Country Calling announced its 2026 lineup on Thursday, setting up a two-day run at Ocean City Inlet in Ocean City, Maryland, on Oct. 2-3 with 26 artists across three beach and boardwalk stages. Tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday, April 23, at 11 a.m. local time, after an hour-long pre-sale.
Chris Stapleton, Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley, Rascal Flatts and Miranda Lambert are among the names on the bill, joined by Russell Dickerson, Brothers Osborne, Dustin Lynch, Charley Crockett and Kaitlin Butts. The festival is positioning country calling 2026 as another major draw for the Maryland shore, where the setting is part of the appeal as much as the music.
The lineup follows a strong reception for the 2025 edition, which Rockview Live described as a beach festival that blended “legendary icons,” “rowdy newcomers” and an “ocean-soaked atmosphere.” Its review said the weekend felt “whole” and argued that Country Calling was becoming “a tradition” rather than just another stop on the tour circuit.
That is the pressure on the 2026 edition: to turn a fast-growing festival into a fixed date on the country calendar. With Stapleton, Lambert and Wilson leading a bill that stretches across veterans and newer acts, Country Calling is making the case that Ocean City can host one of the genre’s defining late-season weekends.
