This year turned out to be a truly wonderful year for real music, and the heat hasn’t been so unbearable that attendance was better than ever in 2025. Now, a few festivals did not make it for 2026 dates and some did not even happen in 2025. We know that it is indeed a saturated market with many options for a typical festival goer.
We keep track of a long list of underground and DIY festivals along with some that have mainstream acts into the mix, and many of them are loaded into the same area and all at the same time. Many people rely on different festivals each year, because it is a good way to see many artists together in one setting.
Musicfest At Steamboat Springs January 5th – 10th 2026
30A Songwriters Festival January 19th – 22nd 2026
Mile 0 Fest January 27th – 31st 2026
Winter Wonder Grass February 27th – March 1st, 2026
Luck Reunion Festival March 12th, 2026
Heart Of Texas Music Festival March 13th – 22nd 2026
Hot Rod Rock And Rumble March 21st – 22nd 2026
Suwaunee Spring Reunion March 20th – 23rd
Big Barn Dance Texas March 27th – 29th 2026
South By Southwest March 12th – 18th 2026
Chilifest Music Festival April 3rd – 4rth 2026
Winter Wonder Grass Colorado April 23rd – 25th 2026
Baltimore Old Time Music Festival April 17th – 18th, 2026
Two Step Inn April 18th – 19th, 2026
Old Settlers Music Festival April 17th – 19th, 2026
Wiggy-Thump-Festival April 20th – 23rd
Larry Joe Taylor Music Festival April 21st – 26th
National Cornbread Festival April 25th – 26th, 2026
High Water Festival April 26th – 27th
Merlefest April 23rd – 26th, 2026
Lone Star Smoke out April 24th – 26th, 2026
Rendezvous Music Festival April 3rd – 4th, 2026
Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend April 9th – 12th, 2026
Sun Sand And Soul April 23rd – 25th, 2026
Calf Fry May 1st – 3rd 2026
Beachlife Ranch May 2nd – 4th
Red Dirt Barbecue Fest May 9th, 2026
Big As Texas Music Festival May 9th – 11th
Lower Town Arts And Music May 8th – May 9th, 2026
Luck Reunion May 13th and 14th 2026
Motorcycles And Music Festival May 14th – 17th, 2026
Sleeping In the Woods May 15th – 17th, 2026
Tico Time Bluegrass Festival May 15th – 17th 2026
Freshgrass Bentonville May 15th – 17th, 2026
Kerrville Folk Festival May 22nd – June 8th
Sleeping In The Woods Songwriter May 15th – 17th, 2026
Roosterwalk May 21st – 24th, 2026
DelFest May 21st – 24th, 2026
Dark Star Jubilee May 23rd – 25th, 2026
Western Swing Out May 22nd – 25th, 2026
Railbird Music Festival May 30th – 31st, 2026
Ogden Music Festival May 29th – 31st, 2026
Palisade Music Festival June 5th – 7th, 2026
Texas Music Revolution June 5th – 6th, 2026
Chinook Fest June 19th -24th 2026
Tailgate N Tallboys June 12th – 15th 2026
Hog Farm Holiday June 20th – 22nd 2026
Sawtooth Valley Gathering June 19th – 22nd
Telluride Bluegrass Festival June 18th – 21st, 2026
Flatrock Bluegrass Jamboree June 22nd – 25th
Jackalope Jamboree June 26th – 28th
Cottonfest June 26th – 28th, 2026
Ten Mile Creek Revival June 27th – 29th
ROMP June 24th – 27th, 2026
Blue Ox Music Festival June 25th – 27th, 2026
Red wing Roots Music Festival June 20th – 22nd 2026
Summer Solstice indie June 23rd- 25th, 2026
Crowe Fest June 27th – 29th 2026
The Jenny Brooks Bluegrass Festival June 25th – 29th
Pickin’ On Picknic July 10th -19th
Winnipeg Folk Festival July 9th – 12th, 2026
Ruckus In The Boonies July 19th – 20th 2026
4848 Music Festival July 16th – 18th 2026
The Redwood Ramble July 7th – 20th
The Grey Fox Bluegrass Festival July 15th – 19th, 2026
The Bill Monroe Memorial Bluegrass Festival July 12th – 15th
The Windy City Smokeout July 10th – 12th, 2026
Under The Big Sky Music Festival July 18th – 20th
Master Musicians Festival July 17th – 18th 2026
The Summer Music Festival July 13th – 15th 2026
RockyGrass July 24th – 26th 2026
Nelsonville Music Festival July 20th – 27th
Headwaters Country Jam July 23rd – 25th 2026
Floydfest July 22nd – 26th, 2026
Red Ants Pants July 23rd – 26th, 2026
Pickathon July 30th – August 2nd, 2026
Rock The Rind July 31st – Aug 2nd, 2026
Boots And Hearts August 7th – 10th
The Neon Nights August 8th – 9th
Grand Targhee Bluegrass Festival August 8th – 10th
The Symco Hot Rod Weekender August 11th – 13th 2026
Hinterland July 31st – August 2nd 2026
HollerGirl Music Festival August 1st – 3rd
Podunk Bluegrass Festival August 6th – 9th 2026
Pickin’ In The Backwoods August 7th – 9th 2026
Fayetteville Roots Music Festival August 25th – 27th
Kaw River Roots August 21st – 23rd
Jackpine Jamboree August 28th – 31st
Manchester Music Festival August 28th – 30th
Earl Scruggs Memorial Music Festival Sept 1st – 3rd
Cavemen Music Festival Aug 28th – 31st
Alley Fest Kentucky August 29th – 31st
Bristol Rhythm And Roots September 11th – 13th
Park City Song Summit September 7th – 9th
Whiimydiddle September 5th – 6th 2025
Old Tone Music Festival September 4th – 7th
Festival Of The Horse September 6th – 8th
Unbroken Circle Music Festival September 4th – 6th
Walnut Valley September 17th – 21st
Bender Jamboree September 10th – 13th
Bourbon And Beyond September 11th – 14th
Annapolis Baygrass Music Festival September 20th – 21st
Boogie Down Festival September 11th – 13th
Pickin’ In The Pines September 12th – 14th
Americanafest September 9th – 13th
Baygrass Music Festival September 20th – 21st
Freshgrass North Adams September 19th – 21st
Whispering Beard September 25th – 27th
Mempho Music Festival October 3rd – 5th
Field And Stream Music Festival October 2nd – 4th
Pondstock At Lake Hedtke October 17th – 18th
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass October 2nd – 4th
Peacemaker Festival October 11th – 12th
Hillberry Harvest Moon Festival October 8th – 12th
3 Sisters Bluegrass Festival October 3rd – 4th
3 Sisters Bluegrass October 6th and 7th
River To Grow Music Festival October 3rd – 4th
ACL Festival October 3rd – 4th
Albino Skunk Music Festival October 1st – 4th
River Stomp Bluegrass Festival October 3rd – 5th 2025
Austin String Band Festival October 14th – 16th
The Moonshiners Ball October 9th – 11th
Country Calling Music Festival October 3rd – 5th
Bluegrass Island October 16th – 18th
Troubadour Festival November 7th – 8th
Moon Crush At Avett Moon November 7th – 9th
Appalachia On The Rocks IV November 28th
The Orange Blossom Revue December 1st – 3rd
