C2C 2025 FESTIVAL LINE UP REVEALED AS HEADLINERS ARE ANNOUNCED

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This morning (Monday 30th September on The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show) Country 2 Country Festival have announced their line up for the festival with Grammy award-winning, CMA award-winning and reigning CMA and ACM Entertainer of the Year Lainey Wilson, CMA award-winning and multi-platinum artist Dierks Bentley and CMA award-winning Cody Johnson who is making his C2C debut headlining between Friday 14th - Sunday 16th March with all three artists are headlining for the first time in their careers.

They are joined by further C2C debutants, Dylan Gossett, Tyler Hubbard, Chayce Beckham, Shaboozey, Tucker Wetmore and Niko Moon, as well as Nate Smith, 49 Winchester and Avery Anna who are returning but performing on the main stage for the first time after appearing on the spotlight stages in past years.

With C2C also consistently celebrated emerging talent in the genre with rising stars Wyatt Flores and Tanner Adell progressing from the festival stages to perform on the main stage, whilst neo-traditional trio The Castellows make their C2C debut.


“As Country Music continues to reach more fans around the world and achieve mainstream success in the U.K., we are more grateful than ever for the valuable role C2C has continued to play in developing audiences in the territory,” says Milly Olykan, CMA Vice President, International Relations and Development. “The festival continues to be an unforgettable moment in the year for fans, as well as a key opportunity for artists to gain exposure in the U.K. market. We are incredibly proud of our continued partnership with C2C, and of the success to date of Country Music in the U.K.”

‘It has been my great honour to host the main stage at Country to Country since the first ever festival in 2013,” says legendary broadcaster and Radio 2 presenter Bob Harris. “It has been incredible to watch it grow into the massive event it is today.  I cannot wait to meet up with this wonderful music community again and broadcast the atmosphere of this fabulous weekend to millions of listeners on Radio 2.” 

Helen Thomas, Head of Radio 2, said: “Radio 2’s commitment to specialist music is unrivalled in UK radio, and we’re proud that The Country Show, hosted by our very own Bob Harris, is home to the nation’s most popular country music programming. Radio 2 and C2C have been in partnership since the event’s launch in 2013, and it’s been heartening to watch it go from strength to strength, as the UK’s love for country grows stronger as the years go by. We can’t wait to broadcast from the 2025 event, as part of our mission to introduce our Radio 2 and BBC Sounds listeners to the best of both new and established country artists.”

The C2C Spotlight Stage, Bluebird Café and CMA Songwriters Series will also return, so watch out for news of the full line up in the coming months.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am on Friday 4th October and will be available from

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