{"id":277586,"date":"2026-05-03T23:15:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277586\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:15:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:15:30","slug":"country-artist-cole-swindell-to-headline-way-out-west-in-el-paso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/277586\/","title":{"rendered":"Country artist Cole Swindell to headline Way Out West in El Paso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">EL PASO, Texas (<a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:KTSM;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">KTSM<\/a>) \u2014 Multi-platinum country music star Cole Swindell is scheduled to headline the 10th annual Way Out West Country Music Festival in El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The festival will be held on Saturday, Sept. 26 at the El Paso Convention Center and surrounding streets in Downtown El Paso.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Swindell, who Rolling Stone has called \u201ca proven hit-maker,\u201d has established himself as one of country music\u2019s most successful songwriters, recording artists, and live performers over the past 12 years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Twelve of his 13 No. 1 singles have earned Platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, including three 3X Platinum hits \u2014 \u201cChillin\u2019 It,\u201d \u201cYou Should Be Here,\u201d and \u201cShe Had Me At Heads Carolina\u201d \u2014 and two 2X Platinum singles, \u201cAin\u2019t Worth The Whiskey\u201d and \u201cBreak Up In The End.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Celebrating its 10th year, the 2026 WOW Fest will feature performances on two stages with additional artist announcements coming this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis 10-year milestone is incredibly meaningful for all of us,\u201d said festival producer Gina Roe-Davis, owner of Rave Marketing and Events. \u201cWhat started as a vision to create a signature country music festival for our community has grown into one of the region\u2019s most anticipated annual celebrations. We\u2019re proud to be a locally owned and locally produced festival, and we\u2019re beyond excited to celebrate ten years of music, memories, and community with our fans this September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition to live music, WOW Fest offers a full day of festival attractions including a margarita contest, chili challenge, cornhole tournament, craft and retail vendors, and food.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pre-sale tickets will be available starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, May 5 for subscribers. The public on-sale launch will be at 10 a.m. on May 8. Tickets can be purchased at epwayoutwest.com, ticketmaster.com and the Plaza Theatre Box Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-yga=\"{\" ylinkelement=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) \u2014 Multi-platinum country music star Cole Swindell is scheduled to headline the 10th annual&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[102601,2172,8443,138,46949,140,139,102603,102602,43628,27],"class_list":["post-277586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-cole-swindell","tag-country-music","tag-downtown-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-convention-center","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-platinum-hits","tag-recording-industry-association-of-america","tag-rolling-stone","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}