The Lumineers & The Chicks to Headline 2026 Zootown Music Festival

Zootown Music Festival will return to Missoula, Mont., next summer with a star-packed 2026 lineup and an expanded slate of outdoor activities that highlight the natural beauty surrounding the city. The festival will once again take at the Missoula Fairgrounds June 19 to 20.

This year’s bill features more than 20 artists, including headliners The Lumineers and The Chicks, as well as Tedeschi Trucks Band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Trampled By Turtles and The Head and The Heart.

Last year’s inaugural Zootown was widely embraced by locals and travelers, praised for its scenic setting in the valley where the Clark Fork, Blackfoot and Bitterroot rivers meet. That backdrop becomes even more integral in 2026 thanks to a renewed partnership with GuideTime, which will again offer half-day and full-day excursions before, after and during festival weekend.

More than 60% of the 2026 lineup will be performing in Montana for the first time. While The Chicks have played in the state, they haven’t done so in more than two decades. Montana holds a special place in the band’s history: “Wide Open Spaces,” which peaked at No. 41 on the Billboard Hot 100, was written by songwriter Susan Gibson while she was attending the University of Montana’s forestry school.

Pre-sale tickets for one-day and two-day passes go live Friday, Nov. 21, at 10 a.m. MT via the festival’s website, and are available to fans who attended the inaugural event or who are signed up for SMS updates. General onsale begins the same day at 1 p.m. MT.

According to a study by Zenith Economics, last year’s festival generated $9.1 million in net new economic activity within Missoula County, more than $400,000 in tax revenues for state and local governments and $3.3 million in new labor income. In total, Zootown supported the equivalent of 67 full-time jobs across the region.

See the festival’s lineup below: