Absolute Radio Country's guide to C2C: Country to Country 2025

The annual Country to Country Festival is officially, and it's taking place this weekend (14th - 16 March)! Gearing up for another unforgettable edition, The Spotlight Stage artists and incredible headliners will bring us another epic weekend - with the line-up boasting names such as Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley and Cody Johnson. Adding to the fun, we've even a sprinkling of the likes of Shaboozey and Nate Smith to make it an unforgettable event.

The C2C festival brings together the finest country and roots artists from across the globe, giving us the unique opportunity to be immersed in the vibrant sounds of the country genre. Tt's fair to say C2C 2025 is a must-attend event for music lovers everywhere - so check out our guide on everything you need to know about the iconic UK festival — from dates, to locations, the line-up, tickets and more...

Who are the stage artists?

Guests will be able to enjoy a line-up of fantastic country hit-makers, as well as rising newcomers, on stages dotted throughout The O2 — alongside market traders, food stands, craft beers, The Bluebird Cafe and even a resident tattoo artist! This year's stage artists include:

Abbie Mac, Abby Anderson, Adrien Nunez, Alli Walker, Alyssa Bonagura, Bayker Blankenship, Caleb Lee Hutchinson, Callie Twisselman, CeCe, Chanel Yates, Charlie Worsham, Cory Marks, Danko, Dom Ellis, Drew Baldridge, Evan Bartels, First Time Flyers, Gareth, Gina Larner, Graham Barham, Harper O’Neill, Jade Helliwell, Jake Vaadeland, Janet Devlin, Jeff Cohen, Jess And The Bandits, Kaitlin Butts, Kashus Culpepper, Kassi Ashton, Kellie Loder, Kezia Gill, Kyle Daniel, Lanie Gardner, Mackenzie Carpenter, Maggie Antone, Max Mcnown, Meghan Patrick, Reyna Roberts, Tayler Holder, Tyler Halverson, Willow Avalon, Zach John King and Zach Meadows, as well as line dancing with Bea Burridge on Friday and Saturday.

What is Country to Country?

Country To Country is Europe's largest country music festival, of course! The annual festival brings together some of the biggest names in the country music genre - with huge shows being held across three cities in the UK - this year in London, Glasgow and Belfast. Offering a weekend-long celebration of wonderful country music, and bringing us some incredible live performances from huge artists, it's certainly a staple in any country fan's diary.

Originally, the multi-day festival was held in London in 2013, with 2014 seeing it expand dates to Dublin. Then, it expanded further in 2015, holding shows in Sweden and Norway, with 2019 then seeing dates in the Netherlands, Germany and Australia.

Where is Country To Country taking place in 2025?

This year, the world-famous Country To Country Festival is taking place at London’s The O2, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and Belfast’s SSE Arena.

And when is it happening?

The festival began on Friday 14th March 2025, lasting three days and finishing on Sunday 16th.

How can I get tickets for C2C?

Tickets to the incredible Country To Country Festival 2025 were available to buy from Absolute Radio Tickets. Both day and weekend tickets were available to purchase, and will be for the 2026 festival too!

Who is headlining C2C 2025?

This year will be another incredible year for C2C, with three huge headline acts announced, along with a line-up of amazing country artists.

Headliners in 2025 come in the form of Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley and Cody Johnson. Completing the rest of the line-up is the likes of returning favourites Nate Smith, 49 Winchester and Avery Anna, and rising stars Wyatt Flores and Tanner Adell. They will be joined by Dylan Gossett, Tyler Hubbard, Chayce Beckham, Shaboozey, Tucker Wetmore, The Castellows and Niko Moon, who are all making their C2C debut.

What about the Spotlight Stages?

The Spotlight Stage acts were revealed on 29th October 2024 for London and Glasgow - and it's fair to say they well and truly upped the ante!

The Spotlight Stage will welcome acts including Willow Avalon, Max McNown (London only), Bayker Blankenship, Drew Baldridge, Reyna Roberts (London only), Kezia Gill, Kassi Ashton, Kashus Culpepper (London only) and Harper O'Neill.

What line-up is performing where?

London, Friday 14th March / Belfast, Saturday March 15th / Glasgow, Sunday 16th March:

Lainey Wilson, Dylan Gossett, 49 Winchester, Tucker Wetmore, Wyatt Flores

Glasgow, Friday 14th / London, Saturday 15th / Belfast, Sunday 16th

Dierks Bentley, Tyler Hubbard, Chayce Beckham, Niko Moon, Tanner Adell

Belfast, Friday 14th / Glasgow, Saturday 15th / London, Sunday 16th

Cody Johnson, Nate Smith, Shaboozey, Avery Anna, The Castellows

Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley and Cody Johnson headliners

As they prepare to headline 2025’s Country To Country Festival, we’ve put together some handy guides so you can get to know Lainey Wilson, Dierks Bentley and Cody Johnson a bit better - with 2025 marking Cody’s inaugural C2C appearance.

Find out about their incredible rises to fame, their country music journeys, incredible albums and everything in between.

Everything you need to know about Lainey Wilson

Everything you need to know about Dierky Bentley

Everything you need to know about Cody Johnson

Travel and festival rules

Planning travel and accommodation arrangements in advance is strongly advised, as well as brushing up on the details about the specific venues hosting the festival - London’s O2 Arena, Glasgow’s OVO Hydro and Belfast’s SSE Arena - and C2C’s rules, regulations and FAQs to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience at C2C.

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What happened to the festival in 2021?

The famous Country To Country music festival was cancelled in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The festival, which had been held in venues across Europe since 2013, initially rescheduled their 2020 dates to 2021, however due to travel restrictions and bans on mass gatherings that were active at the time, the festival was unfortunately still unable to go ahead.

Prior to the dates being initially rescheduled, country stars Eric Church, Darius Rucker and Luke Combs were all announced as headliners. With the festival again being rescheduled in 2021, Country To Country shared a statement on their website reading:

‘Due to the complications of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the current restrictions on mass gatherings and international travel, we are sad to say that C2C will not be able to go ahead in March 2021 as planned.

‘In March of 2020, we could never have foreseen the extent of what has unfolded and the prospect that we would be without C2C for 2 years running was unthinkable. We are devastated that we are unable to deliver you the event that we all love.'

They continued to inform festival-goers that they were working on the 2022 event, with tickets remaining valid.

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