Muddy Roots
Music Festival2026
Independent and community built. Three days of muddy, loud, unfiltered roots music with free camping and free showers on the ranch.
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Independent and community built. Three days of muddy, loud, unfiltered roots music with free camping and free showers on the ranch.
Thursday Sept 3 Pre-Party: Jimmy "Duck" Holmes · James Leg · Matt Pless · Joe Buck Yourself · Sarah Slade and the Slow Burn · Strayhound
Every act on one piece of hand-drawn circus art. Print it, pin it, screenshot it. The full bill keeps growing right up to the gates.
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From Circle Jerks hardcore to Monolord doom, Shannon and the Clams soul to The Tillers folk, Muddy Roots has never picked a single lane. It picks honesty.
New names drop on the socials every week, each one hand-lettered into the same big-top frame. Watch the bill stack up.
Two stages run dusk to dawn. You can catch a sludge-metal trio, a Tejano cumbia set, and a back-porch bluegrass circle without ever leaving the grounds.
Free camping puts you steps from every stage, and free showers mean you can actually stay all three days.
Muddy Roots runs a food, donation, and info booth with Heart in Hand Critters Hollow Ranch and Rescue. Bring pet food, blankets, leashes, or feed and drop them at the booth.
It is the same ethos that built this thing: independent, hands-on, and looking out for the folks and critters around us.
September 4-5-6, 2026 • Gates Thursday Sept 3 for the pre-party
Want to sponsor, vend, or bring your booth to the ranch? Reach the crew at info@muddyroots.com.
Muddy Roots stays independent because the community funds it. Patreon members get presale access, behind-the-gate stories, exclusive merch, and a direct line to keeping this festival alive.
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Vinyl, tapes, and CDs from the artists who define the Muddy Roots sound. Independent pressings, no middlemen.
The Tennessee festival is the flagship. The family runs more gatherings through the year.
Muddy Roots presents shows between festivals. Catch the sound in a club near you.