Rodeo Austin Announces Impressive 2026 Lineup
Rodeo Austin is always good for a few really solid country acts on the lineup each year, even if it traditionally completes with SXSW (South By Southwest) that also happens in A-town the same week. But in 2026, SXSW is featuring a strange, truncated schedule, and Rodeo Austin has really stepped up to help feature some of the best in independent country music.
49 Winchester, Shane Smith and the Saints, Wyatt Flores, Flatland Cavalry, Randall King, Anne Wilson, William Clark Green—and despite his recent single with Marshmello—Hudson Westbrook are some of the names worth checking out in 2026. Rodeo Austin also has a strong lineup of country legends this year, including Clint Black, Tanya Tucker, and Diamond Rio. Aaron Watson and Midland also help round out the lineup, along with (*cough*) Eli Young Band, and a couple of cool Latin bands too.
It’s Rodeo Houston that’s the massive Texas rodeo that commands the biggest stage and has the biggest national impact, and they have a few good names like The Red Clay Strays, Cody Johnson, and Cross Canadian Ragweed in 2026.
But frankly, Rodeo Austin has a much better lineup this year since it’s not weighted down by Luke Bryan, Russell Dickerson, Rascal Flatts, and Shaboozey. And the Travis County Expo Center is a much more manageable place to see one of your favorite artists as opposed to Houston’s football stadium.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 23rd at rodeoaustin/tickets.
2026 Rodeo Austin Lineup
- Friday, March 13 – Eli Young Band
- Saturday, March 14 – 49 Winchester
- Sunday, March 15 – La Original Banda El Limon
- Monday, March 16 – Hudson Westbrook
- Tuesday, March 17 – Shane Smith and the Saints
- Wednesday, March 18 – Midland
- Thursday, March 19 – Anne Wilson
- Friday, March 20 – William Clark Green
- Saturday, March 21 – Randall King
- Sunday, March 22 – Los Invasores De Nuevo Leon
- Monday, March 23 – Diamond Rio
- Tuesday, March 24 – Clint Black
- Wednesday, March 25 – Wyatt Flores
- Thursday, March 26 – Flatland Cavalry
- Friday, March 27 – Tanya Tucker
- Saturday, March 28 – Aaron Watson
January 21, 2026 @ 8:03 pm
What’s wrong with Eli young band lol
January 21, 2026 @ 8:29 pm
It’s disappointing the Denver Stock Show and Rodeo can’t get something like this going. The fiddling competition was good but no one seemed to care.
January 24, 2026 @ 4:39 am
20 years ago when I was a senior in high school our FFA chapter took the cross country trip on bus from Ohio, to Denver for the stock and Rodeo shows. It was fun and very mild I remember, around 70 degrees that year in Denver. We did see a concert while there I think, but can’t remember it was.
There was a snow storm going on in Ohio when we were driving back home and then bus broke down on I-71. They had to send another bus to come get us.
Going back to Denver and maybe checking out Telluride and the Rockies again is on my bucket list someday
January 22, 2026 @ 4:48 am
Wyatt… Rosie Flores’ son, grandson or something?
January 22, 2026 @ 8:21 am
No. But Rosie and Wyatt are both great.
January 22, 2026 @ 9:40 am
Lol the fact that you had to put down Houstons Rodeo to write this piece about ATX Rodeo and it will still never compare! Do better news publisher! It’s not a good look for the city nor for the event!
January 22, 2026 @ 9:43 am
Nobody “had” to put down Rodeo Houston to publish this. If Rodeo Houston doesn’t want to be put down, quit selling out to Nashville talent, and book more local/regional talent, and better talent overall like Rodeo Austin did this year. Nashville isn’t going to go out of its way to feature Texas talent, so why is the biggest stage in Texas doing so? As said in the article, there are some good names on Rodeo Houston this year. There are also so super lame ones.
January 26, 2026 @ 8:54 am
Been a HLSR “parishioner” and committee member for many years now and the bottom line is its been the last four or five years the HLSR has actually had lineups worth discussing. The rodeo by far is amazing but the concerts are trash year in and year out. I honestly can’t believe anyone at all defends this show. Nevermind the fact NRG sucks for shows unless you’re on the floor.
January 23, 2026 @ 5:24 am
Saw nothing but Pop Cointry acts with the exception of a few true country acts along the way. Someone ruined good Country music along the way and it seems like everyone just ignored it. If you can’t dance to it, its not Country!
January 23, 2026 @ 6:36 am
I wish hoping to see The Chicks on the list.
January 23, 2026 @ 5:50 pm
San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo did a good job this year too. Droptines, Pat Green, REK, 49 Winchester, Shane Smith (finals). There’s some other not so stellar stuff, but a big improvement from a few years ago.
January 23, 2026 @ 6:22 pm
I kind of lost track of EYB after about 2014. They kind of are to country to me what OAR was to the jam band scene of the early 2000’s. Not quite talented enough to hang in their respective scenes, so moved more mainstream and cashed in on name recognition. Catchy tunes, but nothing I would go out of my way to see.