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\n\tAfter spending their 2025 reunion headlining a series of stadium shows, Cross Canadian Ragweed<\/a> will kick off 2026 as a festival band. Rolling Stone has confirmed that the Red Dirt outfit will join the lineup at Mile 0 Fest<\/a>, scheduled from Jan. 27 through 31 in Key West, Florida.<\/p>\n \n\tBefore Ragweed officially ended a 15-year hiatus with four sold-out shows last April at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the group played a teaser set<\/a> at the 2025 installment of Mile 0. Cody Canada, the group\u2019s frontman, tells Rolling Stone that the frenzy that followed led the band to push for an official slot in January\u2019s festival.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cLast year at Mile 0 was our first time together on stage in 16 years,\u201d Canada says. \u201cWith the fantastic year we had in \u201925, it seemed like we should do it again. Mile 0 kind of became our good luck charm, and we\u2019re looking forward to seeing old friends.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRagweed will join a lineup that already features top-line artists Stephen Wilson Jr., Randy Rogers Band, Shane Smith and the Saints, and Kaitlin Butts. The Departed \u2014 the three-piece that Canada has fronted since Ragweed\u2019s 2010 break \u2014 will also feature on the festival\u2019s main stage, as it has each of the previous eight installments.<\/p>\n \n\tThe centerpiece of Mile 0 is the 3,500-capacity Coffee Butler Amphitheater in Key West, and the festival has a history of bringing high-profile artists along. Since its start in 2018, Mile 0 headliners have included Tyler Childers, Whiskey Myers, the Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, and Cody Jinks.<\/p>\n \n\tFestival director Kyle Carter is a native Oklahoman and childhood friend of Cody Canada. Carter tells Rolling Stone the band approached him about joining the upcoming lineup in late September and have spent the time since working through booking and logistics.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAfter that long of pent-up demand, we got to see what this band\u2019s real value is last year,\u201d Carter says. \u201cThese are the types of shows that are in stadiums, so the idea that we\u2019re going to get them on a two-by-four mile island at the southernmost point in the United States, at a show that only really handles 3,500 people or so, it\u2019s pretty spectacular. Our fans know that we try to do something really special each year, and I think this will be the most special one we\u2019ve pulled off.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRagweed has already announced two more Boys From Oklahoma concerts, co-headlined by the Turnpike Troubadours, in 2026: An April return to Stillwater<\/a> and an August showcase<\/a> at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln\u2019s towering Memorial Stadium. April\u2019s lineup also includes Wyatt Flores, Shane Smith and the Saints, and the Great Divide. The Nebraska show will feature Cody Jinks, Flatland Cavalry, and American Aquarium.<\/p>\n