Country artist Tracy Lawrence, right, passes out barbequed turkey samples to fans gathered at Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse on the final day of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival at the Empire Polo Club in Indio on Sunday, April 27, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Guy Fieri has announced which stars will be participating in his cooking demos at the 2026 Stagecoach Country Music Festival.
Actor Billy Bob Thornton of “Landman,” rapper BigXthaPlug and Country Music Hall of Fame member Wynonna Judd are among the celebrities making food and handing it out to fans at the three-day event.
It will take place April 24-26 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
Fieri has his own stage at the festival adjoing a tent with several barbecue concessions. Attendees flock there for the chance to see stars up close and get free samples of what Fieri is cooking. He puts on the demos with a troupe of pitmasters, assistants.and often his own sons Hunter and Ryder.
The Food Network star announced this year’s lineup on Wednesday, March 4, in an Instagram post.
“Hope y’all are bringing your appetite this April,” he writes. “@GuyFieri’s Stagecoach Smokehouse is bringing more artist cooking demos and the best pitmasters around, so yeah … this party’s gonna be tasty.”
On Friday, April 24, his guests will be Nate Smith, Chase Rice and BigXthaPlug.
On Saturday, April 25, the guest stars will be Gavin Rossdale of Bush, Gavin Adcock, Billy Bob Thorton and Wynnona Judd
On Sunday, April 26, the guests will be Wyatt Flores and Brett Young.
The post didn’t provide any further details, but Fieri usually does two demos a day in the afternoon, before headliners start performing.
Thornton will be performing with his band, the Boxmasters, this year. He is also the star of “Landman,” a series by Taylor Sheridan of “Yellowstone” fame. Sheridan’s projects have been featured at Stagecoach in recent years.
Stagecoach follows the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, which will take place the two preceeding weekends at the same venue with the same producers.
Information: stagecoachfestival.com
Originally published at Fielding Buck