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Xroads 41 Rumors of 2026 Headliners

The Oshkosh concert Festival Xroads 41 hasn’t even been done a week and rumors of headliners next year are already making the rounds.
While the announcement isn’t considered set in stone due to contracts still being finalized, it was announced on the last day of this years event that country music stars Jason Aldean and Grammy Award-winning artist Lainey Wilson will be at next years event.
Aldean is a three-time winner of Academy of Country Musics “Entertainer of the Year”.
Since 2005, he’s released 11 albums and 40 singles with 26 of them hitting number-one on the country music charts.
Wilson has received nine Country Music Association Awards, including Entertainer of the Year in 2023. She’s also received a Grammy Award and sixteen Academy of Country Music Awards.
XRoads 41 announced numbers this week and say they had 41,500 people attending this year, blowing past last year’s attendance of 28,500 for their first year’s event.
XRoads 41 will take place August 6-8 and organizers are already offering a limited presale through August 15 with what they say are guaranteed lowest prices for 2026 tickets.