Kid Rock and Nickelback Will Headline Festival

The traveling festival Rock the Country is expanding. Co-founder Kid Rock will headline the second iteration of the event with Nickelback in 11 cities across America between April and July 2025, up from seven cities during this year’s inaugural run. But it’s not just the lineup of country music acts or tour stops that’s expanding—it’s Rock’s definition of the event, too.

“It’s that simple, Rock The Country isn’t just a music festival, it’s a movement,” he said in a statement. “It’s a place for hard-working, God-fearing patriots to come together as one and celebrate freedom, music and the party of the year.”

Rock the Country will make stops in Livingston, Louisiana; Knoxville, Tennessee; York, Pennsylvania; Hastings, Michigan; Little Rock, Arkansas; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Poplar Bluff, Missouri; Ocala, Florida; Anderson, South Carolina; and Ashland, Kentucky. The Cullman, Alabama, stop on the run is branded Rock the South.

The lineup for each two-day event will vary by city. Participating artists include Hank Williams Jr., Lynyrd Skynyrd, Three Doors Down, Travis Tritt, Gavin Adcock, Tracy Lawrence, Treaty Oak Revival, Aaron Lewis and the Stateliners, Ella Langley, Upchurch, Diamond Rio, Ole 60, Little Texas and Hudson Westbrook .

Logan Crosby, Them Dirty Roses, Vincent Mason, Clay Walker, Ty Myers and Bayker Blakenship will also perform. A nineties-themed happy hour will feature performances from Shenandoah, Mark Chestnutt, Jo Dee Messina, Sammy Kershaw, Deana Carter, Afroman, Ying Yang Twins, Tone Loc and Dee Jay Silver.

“We’re really looking forward to hitting the road and visiting some great cities, especially places we’ve never played before,” Nickelback’s Michael Kroeger said in a statement. “There’s something special about connecting with fans in these communities and we’re ready to bring our best and really rock the country.”

The stage at Rock the Country 2024 was noticeably political: American flags galore, Trump 2024 merch galore, plus an introduction from Tucker Carlson and a headline performance from Jason Aldean. Donald Trump himself delivered a video message that appeared during Rock’s set. In it, he praised the Rock’s “hard-working, God-fearing rock & roll patriots” with an encouraging push to “Make America Rock Again.”

Rock has come to embrace his pro-Trump stance more and more over the years, something he has no qualms about now that the results of the 2024 presidential election have been called in favor of his candidate. “You think I like Trump because he’s a nice guy?” Rock told Rolling Stone earlier this year. “I do not choose a church’s deacon. That damn thing likes to win. He likes to cheat at his goddamn golf game. I want that guy on my team. I want the guy who says, ‘I’m going to fight you.’”

He added: “When I doubled it, I knew it could be career-ending. But I bet there were a lot of like-minded people out there.”