Garth Brooks, Kelly Clarkson, Willie Nelson Set for Stagecoach 2027
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Stagecoach has confirmed its full 2027 lineup, revealing that Riley Green and Zach Top will make their debuts as headliners on the first two nights, with Garth Brooks closing the festival on the final night. New details also include a reunion set from Florida Georgia Line, their first full performance since a brief two-song reunion at CMA Fest in June, and the return of Stephen Wilson Jr., who has just picked up four CMA Award nominations. The festival takes place from 23 to 25 April 2027 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, and continues its tradition of blending country with acts from other genres.
The expanded bill features Willie Nelson and Family, Kelly Clarkson making her Stagecoach debut, Journey, Pitbull, Brothers Osborne and Hardy, alongside newer names such as Stella Lefty, Kaitlin Butts, Dasha, Vincent Mason, Buffalo Traffic Jam and Carter Faith. Non-country performers include Matchbox Twenty, the Fray, Melissa Etheridge, Sean Paul, Flo Rida and David Lee Roth, alongside Charley Crockett, Shaboozey, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Turnpike Troubadours, Carín León and Gustavo Mioto. Diplo returns to curate a dance-music stage and Guy Fieri will host cooking demonstrations, while select sets will stream via Amazon Music and Prime Video; tickets go on sale on Friday 18 September at 2pm ET/11am PT.
- Riley Green, Zach Top and Garth Brooks confirmed as 2027 Stagecoach headliners
- Florida Georgia Line reunion and Kelly Clarkson's debut added to bill
- Festival runs 23-25 April 2027; tickets on sale 18 September
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Stagecoach is a large country-music festival held each spring at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, the same venue used for Coachella. It has run annually since 2007 and has grown from a country-only event into a broader celebration of country and Americana music, while increasingly mixing in pop, rock and other genres to widen its audience.
The 2027 edition takes place over three days in April. It is headlined by acts including Garth Brooks, a veteran country star known for his stadium-filling career, alongside Riley Green and Zach Top, with Kelly Clarkson, a pop and talent-show alumna, and Willie Nelson, one of country music's longest-standing figures, also featured on the bill.
Festival lineups like this matter because they signal how the genre and its audience are evolving, and because major bookings of this kind can shape ticket demand, touring plans and wider industry attention in the months before the event.
Full account
Stagecoach has unveiled the lineup for its 2027 edition, with country superstar Garth Brooks topping the bill alongside rising acts Riley Green and Zach Top, who will each headline for the first time. The festival, held annually at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, will run from 23 to 25 April 2027, with Green and Top fronting the opening two nights before Brooks closes the weekend. The choice of two first-time headliners points to Stagecoach placing greater emphasis on a newer generation of male country artists than in previous years.
The rest of the bill features a broad mix of established and emerging names. Willie Nelson and Family, pop singer Kelly Clarkson (making her first Stagecoach appearance), veteran rock act Journey, rapper Pitbull, sibling duo Brothers Osborne and songwriter Hardy all sit in supporting slots on the poster. Further down the bill, newer artists such as Stella Lefty, Kaitlin Butts, Dasha, Vincent Mason, Buffalo Traffic Jam and Carter Faith are also listed, alongside returning performer Stephen Wilson Jr., who is back at the festival after his 2024 debut and recently picked up four Country Music Association Award nominations. As in past years, the lineup extends beyond straightforward country acts, taking in Matchbox Twenty, the Fray, Melissa Etheridge, dancehall artist Sean Paul, Flo Rida and former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth. Additional names confirmed include Charley Crockett, Shaboozey, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Turnpike Troubadours, Carín León, Cody Jinks, Gretchen Wilson, Jo Dee Messina, Ingrid Andress, Dylan Gossett, ERNEST and Brazilian singer-songwriter Gustavo Mioto.
A notable highlight of the 2027 event is a reunion set from Florida Georgia Line, who split from performing together in 2022 and only recently returned for a brief two-song appearance at CMA Fest in June. Their Stagecoach performance will form part of the festival's late-night programming, alongside Sean Paul and Flo Rida. The festival's usual non-musical attractions also return, with DJ Diplo once again curating a dance set at his HonkyTonk stage and chef Guy Fieri hosting cooking demonstrations at his Smokehouse. Organisers have said select performances will be available to stream online for those not attending in person.
Tickets for Stagecoach 2027 go on sale on Friday 19 September, at 11am Pacific time (2pm Eastern). Unlike some comparable festivals, Stagecoach does not offer single-day tickets, selling only three-day passes across several tiers, including general admission, Rhinestone Saloon, and standing or reserved seating in the Corral area, with three-day general admission starting at $599; hotel and shuttle packages are also available. The two source reports covering the announcement differ slightly in focus: one places greater weight on the festival's apparent shift towards younger male headliners and provides more detail on emerging acts and the festival's food and entertainment extras, while the other gives a fuller rundown of ticket tiers and pricing and lists a handful of additional names, such as Cody Jinks, Gretchen Wilson, Jo Dee Messina and Ingrid Andress, that do not appear in the first account. There is also a minor discrepancy over the exact on-sale date, with one report citing Friday 18 September and the other Friday 19 September.
Where outlets differ
One outlet frames the announcement around Stagecoach's apparent pivot toward younger male headliners (Riley Green, Zach Top) and gives more colour on emerging artists and festival extras like Diplo's HonkyTonk and Guy Fieri's Smokehouse; the other outlet leads simply with the headliner list and puts more emphasis on ticket tiers and pricing.
The two reports list slightly different supporting-lineup names — one includes Gustavo Mioto and Kaitlin Butts, while the other includes Cody Jinks, Gretchen Wilson, Jo Dee Messina, Ingrid Andress and Dylan Gossett, which do not appear in the first account.
There is a discrepancy in the reported on-sale date/time for tickets: one source states Friday, September 18 at 2pm ET/11am PT, the other states Friday, September 19 at 11am PT.
Only one of the two reports specifies three-day general admission pricing (from $599) and details the range of pass types (GA, Rhinestone Saloon, Corral Standing Pit, Corral Reserved Seating, hotel/shuttle packages).
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