Dwight Yoakam, Pam Tillis & Lorrie Morgan mic up for Red Ants Pants ‘18
The highly anticipated Red Ants Pants Music Festival, held annually in a working cow pasture on the Jackson Ranch just outside of White Sulphur Springs, is here again! The weekend of friends and fun returns Thursday through Sunday, July 26th–29th.
This year’s lineup features 21-time nominee and multiple Grammy Award winner, Dwight Yoakam. Yoakam has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide, and has 12 gold and 9 platinum or multi-platinum albums with five of those topping Billboard’s Country Albums chart and another 14 landing in the Top 10. Nearly 40 of Yoakam’s singles have charted on Billboard, with 14 peaking in the Top 10.
Country superstars Pam Tillis and Lorrie Morgan also are bringing their highly successful “Grits & Glamour Tour” to Red Ants Pants. Combined, Tillis and Morgan have recorded 28 top 10 hits, more than 18 million records sold, and 12 number one songs.
This year’s lineup will also include Shovels & Rope, which Rolling Stone included in their top country albums of the year, Steep Canyon Rangers, Junior Brown, Jim Lauderdale, Chancey Williams and the Younger Brothers Band, The Secret Sisters, HONEYHONEY, Lindi Ortega, Front Country, The Steel Woods, Ruby Boots, Shane Smith & The Saints, Supaman, and Wylie & the Wild West kicking things off during the Thursday night street dance in downtown White Sulphur.
This year’s side stage performances will include Band of Drifters, Bo DePeña, Chris Molitor, Jennifer Niceley, Katie Buxton, Larry Kiff, Lena Rich, The Lonesome Heroes, Matt Strachan and the Hoot Owls, The Nesters, Raina Wallace, Rocky Bottom, and Russ Chapman.
In its eighth year, the music festival benefits the Red Ants Pants Foundation, a nonprofit organization in support of women’s leadership, working farms and ranches, and rural communities. Held in a cow pasture on the Jackson Ranch, and surrounded by the Big Belt, Little Belt, and Castle Mountain ranges, the festival will bring in more than two dozen different artists performing on separate stages. The weekend-long, grassroots, honky-tonkin’ music festival brings in millions of dollars to the rural economy.
Red Ants Pants weekend passes are $145 in advance and $160 at the gate, while single day passes are $55 in advance and $60 at the gate. A limited number of VIP weekend passes are available for $500 – shaded seating with a great view and complimentary refreshments! Kids 12 and under are FREE for the music and camping, when accompanied by an adult.
Camping passes are an additional $25 per person for the entire weekend and are required for anyone camping in the Festival campground for one or more nights. If camping passes are purchased in advance, printed proof of purchase MUST be presented at the campground entrance. Cash only at campground entrance.
NEW this year: ticket purchasers can avoid credit card fees and support rural and small businesses by visiting Red Ants Pants hard ticket outlets. Visit www.redantspantsmusicfestival.com for further details about the 2018 performers, ticketing, camping passes, volunteering, and more. •
