Jason Isbell Announces 2026 ShoalsFest

Official Announcement | Published: May 05, 2026 1:24 PM EDT

(The Oriel Company) Jason Isbell has announced the fifth edition of ShoalsFest, which will make its return to McFarland Park in Florence, Alabama on October 3 & 4, 2026. The two-day festival boasts a lineup of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Jeff Tweedy, S.G. Goodman, Willow Avalon & Steve Trash. Isbell will also perform with the Drive-By Truckers and perform their 2003 album Decoration Day in its entirety.

This year's Shoalsfest is proud to support the local effort to bring Nuçi's Space to the Shoals. Nuçi's Space is a registered 501(c) (3) nonprofit based in Athens, GA. Their mission is to prevent suicide.

With a focus on musicians, Nuçi's Space advocates for and helps to alleviate the suffering of those living with a brain illness and fights to end the stigma of mental illness. To accomplish their mission, Nuçi's Space maintains a health and resource center for musicians and offers programs and services in three main areas: Health & Wellness, Musicians Services, and Youth Support.

Some of these programs include access to low-cost professional counseling, suicide prevention training, and various support groups through their Health & Wellness programs. Their facility provides affordable rehearsal space, a recording studio, gear rental and sales, and a music venue to showcase local talent and support all musicians. Their Youth Support programs include an award-winning camp experience, Camp Amped, year-round programming, and the development of the next generation of aspiring musicians.

Muscle Shoals and the surrounding towns of Sheffield, Tuscumbia and Florence (collectively referred to as "The Shoals") had an immeasurable impact on popular music with what was dubbed the "Muscle Shoals Sound." Artists ranging from soul/gospel pioneers The Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Percy Sledge and Aretha Franklin, to contemporary/folk/rock artists of the day such as Paul Simon, The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart and Bob Dylan descended upon the unlikely "Hit Recording Capital of the World" to record at FAME Studios and Muscle Shoals Sound Studio where they made some of their most seminal recordings that changed the face of music.

Six-time Grammy Award-winner and area native Jason Isbell developed his guitar playing and his deep reverence for music history as a teenager working at FAME Studios and playing with local musicians and members of the studio's revered house band, The Swampers. Isbell once again teams up with his manager Traci Thomas and Outback Presents to bring this special event back to the place that has given him, and the world, so much.

Tickets for ShoalsFest will go on sale this Friday, May 8 at 10 am CT. Please visit shoalsfest.net for all ticketing details.