The Long Road Festival returns for its seventh year on the August 2026 Bank Holiday weekend, August 27-30, at Stanford Hall in Leicestershire, and the latest round of additions makes an already compelling lineup genuinely exceptional.
Headlining the announcement is Emmylou Harris, a 14-time Grammy winner who will wrap her lauded European Farewell Tour at the festival, making this a genuinely historic moment for UK Americana fans. Steve Earle brings “Copperhead Road” back to the region for the first time since 2023, and breakout Canadian country sensation Josh Ross, known for his chart-topping collaboration with Akon on a countrified “Na Na Na,” brings current radio energy to the mix.
They join previously announced Saturday night headliner Bailey Zimmerman, making his first UK appearance in more than two years following a sold-out UK and European headline run in 2024. Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame member and multiple Grammy-winning legend Jim Lauderdale performs festival highlights from a decades-spanning career for the first time. Shakey Graves, The Felice Brothers, Uncle Lucius, Striking Matches, Oliver Hazard, and The 502s round out a lineup that spans indie grit, Southern soul, acoustic storytelling, and beach folk across six stages.
Rising stars Mia Kelly, Lily Fitts, Noah James, and Slow Motion Cowboys join alongside UK talent including Kezia Gill, Rose Betts, Trevor Moss & Hannah-Lou, and Liam Price, winner of the festival’s inaugural Homegrown Talent Contest in 2025. Friday and Sunday headliners are still to be announced.
Beyond the music, the festival this year debuts a full-scale on-site Red Dog Saloon Texas-style BBQ restaurant, adding a communal dining experience to an event already known for its immersive country lifestyle atmosphere, classic cars, line dancing, vintage funfair rides, and campfires.
Tickets across all categories are on sale now.