Outlaw Music Festival Background

Spearheaded by no less iconic a figure than 

Willie Nelson,

the Outlaw Music Festival started out in 2016 and turned into an annual shape-shifting celebration of roots-based music’s many forms. Dipping into rock, country, folk, blues and bluegrass, the festival has included Alison Krauss, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Tedeschi Trucks Band, Sturgill Simpson, Van Morrison, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Phil Lesh

Bob Dylan and Friends, Robert Plant & The Sensational Shape Shifters, Bonnie Raitt, Counting Crows and plenty more. The Outlaw Village that’s a part of each event date gives fans a chance to enjoy local foods and crafts and to commune with fellow music lovers while they’re not busy being bowled over by what’s happening onstage. Not every artist at The Outlaw Music Festival is American, but they’re all profoundly influenced by the many strands of music that make up the Americana tapestry.

&  John Mellencamp

Drew Baldridge was born in Patoka, Illinois on July 29, 1991. He began performing in local talent contests as a teenager, and moved to Nashville, Tennessee at age 18 to pursue a career in country music. Baldridge released a pair of extended plays digitally between 2014 and 2015. Later on, he released the single “Dance with Ya”, which was officially sent to radio and became his first chart entry on Country Airplay.

In 2019, Baldridge’s label Cold River closed. As a result, he founded his own label called Lyric Ridge in 2020. His first Lyric Ridge release, “She’s Somebody’s Daughter“, was a song he had originally cut on Cold River. Between 2023 and 2024, the song became a viral hit, and went on to become Baldridge’s first top-40 hit on the Billboard country charts.

Tyler Hubbard’s face and name are familiar – and his voice is a staple on country music radio. With 19 No. 1 singles, countless awards, and sold-out tours, Tyler Hubbard has already had a remarkable career as a performer and songwriter as one half of multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line, and now Hubbard is ready to release his first solo album.

 Hubbard’s debut solo single, “5 Foot 9,” which Billboard calls a “promising introduction to Hubbard’s solo music,” and MusicRow says is the “soundtrack song for summer,” has almost 90M global streams. The song quickly moved inside the Top 50 on the streaming chart in its first four weeks of release and is solidly inside the Top 15 at radio.

Special Guest – Alana Springsteen 

Brett Young in Concert

Riding the momentum of an incredible 2019, multi-platinum selling performer Brett Young shared details for his headlining The Chapters Tour. Hitting nearly 30 cities on the trek throughout the U.S. and Canada, Young brings his big stage presence beginning in January 2020 and featuring special guest Matt Ferranti.

With Special Guest 

Owen Riegling 

Two-time ACM New Female Vocalist nominee RaeLynn is continuing to redefine Country music with her gift for storytelling through songwriting, accented by a one-of-a-kind, electric personality. Her widely lauded debut album WILDHORSE – arrived at No. 1 on Billboard’s Country Albums Chart and Top 10 on Billboard’s All-Genre Albums Sales Chart – was recognized among the best Country albums of 2017 by Rolling Stone, UPROXX and Stereogum. With both GOLD-certified (“Love Triangle”) and PLATINUM-certified (“God Made Girls”) singles to her name, RaeLynn has racked up more than 450 MILLION total career streams. Most recently on Maren Morris’ GIRL: THE WORLD TOUR, she’s also joined Garth Brooks, Keith Urban, FGL, Kane Brown, Miranda Lambert and Blake Shelton on the road. With nearly 1.5 MILLION followers across her engaging online platforms, her star continues to rise after becoming the first Country face to represent the global beauty brand Too Faced. RaeLynn’s brand-new EP is set to release this spring via Round Here Records.

Jelly Roll went from selling mixtapes from his car to country music superstardom. After quietly releasing dozens of independent albums — some of them rap mixtapes, with features from Lil Wyte and Tech N9ne — the genre-defying artist scored his first Billboard Hot 100 hit in 2022 with the country-rock crossover single “Son of a Sinner,” from his major-label debut album Ballads of the Broken. The rapper-turned-country star from Nashville, Tennessee, blends hip-hop stylings with country vocals on ballads like 2020’s “Save Me” and cathartic anthems like 2023’s “NEED A FAVOR,” off his country music debut WHITSITTCHAPEL. 

With Special Guests:

ERNEST                         

 Shaboozey

Allie Colleen

As the winner NBC’s All-Star season of The Celebrity Apprentice in 2013, country artist Trace Adkins proved that his business acumen was as sharp as his songwriting skills. Shortly after winning the competition, Adkins released his first Christmas album The King’s Gift and hit the road with The Christmas Show tour, a full-out theatrical production featuring a 12-piece band and a Celtic vocal ensemble. Raised in Louisiana, Trace Adkins moved to Nashville in the early ’90s, making his debut in 1996 with Top 20 country hit “There’s a Girl In Texas.” Adkins would release a series of successful albums in the 2000’s, including the chart-topping Songs About Me in 2005 and Dangerous Man in 2006. He has recorded with such luminaries as Ronnie Milsap and Blake Shelton, and in 2009 he shared the stage with Martina McBride during their co-headlining Shine All Night tour, which generated millions in ticket sales. In live concert, Adkins showcases his raucous personality, Southern charm, and signature baritone twang, making him a favorite with country fans of all ages.

Kacey Musgraves is a seven-time Grammy-winning country artist from Golden, Texas. The singer-songwriter released her major-label debut, Same Trailer Different Park, in early 2013, which notched her first No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart and peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The album also won Musgraves her first Grammy Awards for Best Country Album and Best Country Song (for lead single “Merry Go ‘Round”) as well as a Best New Artist nomination. 

With Special Guests

Lord Huron   &     Nickel Creek