Shaboozey, Randy Houser, Braxton Keith are also playing the annual festival, held for the first time on St. Pete Beach in Florida
The 2026 Country Thunder Florida festival is getting a new location. After last year’s three-day concert in Tampa, the fest is putting its boots directly in the sand about 25 miles southwest at the TradeWinds Resort on St. Pete Beach with a dynamic crop of headliners led by Gavin Adcock.
The pot-stirring Georgia singer and songwriter, who released the album Own Worst Enemy in August, tops the bill with co-headliners Zach Top and Kane Brown. Gretchen Wilson, the “Redneck Woman” hitmaker who has been serving as tour manager on Taylor Sheridan’s CBS reality competition The Road, is also on the bill, along with Randy Houser, one of country music’s most enduring country voices, and Shaboozey, who’s been on a roll with a string of collabs like “Took a Walk” (Stephen Wilson Jr.) and “Amen” (Jelly Roll).
Country Thunder CEO and president Troy Vollhoffer announced the lineup with Rolling Stone on Tuesday morning. Other performers include the genre-pushing Dasha, neo-traditionalist Braxton Keith, viral songwriter Elizabeth Nichols, and the country-folk fusion artist Max McNown. Cole Goodwin, Solon Holt, and Jay Webb round out the bill.
Set for May 8 through 10, Country Thunder Florida is the Country Thunder franchise’s first beachfront festival setting. Tickets for the weekend can be purchased here.
“Bringing Country Thunder to St. Pete Beach marks an exciting new era for our festival,” Vollhoffer said in a statement. “From the moment we first stepped onto the white sands at TradeWinds, we knew this was the perfect home for an elevated fan experience…. With the Gulf as our backdrop and Country music’s biggest artists on our stage, 2026 will be one for the books.”
