Dust off your boots, country fans. It arrived much later than we expected, but our Stagecoach lineup is finally here.

Post Malone, Lainey Wilson and Cody Johnson will headline the Stagecoach country music festival April 24-26 in Indio.

All three have performed at the festival before and will be returning as headliners. This is Post Malone’s second time at Stagecoach since 2024 and follows his headlining performance at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2025. Wilson made her Stagecoach debut in 2022 on the tiny (former) Sirius XM Spotlight Stage and returned on the Mane Stage in 2023. Johnson’s last performance at Stagecoach was in 2022 on the Mane Stage.

Stagecoach 2026 Lineup Highlights

The full lineup poster is below:

Other highlights on the lineup include Bailey Zimmerman, Wynonna Judd, Riley Green, BigXthaPlug, Wyatt Flores and more. This year’s festival also includes ’90s alternative rock acts such as Third Eye Blind, Hootie & the Blowfish, Counting Crows, and The Wallflowers. Classic rock legends Journey, known for hits such as “Don’t Stop Believin'” and “Only the Young,” will also perform at Stagecoach.

Brooks & Dunn has a significant history with Stagecoach, having headlined during the inaugural event in 2007 and again in 2010 as part of the “Last Rodeo” tour. In 2023, the country icons returned to Stagecoach for the first time in 13 years, performing as the lead-in to headliner Chris Stapleton to a large crowd on the Mane Stage. Despite facing some technical difficulties, the duo’s 14-song set was one of the highlights of that year’s festival, ending with the song “Only In America,” which featured military personnel from different branches on stage with the band.

How to Get Stagecoach Tickets

Tickets go on sale at 11 a.m. local time on Thursday, Oct. 2. According to the festival’s Instagram post, “Lock in the lowest price and secure your spot for just $99 down at stagecoachfestival.com.”

Where Is Stagecoach?

The Stagecoach festival will yet again be hosted at the Empire Polo Club, the same location as the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in Indio, California.

What’s New at Stagecoach Festival?

New for 2026, Stagecoach is reviving the former Mustang tent and that stage, rather than the Palomino, will now host the late-night acts following the headliners. The “Late Night On Mustang” will feature Diplo, Pitbull, and Ludacris.

The festival is also teaming with Nashville’s Whiskey Jam to curate after-hours sets on the Palomino stage. For fans of the CBS music competition series “The Road,” the winner will perform on the Mane Stage during the festival, in addition to receiving a $250,000 cash prize and a recording contract from Country Road Records.

The Mayor of Flavortown, Guy Fieri, will be returning as a key attraction at the festival to the Stagecoach Smokehouse. Diplo’s HonkyTonk, a country disco tent featuring DJ performances, will return for its sixth year.

Stagecoach 2026 Lineup Hints

On Sept. 22, Stagecoach’s Instagram teased Zimmerman’s performance with a pickup truck driving through the desert, his initials mounted on its grille and the caption read, “All the way to Stagecoach.”

Goldenvoice also teased Ella Langley’s lineup slot on its Instagram Sept. 24 by posting an animation of a horse galloping through a field of wind turbines with her hit song “Weren’t For the Wind” playing in the background. Langley has never played Stagecoach.

This will be Zimmerman’s third performance at the festival since his Mane Stage debut in 2023. He returned the following year, announced his set was being cut short due to the weather, and stripped down to his underwear before running off the stage. During Luke Combs’ headlining set in 2025, Zimmerman made a special guest appearance to sing their duet, “Backup Plan.”

Who Were the Stagecoach 2025 Headliners?

This will be the first Stagecoach with a female headliner since Miranda Lambert’s hit-packed performance in 2024. There has been a sporadic pattern with women headlining the country festival. Artists such as Kacey Musgraves, Megan Moroney, and Kelsea Ballerini have been strong potential headliners in recent years, but have not been booked by Goldenvoice for unknown reasons.

In 2025, the Stagecoach headliners resembled a dude ranch, no pun intended. The all-male headlining lineup featured performances by Zach Bryan, Jelly Roll and Luke Combs.

Other performers on the lineup included Lana Del Rey, Backstreet Boys, Brothers Osbourne, Sturgill Simpson, Nelly, Ashley McBryde, Midland, Sammy Hagar and Indio native Abi Carter.

“Never did I think I’d be on stage following Lana Del Rey,” Bryan said during his Friday headlining set, nodding to the pop star who had finished her Palomino set just 15 minutes earlier.

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Brian Blueskye covers arts and entertainment for the Desert Sun. He can be reached at brian.blueskye@desertsun.com.
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