Doing it BIG for America’s 250th birthday. Back in 2024, the organizers behind one of the most successful country music festivals in America, Rock the South, decided to take the show on the road and expand to small towns across the country with a brand new concept, Rock the Country. The idea behind Rock the Country was to do what they had done in Cullman, Alabama and bring a festival featuring some of the biggest names in country music to small towns that otherwise don’t have the opportunities for live music that big cities do. At the time, Rock the South founder Shane Quick spoke to Whiskey Riff about the inspiration behind Rock the Country: “We’re taking that same mentality of celebrating small town America, celebrating people helping people, and the good nature of small town people.” Well it’s safe to say that over the past two years, Rock the Country has been a massive success. And in 2026, to celebrate America’s 250th birthday, the festival is back and bigger than ever – and that may be an understatement. Today, Rock the Country unveiled a STACKED lineup for 2026, which includes 8 small towns across the country and a lineup that includes headliners Kid Rock, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Jelly Roll, Creed, Brooks & Dunn, Riley Green, Hank Williams Jr., Ella Langley, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jon Pardi, Brantley Gilbert, Treaty Oak Revival, Ludacris, Nelly, and MANY more. The festival will hit towns like Bellville, Texas; Bloomingdale, Georgia; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Ashland, Kentucky; Anderson, South Carolina; Hastings, Michigan; Ocala, Florida; and Hamburg, New York. The lineup varies by city, but each stop features some incredible headliners with a ton of great support acts, names like Aaron Lewis & the Stateliners, Diamond Rio, Gretchen Wilson, Ian Munsick, Josh Meloy, The Creekers, Morgan Wade, and more. If you want to check out the full lineup for each city, you can find all of that below. And new in 2026 will be the Raised Rowdy stage, as well as daily throwback happy hour DJ sets. The lineup is so big it’s hard to include everybody, but if you want to get a look at who will be appearing during the tour take a look: Tickets for Rock the Country go on sale this Friday, January 16 at 2 pm local time, but are available for presale on Friday at 11 am local time if you use the presale code ROCKRIFF to help you get them a little early. To buy tickets, head on over to RockTheCountry.com for all the information about the festival you need…but all you really need to know is this is going to be one hell of a party for America’s 250th birthday. Rock the Country Schedule May 1-2 – Bellville, TX May 29-30 – Bloomingdale, GA June 27-28 – Sioux Falls, SD July 10-11 – Ashland, KY July 25-26 – Anderson, SC August 8-9 – Hastings, MI August 28-29 – Ocala, FL September 11-12 – Hamburg, NY Rock the Country Lineups: Bellville, Texas Bloomingdale, Georgia Sioux Falls, South Dakota Ashland, Kentucky Anderson, South Carolina Hastings, Michigan Ocala, Florida Hamburg, New York The post Jelly Roll, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, Creed, Riley Green & MANY More To Headline Multi-City ‘Rock The Country’ Festival In 2026 first appeared on Whiskey Riff.