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Following the success of the Minnesota Yacht Club Festival at St. Paul\u2019s Harriet Island Regional Park, promoters have officially announced that a long-rumored country music festival will take place on the same site.<\/p>\n
Details, however, are scarce at this point. The Minnesota Country Club Festival is set for July 10 and 11. An Instagram post<\/a> promises \u201ca weekend of roots, folk, country, Americana and a few surprises along the Mississippi\u201d but does not reveal anything else beyond a website, minnesotacountryclubfest.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Minnesota Yacht Club Festival debuted in 2024<\/a> with headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gwen Stefani and Alanis Morissette and was a hit with critics and crowds. It returned in July 2025<\/a> with an expanded three-day lineup led by Green Day, Hozier and Fall Out Boy. The festival has drawn about 35,000 people each day.<\/p>\n It was the first major rock and pop festival on Harriet Island since Live Nation\u2019s River\u2019s Edge Music Festival in 2012. Despite promising St. Paul a five-year commitment, the concert promoting giant lost enough money to convince them to pull out after a single year.<\/p>\n Live Nation owns 51 percent of Yacht Club organizers C3 Presents, an Austin, Texas, company that\u2019s also behind Austin City Limits Music Festival, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience and the modern-day Lollapalooza. But Live Nation apparently allows C3 to follow its own path and use a more personal touch in staging festivals. Concertgoers have praised much about the festival, but complained about long concessions lines and inflated prices for beer and alcohol.<\/p>\n The Lumineers, Matchbox Twenty and the Strokes will headline the third annual Minnesota Yacht Club Festival<\/a>, which returns to Harriet Island July 17 through 19.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n