{"id":520442,"date":"2026-11-06T09:36:21","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/520442\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T09:36:21","slug":"coastal-country-jam-will-return-to-huntington-beach-in-2027-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/520442\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastal Country Jam will return to Huntington Beach in 2027 \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a two-year hiatus, Coastal Country Jam<\/a> is heading back to where it all began, bringing Luke Bryan<\/a>, Megan Moroney, Thomas Rhett<\/a> and Parker McCollum to the sand in Huntington Beach on May 22-23, 2027.<\/p>\n

The two-day country music festival, produced by Activated Events, will return to Huntington Beach for the first time since 2019, this time taking over a new stretch of coastline just south of the Huntington Beach Pier. Bryan will headline Saturday alongside Rhett, while Moroney will close out Sunday with McCollum.<\/p>\n

Single-day and two-day passes will be available. Fans can register for presale access at coastalcountryjam.com<\/a>. Presale begins Thursday, Nov. 12, at 10 a.m., followed by the general public sale Friday, Nov. 13, at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019re also just really excited that after a two-year hiatus, we\u2019re bringing Coastal Country Jam<\/a> back, and then on top of that, we\u2019re bringing it back on the sand in Huntington Beach where it all began.\u201d Steve Thacher, founder and CEO of Activated Events, shared in a phone interview. \u201cSo I think the excitement level is really through the roof based on a lot of different factors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coastal Country Jam<\/a> first launched in 2016 on Huntington State Beach near Brookhurst Street and Pacific Coast Highway and held four editions there through 2019 before the pandemic interrupted its run. The festival later moved to Long Beach for events in 2023 and 2024.<\/p>\n

Thacher said the team spent considerable time working with the city of Huntington Beach to coordinate the new location, festival dates and surrounding hotel accommodations. Unlike its original home on the state beach, the 2027 edition will take place on the city beach, across from Pacific City.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been working with the city of Huntington Beach for quite a while to identify the right location, the right weekend, coordinate with hotels, like all the different elements that go into producing these things,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then once Luke and Megan were both available on that weekend, we just said, let\u2019s go for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lineup also marks the first appearances by Bryan and Moroney at an Activated Events festival.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Luke is just the perfect artist for a great beach party in Huntington Beach, and I think Megan is just, you know, she\u2019s on fire right now,\u201d Thacher said. \u201cShe\u2019s one of the hottest country artists out there. I think women are having a real moment in country music, and we\u2019re really proud to have her at the top of the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s lineup also includes Josh Ross, Ashley Cooke, Myles Morgan and Joe Peters. Sunday\u2019s performers include Avery Anna, Corey Kent, John Morgan, Colin Lynch and Presley Tennant.<\/p>\n

More than 20 artists are expected to perform across multiple stages throughout the weekend, including local Orange County country musicians. Thacher also confirmed that another major artist will be announced in early December.<\/p>\n

Beyond the music, the festival will feature barbecue demonstrations from Smoke Show pitmasters, the Belt Buckle Line Dancing Hall, mechanical bull riding, a cornhole tournament and several themed bars, including Ros\u00e9 Rodeo and the nonalcoholic On the Wagon mocktail bar.<\/p>\n

For Thacher, though, the biggest attraction remains the setting itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe music and the setting right on the sand, Huntington Beach, the Pacific Ocean in the backdrop, Catalina Island, the sunset,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s pretty magical in and of itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a two-year hiatus, Coastal Country Jam is heading back to where it all began, bringing Luke Bryan,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[7,2644,588,131,133,132,330,6998,28134,611,420],"class_list":["post-520442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-california","tag-concerts","tag-huntington-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news","tag-music","tag-music-concerts","tag-music-festivals","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}