Rock the Country

Rock the Country
GenreCountry music, Rock music
LocationVarious U.S. locations
Years active2024-present
FoundedApril 5, 2024
FounderKid Rock (co-founder)

Rock the Country is a touring country music-focused festival in the United States with eight stops slated between May and September 2026.[1] Jason Aldean, Jelly Roll,[2] and Blake Shelton are slated to perform, along with event co-founder Kid Rock.[3] Carter Faith, Ludacris,[4][5] Shinedown,[6] and Morgan Wade have been removed from the lineup.[7][8][9]

The 2026 tour started in Bellville, Texas, on May 1, 2026.[10] The two-day event planned for Anderson County, South Carolina, was cancelled.[11]

Tour Dates

2024
Date City Venue Acts ref.
April 5, 2024 Gonzales Lamar Dixon Expo Center Kolby Cooper, Elvie Shane, Travis Tritt, Koe Wetzel, Jason Aldean [12]
April 6, 2024 Sadie Bass, Gavin Adcock, Uncle Kracker, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Hank Williams Jr., Kid Rock
April 19, 2024 Ashland Boyd County Fairgrounds Dee Jay Silver, Sadie Bass, Colt Ford, Travis Tritt, Miranda Lambert, Jason Aldean [13]
April 20, 2024 Dee Jay Silver, Elvie Shane, Gavin Adcock, Nelly, Brantley Gilbert, Kid Rock
May 10, 2024 Rome Kingston Downs Dee Jay Silver, Gavin Adcock, Uncle Kracker, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Travis Tritt, Kid Rock [14]
May 11, 2024 Dee Jay Silver, Treaty Oak Revival, Colt Ford, Lee Brice, Koe Wetzel, Jason Aldean
June 7, 2024 Ocala Majestic Oaks Sadie Bass, Gavin Adcock, Travis Tritt, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kid Rock [15]
June 8, 2024 Trippp, Elvie Shane, Warren Zeiders, Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean
June 21, 2024 Mobile The Grounds Gavin Adcock, Uncle Kracker, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Kid Rock [16]
June 22, 2024 Trippp, Sadie Bass, Tyler Farr, Randy Houser, Brantley Gilbert, Jason Aldean
June 28, 2024 Popular Bluff Brick's Offroad Park Trippp, Dee Jay Silver, Elvie Shane, Gavin Adcock, Uncle Kracker, Travis Tritt, Jason Aldean [17]
June 29, 2024 Sadie Bass, Pecos & the Rooftops, Koe Wetzel, Hank Williams, Jr., DJ Slim McGraw, Kid Rock
July 26, 2024 Anderson Anderson Entertainment Center Gavin Adcock, Elvie Shane, DJ Slim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, Travis Tritt, Kid Rock [18]
July 27, 2024 Trippp, Sadie Bass, Miranda Lambert, Dee Jay Silver, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, Jason Aldean
2025
Date City Venue Acts ref.
April 4, 2025 Livingston Livingston Parish Fairgrounds Nickelback, Rehab, Shenandoah, Gavin Adcock, Little Texas, Them Dirty Roses, Jo Dee Messina, DJ Slim McGraw [19][20]
April 5, 2025 Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Treaty Oak Revival, Mark Chesnutt, Deana Carter, Logan Crosby, Afroman
April 26, 2025 Knoxville Maple Lane Farms Nickelback, Aaron Lewis and The Stateliners, Ella Langley, Shenandoah, Sammy Kershaw, Logan Crosby [21]
April 27, 2025 Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gavin Adcock, Mark Chesnutt, Little Texas, Hudson Westbrook, Afroman
May 9, 2025 Ocala Florida Horse Park Nickelback, Gavin Adcock, Ying Yang Twins, Jo Dee Messina, Diamond Rio, Logan Crosby, Little Texas [22]
May 10, 2025 Kid Rock, Sammy Kershaw, Hank Williams Jr., Mark Chesnutt, Tracy Lawrence, Hudson Westbrook, Afroman
May 30, 2025 York York Expo Center Nickelback, Travis Tritt, Ole 60, Sammy Kershaw, Little Texas, Logan Crosby [23]
May 31, 2025 Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gavin Adcock, Mark Chesnutt, Neal McCoy, Hudson Westbrook, Afroman
June 13, 2025 Hastings Barry County Fairgrounds Nickelback, Travis Tritt, Big & Rich, Sammy Kershaw, Little Texas, Logan Crosby, Ying Yang Twins [24]
June 14, 2025 Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Gavin Adcock, Mark Chesnutt, Deana Carter, Hudson Westbrook, Afroman
