlake SheltonBrantley GilbertBrett YoungBrothers OsborneBryan MartinCarson McHoneChad PriceChase MatthewChase RiceClasse MoyenneCollin RayeCorey KentCrackerCraig MorganDailey & VincentDan + ShayDavid RitschardDeana CarterDierks BentleyDrag the RiverDustin LynchFancy HagoodGab BouchardGarrett T. CappsGarth BrooksGeorge BirgeHARDYHayde Bluegrass OrchestraHudson WestbrookIan MunsickJames Barker BandJelly RollJess WilliamsonJo Dee MessinaJon PardiJordan DavisJosh RossKalsey KulykKane BrownKeith UrbanKoe WetzelKristy CoxLaci Kaye BoothLanie GardnerLauren WatkinsLéa JarryLittle Big TownLonesome River BandLonestarLuke BryanLyle LovettMaddox BatsonMaggie RoseMatanza RitualMelissa CarperMiranda LambertMitchell TenpennyMJ LendermanNoeline HofmannOld DominionOrville PeckPaisley FieldsRandy HouserRandy Steele & High Cold WindRascal FlattsRedferrinRett MadisonRhett AkinsRhonda Vincent & The RageRodney AtkinsRyan HurdSara EvansScotty McCreeryShawnee KishSister SadieSpecial ConsensusThe CannonsThe GrascalsThe Kentucky GentlemenThe Price SistersThomas DollbaumThomas RhettTim McGrawTravis TrittTreaty Oak RevivalTrey HensleyTurnpike TroubadoursTy MyersTyler HubbardUncle LuciusWarren ZeidersWhiskey & Co.Whiskey MyersWilliam PrinceWynonna JuddZach Bryan

Country festivals: common questions

What festivals have the most Country in 2026?

Country Calling 2026 (18 Country acts), Rock the South 2026 (11 Country acts), Blue Highway Fest 2026 (6 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?

8 festivals still to come have Country on the bill. The next is Rock the South 2026, October 1–4, 2026 at The Fields at Decatur, Decatur, AL, with 11 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?

141 Country acts appear on the lineups we track, across 8 festivals still to come. Each one has a page with its dates, stages and set times wherever the festival has published them.

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