BLUE OX MUSIC FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS COMPLETE DAILY ARTIST LINEUP FOR 2026
The 12th annual Blue Ox Music Festival takes place June 25, 26, 27, 2026 at The Pines Music Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Featuring three days of music and camping nestled within 140 beautiful acres, amongst the tall trees and rolling hills at The Pines Music Park – with a genre-bending, electrifying, artist lineup.
*Thursday, June 25, 2026*
Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country
Shadowgrass • Etran De L’aïr • Bronwyn Keith-Hynes
Wild Horses • The Big Wu • Johnny Mullenax
Abby Webster • Fabrizio • Roe Family Singers
*Friday, June 26, 2026*
Charley Crockett • The Dead South
Sierra Hull • Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires
Folk Bitch Trio • Horseshoes & Hand Grenades • The Steel Wheels
Pert Near Sandstone • Chicken Wire Empire • Maygen & The Birdwatcher
The Spooklights • Art Stevenson & High Water • The Milbillies • Moonshroom
Gin Mill Hollow • North Fork Crossing • Sprig Of That • Hemma
*Saturday, June 27, 2026*
Marcus King Band • Kurt Vile & The Violators
I’m With Her • Valerie June • Pert Near Sandstone
Them Coulee Boys • Magoo • Silverada • The Lowest Pair
Hogslop String Band • The Mighty Pines • Molly Brandt
The Pistol Whippin Party Penguins • Mooncats • Clay Fulton & The Lost Forty
Corpse Reviver • Stony River • Virtual Band Competition Winner
Pert Near Sandstone will host Blue Ox Music Festival, as well as performing two nights.
Tickets are on-sale now at BlueOxMusicFestival.com
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EAU CLAIRE, Wisconsin—February 10, 2026—The late winter light is changing, as we gain more sunshine each day. Thoughts of spring and early summer returning to us abound, as we look forward to Blue Ox Music Festival putting together a diverse and distinctive artist lineup for its 12th year. The festival announces its complete daily artist lineup with 45 genre weaving acts across three unique stages—Main, Saloon and Backwoods. Taking place on June 25, 26, 27, 2026—the festival welcomes the annual pilgrimage of top bluegrass, Americana, roots, and folk artists, and their loyal music fans, who return to the tall shady trees and rolling grassy hills of The Pines Music Park in the Northwoods of Wisconsin.
Blue Ox Music Festival boasts three days of spectacular music and camping with a lineup of heavy hitters— Charley Crockett, Marcus King Band, The Dead South, Kurt Vile & The Violators, I’m With Her, Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Sierra Hull, Valerie June, Shadowgrass, Dom Flemons & The Traveling Wildfires, Etran de l’Aïr, Bronwyn Keith-Hynes, Them Coulee Boys, Folk Bitch Trio, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, Magoo, Silverada, The Lowest Pair, The Steel Wheels, Hogslop String Band, Wild Horses, The Big Wu, Chicken Wire Empire, Abby Webster, Johnny Mullenax, The Mighty Pines, Fabrizio, Maygen & The Birdwatcher, The Spooklights, Roe Family Singers, Art Stevenson & High Water, Molly Brandt, The Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins, The Milbillies, Moonshroom, Mooncats, Gin Mill Hollow, Clay Fulton & The Lost Forty, North Fork Crossing, Sprig of That, Hemma, Corpse Reviver, and Stony River.
Pert Near Sandstone will host the Blue Ox Music Festival for the 12th season, in addition to performing for two nights.
Blue Ox Music Festival has opened its Virtual Band Competition submissions, calling on all rising stars and emerging artists for a chance to perform on the Backwoods Stage this June 27, 2026. The deadline for artist submissions is March 4, at 11:59PM CT. From there, public adoring fan voting commences on March 11, and closes on March 21, at 11:59PM CT. For more information on how to enter the Blue Ox Virtual Band Competition, visit www.blueoxmusicfestival.com/2026/02/2026-virtual-band-competition/
Blue Ox Music Festival is excited to announce its complete Backwoods Stage artists, who captivate and celebrate the phenomenal music scene. On Friday, June 26, fans can experience Moonshroom, Gin Mill Hollow, North Fork Crossing, Sprig Of That, and Eau Claire native, Hemma. With Mooncats, Clay Fulton & The Lost Forty, Corpse Reviver, Stony River, and the Virtual Band Competition Winner all performing on Saturday, June 27. The late night jam sessions continue the musical party on the Backwoods Stage welcoming Magoo, The Big Wu, The Spooklights, The Pistol Whippin’ Party Penguins and The MilBillies to the Blue Ox 2026 lineup.
Blue Ox creates and fosters an inclusive sense of artistic community and has become a cornerstone of the cultural renaissance movement in the Eau Claire area. Blue Ox Music Festival at The Pines Music Park boasts 155 acres of pristine forest, walkable trails and green landscaped lawn with music presented across three distinct stages – Main Stage, Saloon Stage, Backwoods Stage.
Since its premiere in the summer of 2015, Blue Ox Music Festival has consistently brought together a lineup of top level regional and national acts that have set the stage and standard of artists for the true music festival fan’s experience. With the vision of an intimate music and camping experience focused on bluegrass, folk, and Americana roots genres, the 3-day festival creates a unique experience with an impressive lineup of notable artists, in a familial and beautiful outdoor venue setting.
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