Hold on to your cowboy hats, country lovers—the Stagecoach 2016 lineup was announced this morning, and it's full of country's biggest acts. The fest will celebrate its 10th year over the weekend of April 29 to May 1 (just one week after Indio's more famous fest, Coachella) with headlining sets from Luke Bryan, Carrie Underwood and Eric Church. The list of supporting acts is even more jam packed with Emmylou Harris and the Doobie Brothers as well as Chris Young, The Band Perry, Little Big Town, Sam Hunt, Dustin Lynch, Joe Nichols, Eric Paslay, A Thousand Horses, John Fogerty, Chris Stapleton and more.
In addition to the music, festival-goers can amble between the Ferris Wheel, HonkyTonk Dance Hall, Half-Pint Hootenanny (complete with a petting zoo), delicious food competitions (last year we ate our fill of barbecue samples and Budweiser burgers) and more. Of course, the festival fashion will be a big attraction, and there will be eye-candy cowboys and girls aplenty roaming the grounds.
Tickets go on sale Friday, October 9 at 11am PT at stagecoachfestival.com, and three-day GA weekend passes are $299. Corral reserved seating and corral standing pit weekend tickets are both $899 for the weekend. If these prices seem a little steep, check out the festival's EZ Pay Purchase Plan to ease the blow with multiple smaller payments. Check out the fest's instruction page on how to purchase tickets for a smooth transaction this Friday.
To get you in the yeehaw mood, check out our fifty best photos from Stagecoach 2015, or read up on what we learned at the fest last year.