Morgan Wallen, Ella Langley and Kings of Leon Top 2027 Sand in My Boots Lineup; Passes Start at $676.87

GULF SHORES, Ala. — The wait for one of the Gulf Coast’s most closely watched concert announcements ended Monday, when organizers released the full lineup for the return of Morgan Wallen’s Sand in My Boots festival to the beach in Gulf Shores.

Wallen, who curates the event, will headline May 21-23, 2027, alongside Alabama native Ella Langley and rock band Kings of Leon. The bill also includes Kygo, Empire of the Sun, Nelly, Flo Rida, Koe Wetzel, Cole Swindell, Third Eye Blind, Gucci Mane and Rick Ross.

The announcement also brought the numbers many fans were waiting to see. Three-day general admission passes start at $676.87, with taxes and beach restoration fees included, and the top-tier package runs $7,698.90. Local residents get the first chance to buy on Thursday, Nov. 5, ahead of the public sale on Friday, Nov. 6.

The lineup carries special weight in Gulf Shores. The festival sat out 2026 after city leaders and organizers failed to reach an agreement, and Mayor Robert Craft has said the 2027 bill would help inform whether he proposes letting the event continue beyond next year.

The full 2027 lineup

Organizers describe the lineup as personally curated by Wallen. It leans heavily toward country, with substantial hip-hop, electronic and rock representation. The acts, grouped by genre as organizers presented them, are:

• Headliners: Morgan Wallen, Kings of Leon and Ella Langley
• Country: Koe Wetzel, Cole Swindell, Avery Anna, Midland, Gavin Adcock, Kameron Marlowe, Hudson Westbrook, Kashus Culpepper, Carter Faith, Corey Kent, Vincent Mason, Zach John King, Waylon Wyatt, Blake Whiten, Corey Smith, Jason Scott & The High Heat, Jacob Hackworth, Kenny Whitmire and Phil Kane
• Hip-hop: Nelly, Gucci Mane, Rick Ross, Juicy J, Project Pat, Ying Yang Twins and Flo Rida
• Electronic and alternative rock: Kygo, Empire of the Sun, Girl Talk and Third Eye Blind

A full three-day performance schedule is expected closer to the festival.

Who is headlining

Wallen and AEG Presents announced the bill together. According to the festival’s announcement, Wallen has earned 23 No. 1 singles at country radio and has spent more than 225 weeks at No. 1 on the national Top Country Albums chart, the most in country music history. His fourth studio album, “I’m The Problem,” debuted at No. 1 and produced seven No. 1 country radio singles, and he recently completed his sold-out, 23-stadium Still The Problem Tour.

“One thing I’m looking forward to the most about bringing Sand In My Boots Festival back is being able to have new concepts on stage and trying to elevate the experience overall for the fans, myself and other artists on the bill,” Wallen said. “I think it’s going to be really top-notch and we’re going to try to do it even better this time.”

Langley, a native of Hope Hull, Alabama, played the inaugural festival in 2025 and returns as a headliner after a breakout stretch. Her single “Choosin’ Texas” has spent 25 weeks and counting at No. 1, a record run on the national singles chart.

Kings of Leon bring a catalog of 10 studio albums, including the forthcoming “O My Beloved,” which is scheduled for release this week.

What passes cost

All passes are three-day weekend passes; organizers are not selling single-day tickets. Prices listed on the festival website include taxes and beach restoration fees:

• General admission: $676.87
• Party Pit: $1,354.87
• VIP: $2,484.87
• Super VIP: $3,614.87
• Livin’ the Dream: $7,698.90

For comparison, 2025 general admission tickets were $399 before taxes and fees. Party Pit passes were $899 plus fees, while VIP passes started at $1,699, Super VIP at $2,499 and Livin’ the Dream at $4,999, each plus fees. Because the 2025 prices exclude those charges and the 2027 prices include them, the two sets of figures are not a precise one-to-one comparison.

Hotel packages that include festival passes and shuttle transportation went on sale Friday, and on-site accommodations are also being offered.

How the local presale works

General sales open at 10 a.m. Central on Friday, Nov. 6, and anyone interested can register for access on the festival website. The local presale runs from 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 5, until 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 6.

To qualify, a buyer must live in an eligible ZIP code, and the billing ZIP code tied to the payment method must match. Orders that do not match will not be processed. The eligible ZIP codes are:

32501, 32502, 32503, 32504, 32505, 32506, 32507, 32508, 32509, 32511, 32514, 32526, 32533, 32534, 32561, 32563, 32568, 32577, 36505, 36507, 36509, 36511, 36523, 36525, 36526, 36527, 36528, 36530, 36532, 36535, 36542, 36544, 36549, 36551, 36555, 36559, 36561, 36564, 36567, 36568, 36571, 36572, 36574, 36575, 36576, 36578, 36580, 36582, 36602, 36603, 36604, 36605, 36606, 36607, 36608, 36609, 36610, 36611, 36612, 36613, 36615, 36617, 36618, 36619, 36688, 36693 and 36695.

Why the 2027 lineup matters to Gulf Shores

Sand in My Boots replaced Hangout Fest, the festival that made its name on the Gulf Shores beach beginning in 2010. It debuted in May 2025 as a rebranded, more family-friendly and country-themed event, and it sold out with 40,000 tickets. The company staging the event and those attending spent more than $4 million combined, according to figures reported at the time, and the city collected more than $2 million in taxes and fees.

Even so, a contract extension that would have allowed a 2026 festival never materialized. Mayor Craft has said that residents raised concerns about noise, waste, traffic and quality of life, and that the City Council’s negotiations with organizers ended with a requirement for council approval of acts and genres. Craft said the event could return as long as the lineup was acceptable to city leaders and close to that of 2025.

The 2027 bill closely resembles the 2025 festival’s makeup, with alternative, rock and country acts prominent alongside hip-hop. Craft did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday morning.

What people are saying

Reaction around town on Monday was enthusiastic about the music, if more divided about the price.

“I haven’t been before, but I think I’ll probably be able to go this year,” Epsie Dorman said. “I’m going to ask for tickets for Christmas.” Dorman said she was “thrilled” with the lineup and named Wallen, Kings of Leon and Empire of the Sun among her favorites.

Rocco Freer was drawn to the range of the bill, from Girl Talk to Project Pat. “There’s rap, rock and country from, like, the 90s all the way up to now, and really does look like a good time,” Freer said.

Amanda Cruse said the mix of genres should appeal broadly. “I think it’s good to have a combination of different genres, in my opinion; that way it just satisfies everybody in the community,” she said. The top-tier pass, though, was another matter. “That’s not worth it for me personally. But maybe to others that would be,” Cruse said.

Freer disagreed. “Money’s not really an object if you’re going to have that much fun,” he said.

Support for school music and sports programs

Organizers said the festival will support youth sports and music programs through the Morgan Wallen Foundation. In 2025, the foundation donated more than $200,000 in instruments to five Alabama schools, and its Tour Give Back initiative has contributed more than $2 million in instruments to schools in U.S. touring cities.