Yeehaw! It’s time to mud off your cowboy hats, western boots and “Daisy Dukes” — as a result of Stagecoach 2026 is right here.
Country music aficionados are flocking to Indio, Calif., this weekend, the place they’ll be serenaded by their favourite country artists at the Empire Polo Club, the place the 2026 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival wrapped up last weekend. With an array of country stars, each famend and rising, Stagecoach 2026 is shaping up to be an unforgettable one.
Tomorrow, Cody Johnson will serve as the festival’s first headliner. Fresh off the launch of his new observe “Rabbit Gets the Gun” with Jay Buchanan, the lead singer of the rock band Rival Sons, Johnson will probably be making his first Stagecoach look since 2022.
Also headlining is Lainey Wilson, who will shut out the second day of Stagecoach. The Whirlwind singer teased what followers can anticipate from her extremely anticipated set, which is scheduled for Saturday.
“I don’t need to say too much, I’ll be telling you too much, but it’s really cool,” Wilson told People. “I think it’s definitely going to be an elevated show. I feel like we’re getting to play some stuff that we haven’t played in a minute, and it’s going to be a fun show.”
And lastly, Post Malone will shut out the festival on Sunday, when he takes the stage for his first-ever efficiency as a Stagecoach headliner. The Grammy-winning artist, who’s presently on tour with Jelly Roll and Carter Faith as a part of the Big Ass Stadium Tour, made his Stagecoach debut with an acclaimed set in 2024.
Below, Yahoo’s breaking down the whole lot you want to learn about the annual country music festival — from its star-studded roster of performers to speculated particular company.
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🏜️ Country music takes over Indio, Calif.
Stagecoach Music Festival, the world’s greatest country music festival, is going down this yr from Friday, April 24 to Sunday, April 26. Held yearly at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, Calif., the similar venue as the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, the festival will function performances from primarily country, bluegrass, Americana, folks and rock artists throughout three days. The first-ever Stagecoach Festival was in 2007.
🤠 How Stagecoach differs from Coachella
While each Stagecoach and Coachella happen at the similar venue in Indio, Calif., the festivals differ in a number of methods. For one, Coachella’s bigger lineup usually encompasses a wider vary of acts throughout a number of genres, whereas Stagecoach is generally devoted to spotlighting country and country-adjacent artists. Coachella additionally spans back-to-back weekends, whereas Stagecoach is one weekend solely.
The distinction in attendees can be price noting. Whereas Coachella has a popularity as a celebrity- and influencer-heavy hotspot — A-listers like the Kardashian-Jenner clan, Timothée Chalamet, Hailey Bieber, Olivia Rodrigo and Billie Eilish had been amongst the celebrities spotted at this year’s festival — Stagecoach is seen as extra lowkey.
But that doesn’t imply celebs don’t attend Stagecoach: Justin Bieber, Sydney Sweeney, Paris Hilton and Lana Del Rey are just some of the well-known faces who had been seen eventually yr’s festival.
🌹 Wait. How does Bachelor Nation issue into this?
Stagecoach has additionally confirmed to be a tried-and-true meet-up spot for Bachelor Nation, the contestants who’ve appeared on The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and its spinoffs. Nick Viall, Tyler Cameron, Jenn Tran, Kaity Biggar, Lea Cayanan and Charity Lawson are only a handful of the former contestants who attended final yr’s festival.
While the precise motive why so many Bachelor Nation stars flock to the desert for Stagecoach yearly stays unknown, followers of the franchise speculate that it’s as a result of lots of them are influencers who had been despatched there by manufacturers they’re working with. That, or they’re simply actually large country music followers!
🎤 Teddy Swims, Little Big Town, Diplo and Pitbull amongst the performers
Well, this yr’s Stagecoach lineup is a doozy. In addition to having Cody Johnson, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone as headliners, the 2026 roster additionally boasts Teddy Swims, Little Big Town, Bailey Zimmerman, Counting Crows, Journey, Brooks & Dunn and Hootie & the Blowfish, to title a number of. Fans may also anticipate performances from artists together with Diplo, Pitbull and Ludacris.
✨ The up-and-coming feminine country star to look out for
Ella Langley performing in Nashville.
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Ella Langley is a feminine country artist who’s having a major mainstream moment. Langley nabbed her breakthrough second in 2024, when “You Look Like You Love Me,” her duet with Riley Green, went viral on TikTok. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter’s observe “Choosin’ Texas” additionally held the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for 4 weeks earlier this yr, dethroning Taylor Swift, who set the file in 2012.
Langley will probably be making her Stagecoach debut tomorrow, the similar day her new duet with Morgan Wallen, “I Can’t Love You Anymore,” is ready to be launched. Her first Stagecoach efficiency additionally coincides with the launch of her first perfume, Be Her, which Langley announced on Instagram on Thursday.
🌵 Fans hope to see Morgan Wallen, Miranda Lambert and different shock company
Miranda Lambert, left, and Reba McEntire at Stagecoach 2024.
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Stagecoach performers usually don’t disclose who they’ll carry out as particular company earlier than they take the stage. While not each artist brings out company, it’s widespread for a few of the higher-billed acts to achieve this. Fans are speculating — and hoping — that Morgan Wallen and Miranda Lambert are introduced out as particular company.
If this yr’s festival is something like final yr’s, followers may have quite a bit to look ahead to. Last yr, Luke Combs despatched his crowd right into a frenzy when he introduced out Garth Brooks and Good Charlotte for “Friends in Low Places.” Grammy-winning rapper Jelly Roll introduced out a whopping 9 company throughout his headlining set, which included Lana Del Rey, Shaboozey, Alex Warren and Wiz Khalifa. Zach Bryan’s set featured appearances from Noeline Hofmann and Willow Avalon.