June 20, 2025 Little Rock Arkansas State Fairgrounds Nickelback, Hank Williams Jr., Ying Yang Twins, Gavin Adcock, Shenandoah, Mark Chesnutt, Logan Crosby [25]
June 21, 2025 Kid Rock, Travis Tritt, Afroman, Hudson Westbrook, Lee Greenwood, Little Texas, Deana Carter
July 11, 2025 Ashland Boyd County Fairgrounds Kid Rock, Dee Jay Silver, Hudson Westbrook, Sammy Kershaw, The Kentucky Headhunters, Shenandoah, Ying Yang Twins, Tracy Lawrence [26][27]
July 12, 2025 Nickelback, Dee Jay Silver, Them Dirty Roses, Deana Carter, Mark Chesnutt, Afroman, Hank Williams, Jr.
July 18, 2025 Sioux Falls W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds Kid Rock, DJ Slim McGraw, Hudson Westbrook, Little Texas, Shenandoah, Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners, Ying Yang Twins, Tracy Lawrence [28]
July 19, 2025 Nickelback, DJ Slim McGraw, Them Dirty Roses, Deana Carter, Mark Chesnutt, Gavin Adcock, Afroman, Travis Tritt
July 25, 2025 Anderson Anderson Entertainment Center Kid Rock, DJ Slim McGraw, Logan Crosby, Little Texas, Shenandoah, Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners, Ying Yang Twins, Tracy Lawrence [29]
July 26, 2025 Nickelback, DJ Slim McGraw, Hudson Westbrook, Mark Chesnutt, Gavin Adcock, Afroman, Hank Williams, Jr.
2026
Date City Venue Acts ref.
May 1, 2026 Bellville Austin County Fairgrounds Jason Aldean, Chase Matthew, Ella Langley, Gannon Fremin & CCREV, Gracee Shriver, Josh Meloy, Josh Ward, Shenandoah [30]
May 2, 2026 Kid Rock, Callie Princ, Tanner Usrey, Connor Hicks, Diamond Rio, Jackson Wendell, Brantley Gilbert
May 29, 2026 Bloomingdale Ottawa Farms Kid Rock, Connor Hicks, Eddie And The Getaway, Ian Munsick, Jon Langston, Kasey Tyndall, Mackenzie Carpenter, Miranda Lambert, Shenandoah [31]
May 30, 2026 Jelly Roll, Carter Faith, Cole Goodwin, Jay Webb, Josh Turner, Landon Smith, Treaty Oak Revival, Tyler Braden
June 27, 2026 Sioux Falls W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds Kid Rock, Chris Janson, Colt Ford, Colton Bowlin, Demun Jones, Sadie Bass, Treaty Oak Revival, Tyler Halverson, Uncle Kracker [32]
June 28, 2026 Staind, Allie Colleen, Ashley Cooke, Atlus, Austin Snell, Brantley Gilbert, Connor Hicks, Shaylen, The Marshall Tucker Band
July 10, 2026 Ashland Boyd County Fairgrounds Jelly Roll, 501Bryze, Austin Snell, Brantley Gilbert, cieratherapper, Connor Hicks, Demun Jones, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Jack Wharff Band [33]
July 11, 2026 Riley Green, Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners, Colton Bowlin, Dillon Carmichael, Gavin Adcock, Jay Webb, Jesse Howard, Lauren Alaina
August 8, 2026 Hastings Barry County Fairgrounds Kid Rock, Ashley Cooke, Ava Hall, Brantley Gilbert, Cole Goodwin, Connor Hicks, Demun Jones, Sons of Habit, Uncle Kracker [34]
August 9, 2026 Jason Aldean, Chase Matthew, Colton Bowlin, Danny Worship, Sadie Bass, Shenandoah, The Creekers, Treaty Oak Revival
August 28, 2026 Ocala Florida Horse Park Brooks & Dunn, Connor Hicks, Dalton Davis, Emmy Moyen, Lauren Alaina, McCoy Moore, Sadie Bass, Shenandoah [35]
August 29, 2026 Blake Shelton, Jon Pardi, Ashland Craft, Callie Prince, Fox N' Vead, Kenny Whitmire, Mark Chesnutt
September 11, 2026 Hamburg Erie County Fairgrounds Chris Janson, Cole Goodwin, Connor Hicks, Dalton Davis, Emmy Moyen, Hank Williams, Jr., Shenandoah, The Jack Wharff Band [36]
September 12, 2026 Kid Rock, Nelly, Callie Prince, Gavin Adcock, Josh Ross, Kenny Whitmire, Sadie Bass, Sons of Habit

Cancelled Dates

2026
Date City Venue Acts Reason ref.
July 25, 2026 Anderson Anderson Entertainment Center Creed, Brantley Gilbert, Gretchen Wilson, Morgan Wade, Lakeview, Hayden Blount, Highway Home, Connor Hicks, Mac Hankins and the Moonlighters Cancelled after numerous acts pulled out of the festival's stop [37]
July 26, 2026 Shinedown, Parmalee, Chase Matthew, Fox N' Vead, Neon Union, Bottomland, Eddie And The Getaway, Kenny Whitmire

See also

References

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