Country To Country festival returns to the UK this weekend (March 13-15) with dates in London, Glasgow and Belfast. Headliners include Zach Top, Keith Urban and Brooks & Dunn.

Ahead of this year’s edition of C2C, it’s been confirmed that the festival will take place at Manchester's AO Arena in March 2027. Full details of 2027’s line-up and venues will follow later in the year.

Promoted by SJM, the Manchester leg of the event will also spread across Manchester city centre, with artists performing at New Century Hall during the weekend, with more venues to be announced. Tickets will be available from 10am on Friday, March 20. 

The event will be supported by Manchester Accommodation BID, an initiative led by the city’s hotel and serviced apartment providers to help bring new events to Manchester and Salford.

It follows the first ever BRIT Awards in Manchester, which took place last month at Co-op Live and will return in 2027. The MOBO Awards will take place at the same venue on March 26.

Since its inaugural event in 2013 headlined by Tim McGraw and Carrie Underwood at The O2 in London, Country To Country has grown to a three-day multi-arena event with tens of thousands in attendance each year. 

PHOTO: Kaitlin Butts by Ruby Gaunt

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