Submit Malone, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson will headline 2026’s Stagecoach nation music competition, organizers introduced Thursday, bringing collectively one in every of Nashville’s most profitable converts with two of its most dependable hitmakers.
The three-day occasion, scheduled for April 24 to 26 at Indio’s Empire Polo Membership, may even function Brooks & Dunn, Ella Langley, Bailey Zimmerman, Wynonna Judd, Riley Inexperienced, Lyle Lovett, Little Huge City, Warren Zeiders, Nate Smith and Hudson Westbrook.
Among the many non-country acts on the invoice for the annual present, which takes place on the identical grounds as Coachella the weekend after that competition, are the rappers Pitbull, Ludacris and BigXthaPlug and the rock bands Journey, Bush, Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind and Hootie & the Blowfish. Noah Cyrus and Teddy Swims might be there, as will the winner of an upcoming CBS singing competitors present referred to as “The Highway.”
None of subsequent 12 months’s headliners is a stranger to Stagecoach, which premiered in 2007 and which in recent times has rivaled Coachella as a vacation spot for entrepreneurs and influencers.
In 2024, Malone performed a set of basic nation covers on the fest that included visitor appearances by Dwight Yoakam, Brad Paisley and Sara Evans; he additionally joined Morgan Wallen through the latter’s headlining efficiency to debut “I Had Some Assist,” their smash duet from Malone’s first nation album after his years working in hip-hop and pop. Wilson, who was named entertainer of the 12 months at Could’s ACM Awards, carried out at Stagecoach in 2022 and 2023, whereas Johnson performed in 2017 and 2022; each stars are nominated for entertainer of the 12 months at November’s CMA Awards.
Different acts scheduled to carry out at Stagecoach 2026 embrace Purple Clay Strays, Sam Barber, Gavin Adcock, Wyatt Flores, Billy Bob Thornton, Charles Wesley Godwin, Chase Rice, Kameron Marlowe, Larkin Poe, S.G. Goodman and the Wallflowers.
Passes for the competition, which begin at $549 and go up previous $4,000 for numerous VIP packages, will go on sale Oct. 2. This previous April’s present — with headliners Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll and Luke Combs — offered out prematurely at the same time as Coachella struggled to maneuver tickets as briskly because it as soon as did.
Goldenvoice, the L.A.-based promoter that places on each festivals, mentioned Monday that Coachella 2026 had offered out simply days after tickets went on sale late final week. The lineup for Coachella, which the corporate introduced months sooner than it usually does, is topped by Justin Bieber, Sabrina Carpenter and Karol G.
