The Stagecoach Festival will be back next September at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif.
The festival recently announced the lineup via a splash page on its website, and have already locked down an impressive crop of country-related artists for the festivities.
Here is the tentative schedule:
Friday, Sept. 26
- Tim McGraw (headliner)
- Jake Owen
- Kip Moore
- Merle Haggard
- Kacey Musgraves
- The Devil Makes Three
- Parmalee
- The Time Jumpers (with Vince Gill, Dawn Sears, Kenny Sears & Ranger Doug Green)
- ...several others...
Sat., Sept. 27
- Miranda Lambert (headliner)
- Dierks Bentley
- Justin Moore
- ZZ Top
- Eli Young Band
- Gregg Allman
- Cassadee Pope
- Cast of Nashville (feat. Charles Esten, Clare Bowen and Chris Carmac)
- Steve Earle
- The Cadillac Three
- Mickey Gilley
- Mac Davis
- ...several others...
Sun., Sept. 28
- Blake Shelton (headliner)
- The Band Perry
- Sara Evans
- George Thorogood and the Destroyers
- Jerrod Niemann
- Frankie Ballard
- The Oak Ridge Boys
- Hot Rize
- Outlaws
- Maddie & Tae
- ...several others...
Here's a video from this year's festivities, which featured Eric Church, Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Hunter Hayes, Brantley Gilbert, Easton Corbin and Lynyrd Skynyrd, among dozens of other artists:
LOL-LA had high praise for Stagecoach after this year's event.
"It is similar to Coachella in that they share the same venue in the same month, but the comparisons end there," Francisco Reyes wrote. "The countless RVs from all over the country and the elaborate makeshift country villages they assemble for more than three days are evidence that country music, in many ways, is a way of life.
"The barbecue competitions are delectable, something that is rarely the case in music concerts and festivals. The atmosphere is one that is more conducive to partying than a party in any of the American Pie movies-minus the frat boys. Finally, the music and the lineup were a lot more diverse and eclectic than most people who haven't experienced Stagecoach would believe, with bands like Hurray For The Riff Raff, Nocona, and CALICO providing a folksy flair for those who don't fancy shotgunning Pabst Blue Ribbons and letting loose for three days straight."
