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Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Riley Green, More Perform At iHeartCountry Festival 2026

May 5, 2026/by Lorie Hollabaugh

iHeartCountry Festival 2026. Photo: Rick Kern for iHeartRadio

The iHeartCountry Festival returned to The Moody Center in Austin last Saturday, celebrating country’s hottest artists with performances from Luke Bryan, Kane Brown, Parker McCollum, Riley Green, Shaboozey and many more.

Kane Brown performs at iHeartCountry Festival 2026. Photo: Rick Kern for iHeartRadio

The festival was once again hosted by iHeartMedia’s nationally syndicated personality, Bobby Bones. McCollum kicked off the festival with his hits “What Kinda Man,” “Killing Me,” “Pretty Heart,” “Solid Country Gold,” “To Be Loved” and more. Among the highlights were Gretchen Wilson performing fan favorites “Here for the Party,” “All Jacked Up” and “Redneck Woman;” Lauren Alaina surprising the crowd by bringing out Chase Matthew to perform their song “All my Ex’s” and Russell Dickerson amping up the fans with hits like “Worth Your Wild,” “She Likes It,” “Blue Tacoma,” “Yours” and “Happen To Me.”

Brown got the crowd on their feet with “Like I Love Country Music,” “I Can Feel It,” “Bury Me in Georgia,” “Famous Friends,” “Miles On It” and more. Carly Pearce offered up hits like “Happy Now,” “Truck on Fire,” “What He Didn’t Do,” and thrilled the crowd when she brought out Green onstage for their song “If I Don’t Leave I’m Gonna Stay.”

Luke Bryan performs at iHeartCountry Festival 2026. Photo: Rick Kern for iHeartRadio

Bryan also rocked the iHeartCountry stage with his fan favorites “That’s My Kind of Night” and “Play It Again,” and brought out George Birge to perform their new song “Ride Ride Ride,” then wrapped the set with “Knockin’ Boots,” “Country On” and his classic “Country Girl (Shake It For Me).” Shaboozey had the crowd dancing to his songs “Last of My Kind,” “Amen,” “Good News” and “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Green closed out the 2026 festival, performing “Different ‘Round Here,” “There Was This Girl,” “I Wish Grandpas Never Died” and bringing out Pearce to sing “Don’t Mind If I Do.”

The Daytime Village at the iHeartCountry Festival also featured performances by Alaina, Birge, Matthew, RaeLynn and Josh Ross. Disney+ and Hulu livestreamed all of the performances, and the event also broadcast across iHeartCountry stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app on May 2.

Shaboozey performs at iHeartCountry Festival 2026. Photo: Rick Kern for iHeartRadio

Bobby Bones at iHeartCountry Festival 2026. Photo: Rick Kern for iHeartRadio

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Lorie Hollabaugh
Lorie Hollabaugh
Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.
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