April 3, 2027 is circled on our calendar in permanent marker, and we have already started fielding questions from fans across Central Florida and beyond who want to know what the experience will look like. We put together this guide because planning a festival trip the right way is the difference between a good day…
Twelve songs. That is what Luke Bryan is bringing country fans when Signs drops on September 18, 2026, and after months of following every interview, radio session, and single release, we finally have the clearest possible picture of what his ninth studio album has in store. We have been paying close attention since he teased…
Picture it: the windows are down, the Florida heat is finally softening into something you can actually breathe through, and the playlist has to match the shift. That is exactly where the Sunset Country Fest editorial team found itself this week, building out what we have been calling our fall 2026 country rotation. We pulled…
Not every country music festival deserves your time, your money, or your weekend. We have been thinking hard about this as we plan Sunset Country Fest 2027, and the more we discuss what we want to create in Apopka, Florida on April 3, 2027, the clearer the list becomes. There are specific elements that separate…
Four Billboard charts. One guitar legend away from country radio for fifteen years. We pulled up the weekly Billboard Country Airplay rankings this week and found something we had not seen in a long time: John Mayer's name on a country chart. "Phone, Keys, Wallet," the new single from Lainey Wilson featuring Mayer on guitar,…
Stagecoach has Coachella Valley. CMA Fest has downtown Nashville. Both events have become synonymous with their geography, their culture, and the singular experience they promise to country fans who plan their entire year around a weekend of live music. We have been watching this pattern for years here at Sunset Country Fest and asking one…
September 10 is circled on our calendar in permanent marker, and honestly, we have been thinking about it since the moment CMA confirmed the date. That is when the nominations for the 60th Annual CMA Awards drop, setting the stage for what promises to be the most watched night in country music come November 18…
September 17 is marked in bold on our team's country music calendar, and if you love traditional honky-tonk, it should be on yours too. That is the date Jon Pardi launches his Gamblin' Man Tour 2026, a 19-date trek through arenas and amphitheaters running through November 14. We have been tracking this announcement since MusicRow…
We have been putting this guide together for months now, and we think the timing is finally right. With 212 days until Sunset Country Fest 2027, fans from across Central Florida and well beyond it are starting to ask the questions that matter most: Where do we stay? What is there to do in Apopka…
1.5 billion global streams. Back-to-back sold-out nights at Billy Bob's Texas in Fort Worth before the tour even settled into its stride. An ACM New Male Artist of the Year nomination earned in fewer than two years of releasing original music. We have been tracking Hudson Westbrook's rise all year here at Sunset Country Fest,…
Nineteen weeks. That is the number we stared at when the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart landed in our feed this week, and we had to read it twice to believe what we were seeing. Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" has done something no country song, no pop smash, and no viral phenomenon has ever managed:…
120 million. That is how many TikTok views "You Ain't Gotta Die (To Be Dead to Me)" collected after country singer Avery Anna posted a lip-sync in May 2025. The song belongs to Oklahoma artist Kaitlin Butts, who had spent years releasing music that her core fans loved and the wider industry mostly overlooked. That…