Who’s ready for “The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2?”
The presale for tickets to the spring 2026 Stillwater edition of “The Boys from Oklahoma” at Oklahoma State University’s Boone Pickens Stadium is set for noon Friday, Sept. 5, but fans will need to register in advance for a presale access code.
Recently reunited Red Dirt band Cross Canadian Ragweed and co-headliners and fellow Oklahoma Music Hall of Famers Turnpike Troubadours confirmed earlier this week that they will play an encore in Stillwater, the birthplace of Red Dirt music, on April 11, 2026.
As previously reported, the bands teased next year’s Stillwater “repeat performance” last weekend during their Saturday, Aug. 23, sold-out “The Boys from Oklahoma Texas Encore” in Waco.
Along with Cross Canadian Ragweed and the Turnpike Troubadours, Oklahoma Music Hall of Famers The Great Divide will return for the April 11, 2026, “The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2” at Boone Pickens Stadium.
Cody Canada of Cross Canadian Ragweed introduces Waves In April on April 10 outside Boone Pickens Stadium before “The Boys from Oklahoma” concert in Stillwater.
The OSU 2026 lineup also is set to include rising Red Dirt star and Stillwater native Wyatt Flores, who performed as a special guest on Night 3 of this year’s Boone Pickens Stadium showcase, and Austin, Texas-based band Shane Smith and the Saints, who played last weekend’s “The Boys from Oklahoma Texas Encore.” Baylor officials called that concert the “biggest non-football event in McLane Stadium history.”
Due to overwhelming demand, the initial “Boys from Oklahoma” concert series this spring in Stillwater turned into four consecutive shows April 10-13 that sold out after just two presales and drew a total of about 180,000 fervent fans to Boone Pickens Stadium.
“The Boys From Oklahoma: Round 2” event will fall in the middle of the April 7-13 Red Dirt Music Week, a new celebration decreed by Stillwater Mayor Will Joyce following the landslide of tickets sales for the original shows.
How can fans get tickets for the 2026 ‘Boys from Oklahoma’ encore in Stillwater?
To get tickets to “The Boys from Oklahoma: Round 2,” fans need to fill out a form to receive a presale access code. The form went live at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 28.
The deadline to sign up for a presale access code is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3.
Presale access codes will be sent to the email provided by 6 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 4.
The presale will begin at noon Friday, Sept. 5.
In the unlikely event that tickets remain after the presale, they will go on sale to the public on Sept. 9.
For information or to access the presale form, go to http://theboysfromoklahoma.com.
How did Cross Canadian Ragweed and Turnpike Troubadours tease their 2026 Stillwater ‘return performance?’
Almost 40,000 fans packed Baylor University’s McLane Stadium to hear Cross Canadian Ragweed, the Turnpike Troubadours, North Carolina band American Aquarium and Texas acts Wade Bowen and Shane Smith & The Saints.
Before Ragweed closed their Baylor set with a cover of Guy Clark’s “LA Freeway,” lead singer and guitarist Cody Canada and Turnpike Troubadours frontman Evan Felker teased a 2026 Oklahoma encore back in Payne County.
“Why don’t we just do a repeat performance, and we’ll see you guys in Stillwater in, let’s say, April,” Canada said as the Texas crowd cheered.
“I would like that very much,” Felker responded.
“Evan would like that very much, so that means we’re gonna do it. How about this? We’ll see y’all next year,” Canada told the audience with a grin.
An enormous note emblazoned with the words “See you next year … in Stillwater” was even posted on the giant video screens flanking the stage.
Fans watch Cross Canadian Ragweed on April 10 during “The Boys from Oklahoma” concert at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.
Four and a half months ago, an estimated 200,000 music lovers flocked to Stillwater to be part of the first full concerts together in a decade and a half — and the first stadium shows ever — for Cross Canadian Ragweed, after the beloved Red Dirt band set off a frenzy last fall by announcing its reunion nearly 15 years after splitting in 2010.
Featuring a lineup of five beloved homegrown Red Dirt acts — Ragweed, co-headliners the Turnpike Troubadours, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Stoney LaRue and The Great Divide — the initial “Boys from Oklahoma” stadium shows in Stillwater became what’s believed to be the biggest concert event in state history.
“‘Why wouldn’t we keep “The Boys from Oklahoma” in Stillwater going? It went off so well.’ … That’s everybody’s feeling on it,” Canada told The Oklahoman in a spring interview.
“There were people from all over the place … and it was just a lovefest. I couldn’t get enough.”
What was the economic impact of the spring ‘Boys from Oklahoma’ concerts in Stillwater?
Visit Stillwater President and CEO Cristy Morrison told The Oklahoman “The Boys from Oklahoma” was the biggest event she’s seen in Stillwater in her 35 years of promoting the college town. She noted that the Payne County community saw a marked increase in visitor spending, hotel and short-term rental occupancy and sales tax and visitor tax receipts over the four-day stadium series, which spawned several additional live-music showcases across Stillwater.
When OSU Athletics staffers crunched the numbers, they found “The Boys from Oklahoma” had attracted concertgoers from all 50 U.S. states and five Canadian provinces, plus two ticketholders from Israel and one from Argentina. Oklahomans made up by far the largest group of ticketholders, followed by fans from Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and Colorado.
Randy Ragsdale performs with Cross Canadian Ragweed on April 10 during “The Boys from Oklahoma” concert at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.
“One of our takeaways, for sure, was the idea that only 31% of all the tickets sold were to people that had previous connections to OSU,” said OSU Athletics spokesman Gavin Lang, who called the stadium series “the Woodstock festival of Red Dirt.”
“People who saw Cross Canadian Ragweed play at the bars on The Strip and at the Tumbleweed, you’re expecting a lot of that. But for only 31% to have those ties really tells you how big the genre is — and for them to descend on Stillwater like this really says a lot.”
Ahead of the band’s 2026 return to its Stillwater roots, Ragweed is set to continue its reunion run by playing “Robert Earl Keen and Friends: Applause for the Cause,” a Texas benefit concert in response to the deadly summer floods in Kerr County.
Presented by Buc-ee’s, a beloved chain of Texas-based travel centers, the sold-out “Applause for the Cause” is set for Thursday, Aug. 28, at Whitewater Amphitheater outside of New Braunfels, Texas.
A legendary Lone Star State singer-songwriter from Kerrville, Keen will hit the stage at the sold-out benefit with special guest Tyler Childers. A special trio set from Miranda Lambert, Jon Randall and Jack Ingram is included on the bill, plus performances by Cross Canadian Ragweed, Randy Rogers, Ryan Bingham and more.
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