Kelsea Ballerini's five albums have all reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart. (Photo courtesy of Kelsea Ballerini Facebook page)
Chart-topping singer-songwriter Kelsea Ballerini will be one of the headliners of the 2026 Barefoot Country Music Fest on the Wildwood beach.
Billed as the Northeast’s largest outdoor country music celebration, the multiday concert is set for June 18-21.
“Kelsea Ballerini is a Grammy-nominated superstar and one of the top female artists in country music. Our fans have been asking for this, and we’re excited to see her take the stage at Barefoot next summer,” Bob Durkin, of Southern Entertainment, said in a news release.
Since making history with her debut album, “The First Time,” Ballerini has become one of country music’s most influential voices. She was the only female country artist to reach No. 1 with the first three consecutive singles from a debut album, earning a Grammy nomination for best new artist.
Her catalog includes five albums that have all reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, including the platinum-certified “The First Time,” gold-certified “Unapologetically” and “Subject to Change,” as well as her 2020 companion albums “Kelsea and Ballerini.”
A four-time Grammy nominee and two-time ACM and CMA Award winner, Ballerini was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2019 as its youngest member in nearly a century.
Her new project, “Mount Pleasant,” is set to debut Nov. 14 and features six new songs, including the lead single “I Sit in Parks.”
Ballerini joins previously announced headliners Post Malone and Eric Church for the Barefoot Country Music Fest, with more star artists to be revealed soon, according to concert organizers.
Barefoot Country Music Fest has become a summer tradition in Wildwood, drawing tens of thousands of fans from across the U.S. and beyond for multiple sellouts in its first five years in the oceanfront backdrop.
Tickets for BCMF 2026 are on sale now at https://bcmf.com. The Black Friday Sale kicked off on Monday, Nov. 10.
For the latest updates and exclusive #BCMFHints, fans are encouraged to follow Barefoot Country Music Fest on Facebook, Instagram, X, and TikTok.
