Country festivals

9 festivals still to come with Country on the bill, carrying 51 of the 138 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 138 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 Murph6A 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. 5Cody Johnson3Texas rodeo-cowboy-turned-arena-headliner — neotraditional country sung like every night is the last night of the season.
  6. 6Gavin Adcock3Rowdy Georgia country — tailgate anthems delivered with a linebacker's energy and zero polish on purpose.
  7. 7Noah Cyrus3Country-leaning confessional songwriting that stepped decisively out of a very long family shadow — hushed duets and high-lonesome ache.
  8. 8Russell Dickerson3Feel-good pop-country with a preacher's-kid energy — wedding-playlist hits delivered like a headline set.
  9. 9Zach Top3The 90s-country revival in one pompadour — pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.
  10. 10AJ Lee & Blue Summit2California bluegrass around a mandolinist who has been winning contests since childhood — tight harmony, West Coast looseness.

Most upcoming bookings

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

  1. 1Charley Crockett2Honky-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.
  2. 2Chris 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.
  3. 3Kaitlin Butts2Red dirt country with a theatrical streak and a sense of humour that cuts — Oklahoma storytelling that plays like a one-woman show with a band.
  4. 4Lainey Wilson2Bell-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.
  5. 5The Cleverlys2Comedy bluegrass act performing as a backwoods family band, translating current pop and rock hits into banjo and mandolin arrangements delivered deadpan.
  6. 6Tyler Childers2Eastern Kentucky songwriting with fiddle front and centre — plainspoken, regional, and completely uncompromised, honky-tonks to arenas without changing a thing.

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. 2Chris 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.
  3. 3Cody Johnson2Texas rodeo-cowboy-turned-arena-headliner — neotraditional country sung like every night is the last night of the season.
  4. 4Gavin Adcock2Rowdy Georgia country — tailgate anthems delivered with a linebacker's energy and zero polish on purpose.
  5. 5Post Malone2Genre-agnostic hitmaker — the face-tattooed everyman who moved from melodic rap to a full country turn without dropping a step.
  6. 6Tyler Childers2Eastern Kentucky songwriting with fiddle front and centre — plainspoken, regional, and completely uncompromised, honky-tonks to arenas without changing a thing.
  7. 7Zach Top2The 90s-country revival in one pompadour — pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.

Most places played

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

  1. 1Jessie Murph6A 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. 5Cody Johnson3Texas rodeo-cowboy-turned-arena-headliner — neotraditional country sung like every night is the last night of the season.
  6. 6Gavin Adcock3Rowdy Georgia country — tailgate anthems delivered with a linebacker's energy and zero polish on purpose.
  7. 7Noah Cyrus3Country-leaning confessional songwriting that stepped decisively out of a very long family shadow — hushed duets and high-lonesome ache.
  8. 8Russell Dickerson3Feel-good pop-country with a preacher's-kid energy — wedding-playlist hits delivered like a headline set.
  9. 9Shaboozey3'A Bar Song (Tipsy)' made him the crossover story of the decade — country hooks over hip-hop bones.
  10. 10Zach Top3The 90s-country revival in one pompadour — pure Keith Whitley-school neotraditionalism that made retro the hottest sound in Nashville.

All 138 Country acts

Jessie MurphLainey WilsonWaylon WyattCameron WhitcombCody JohnsonGavin AdcockNoah CyrusRussell DickersonShaboozeyZach TopAJ Lee & Blue SummitAvery AnnaBailey ZimmermanBlue HighwayBrooks & DunnCarly PearceCarter FaithCharles Wesley GodwinCharley CrockettChris StapletonClay WalkerDashaElla LangleyFaye WebsterGretchen WilsonJackson DeanKacey MusgravesKaitlin ButtsNate SmithPost MaloneRiley GreenRilo KileySam BarberStephen Wilson Jr.The Band PerryThe CleverlysTucker WetmoreTyler ChildersAustin SnellBabasBilly DeanBlake SheltonBrett YoungBrothers OsborneBryan MartinCarson McHoneChad PriceChase MatthewChase RiceClasse MoyenneCollin RayeCorey KentCrackerDailey & VincentDan + ShayDavid RitschardDeana CarterDierks BentleyDrag the RiverDustin LynchFancy HagoodGab BouchardGarrett T. CappsGarth BrooksGeorge BirgeHARDYHayde Bluegrass OrchestraHudson WestbrookIan MunsickJames Barker BandJason AldeanJelly 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 RitualMegan MoroneyMelissa 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 CastellowsThe 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), Bourbon & Beyond 2026 (12 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?

9 festivals still to come have Country on the bill. The next is NC Folk Festival 2026, September 18–20, 2026 at Downtown Greensboro, NC, with 2 Country acts playing.

Which Country artists are playing the most festivals in 2026?

Jessie Murph (6), Lainey Wilson (5), Waylon Wyatt (5), Cameron Whitcomb (4), Cody Johnson (3). Counted per festival across the whole season, finished bills included.

How many Country acts are playing festivals in 2026?

138 Country acts appear on the lineups we track, across 9 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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