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C2C 2026: Zach Top, Keith Urban and Brooks & Dunn to headline UK country music festival

22 September 2025, 10:15 | Updated: 22 September 2025, 10:20

Country to Country 2026 headliners Brooks & Dunn, Zach Top and Keith Urban plus the C2C poster — Country to Country 2026 has announced its headline acts and more! Picture: Press Release

By Hannah Watkin

The lineup for Country to Country 2026 has been revealed!

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Zach Top, Keith Urban and Brooks & Dunn are Country to Country festival's 2026 headliners.

After teasing a lineup announcement was on the way last week, today (September 22) C2C revealed who would be taking to the UK country music festival's three main stages next spring.

Reigning ACM New Male Artist of the Year Zach Top; CMA, ACM and Grammy award-winner Keith Urban; and Country Music Hall of Famers Brooks & Dunn will all headline at London's The O2, Glasgow's The OVO Hydro and Belfast's The SSE Arena over the March 13-15 long weekend.

C2C 2026 lineup poster — The C2C 2026 lineup so far! Picture: Press Release

C2C 2026 will be Zach's first ever UK performance and Brooks & Dunn's first appearance in the UK since 2010. Meanwhile, Keith Urban is returning to the country music festival seven years after he last headlined.

Zach, Keith and Brooks & Dunn will be joined at C2C 2026 by festival fan favourites Scotty McCreery, Russell Dickerson and Drake Milligan, as well as recent breakout stars Bayker Blankenship, Kameron Marlowe, Ashley Cooke, Mackenzie Carpenter, Tyler Braden and Alana Springsteen.

Fellow rising stars Waylon Wyatt and Noeline Hoffmann will also be making their C2C debut in 2026.

Country to Country 2025 audiences enjoying the show. Picture: Anthony Mooney

More Country to Country 2026 artists will be announced later, with the CMA Spotlight Stage, Bluebird Cafe and CMA Songwriters Series all due to return for 2026.

After a record number of early bird tickets for C2C 2026 were sold in 2025, remaining tickets for Country to Country 2026 will go on sale from 10am on Friday, September 26, via: c2c-countrytocountry.com.