From Sept. 11-16, the 19th annual AmericanaFest will fill venues all across town with dozens of concerts by top performers who you might classify as country, rock, soul or something else at a different time of the year. The initial lineup announcement back in April already had a heap of notable players on the docket, and today we're very pleased to give you an exclusive look at the complete list of artists slated to perform.
Several legendary players have been added to the list since we last checked in, including Candi Staton and Richard Thompson, both of whom have new albums on the way; John Prine, who released a characteristically phenomenal new record in April; and Rosanne Cash, who will receive the Spirit of Americana Free Speech Award alongside the category winners at the Honors and Awards concert and ceremony on Sept. 12. The great Amanda Shires is coming, as are both John Hiatt and Lilly Hiatt, Nicki Bluhm, Aaron Lee Tasjan ... and the list keeps going.
Check out the rundown below, and see the AmericanaFest website for information on conference registration (buying a registration is the only way currently that you can also buy tickets to the Honors and Awards show) and wristbands (which are $75). You can also purchase wristbands at Grimey's and The Groove.
AmericanaFest 2018 Full Lineup
* Ahi
* Animal Years
* Aaron Lee Tasjan
* Alejandro Escovedo
* Amanda Shires
* American Aquarium
* American Folk
* Amy Helm
* Amythyst Kiah
* Andrew Combs
* Arkansas Dave
* Ashley Monroe
* Asleep at the Wheel
* Austin Lucas
* Ben Hunter and Joe Seamons
* Birds of Chicago
* Birdtalker
* Blackfoot Gypsies
* Bobby Long
* Bones Owens
* Bottle Rockets
* Brandi and the Alexanders
* Brandy Clark
* Buddy Miller
* Buffalo Gospel
* Buxton
* Cordovas
* Caleb Caudle
* Candi Staton
* Carolina Story
* Carson McHone
* Catherine Britt
* Cedric Burnside
* Chance McCoy
* Charley Crockett
* Charlie Faye and the Fayettes
* Choir! Choir! Choir!
* Chris Gantry
* Chris Shiflett
* Courtney Hartman
* Courtney Marie Andrews
* Creamer
* Daddy
* Daniel Donato
* Darling West
* Dawn Landes
* Dead Horses
* Devon Gilfillian
* Dom Flemons
* Doug Seegers
* Drivin ’N Cryin
* Dylan Pratt
* Elise Davis
* Elizabeth Cook
* Emily Scott Robinson
* Erin Rae
* Esther Rose
* Fanny Lumsden
* Fantastic Negrito
* Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen
* Ghost of Paul Revere
* Great Peacock
* Greyhounds
* Guthrie Trapp
* Guy Davis
* H.C. McEntire
* Hyways
* Hayes Carll
* Hayley Thompson-King
* Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs
* Holly Macve
* Hymn For Her
* I'm With Her
* Ian Moore
* Ian Noe
* Ida Mae
* Israel Nash
* J2B2 (John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band)
* J.P. Harris
* Jackie Greene
* Jade Jackson
* Jaime Wyatt
* Jamie McLean Band
* Janiva Magness
* Jason Boland and the Stragglers
* Jason James
* Jedd Hughes
* Jeffrey Foucault
* Jeremy Pinnell
* Jerry Douglas
* Jill Andrews
* Jim Lauderdale
* Jim White
* Joe Purdy
* John Carter Cash
* John Craigie
* John Hiatt
* John Oates
* John Paul Keith
* John Prine and Friends
* John Smith
* Johnny Irion
* Josh Rennie-Hynes
* Kaia Kater
* Kathy Mattea
* Katie Pruitt
* Kelsey Waldon
* Kim Richey
* Kirby Brown
* Kristin Andreassen
* Kyle Daniel
* Leah Blevins
* Lee Ann Womack and Friends
* Lee Roy Parnell
* Lera Lynn
* Leslie Stevens
* Lilly Hiatt
* Lindsay Lou
* Liz Brasher
* Logan Ledger
* Lucie Silvas
* Lucky Lips
* Luke Winslow-King
* Lula Wiles
* Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear
* Mando Saenz
* Mandolin Orange
* Mandy Barnett
* Mary Gauthier
* Max Gomez
* McKenzie Lockhart
* Mike and the Moonpies
* Mike Farris
* Mindy Smith
* Mipso
* Molly Tuttle
* Mountain Heart
* My Politic
* Neighbor Lady
* New Reveille
* Nicholas Jamerson
* Nicki Bluhm
* Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
* Oliver Hazard
* Ordinary Elephant
* Paul Cauthen
* Peter Bradley Adams
* Peter Case
* Phil Cook
* Phil Madeira
* Pony Bradshaw
* Prinz Grizzley and His Beargaroos
* Rev. Sekou
* Richard Thompson
* River Whyless
* Robbie Fulks with Linda Gail Lewis
* Robby Hecht and Caroline Spence
* Romantica
* Ron Pope
* Rosanne Cash
* Ross Cooper
* Ruby Boots
* Ruen Brothers
* Ruston Kelly
* Szlachetka
* Sam Lewis
* Sam Morrow
* Samantha Fish
* Sarah Borges
* Sarah Siskind
* Scott Mulvahill
* Shemekia Copeland
* Shook Twins
* Sons of Bill
* Southern Avenue
* Sugaray Rayford Band
* Sunny War
* The Wandering Hearts
* Taylor Kingman
* The Americans
* The Band of Heathens
* The Black Lillies
* The Commonheart
* The Earls of Leicester
* The Josephines
* The Last Revel
* The Lone Bellow
* The McCrary Sisters
* The Milk Carton Kids
* The Nude Party
* The Reckless Electric
* The Small Glories
* The Suffers
* The War and Treaty
* The Watson Twins
* The Way Down Wanderers
* Them Coulee Boys
* Thomas Csorba
* Tim Bluhm
* Tom Freund
* Tommy Ash
* Tommy Emmanuel
* Town Mountain
* Treetop Flyers
* Tyler Childers
* Tyler Ramsey
* Tyrone Cotton
* Van William
* Vandoliers
* Walter Salas-Humara
* Whiskey Wolves of the West
* Whitehorse
* Will Hoge
* William Crighton
* William Fitzsimmons
* William Prince
* William the Conqueror
* Wood and Wire
* Worry Dolls
* Yola Carter
