Innings Festival 2027 is officially returning to Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park for three days: February 26–28.
That means another long weekend of rock, pop and indie music landing right in the middle of Arizona Spring Training, with MLB legends, batting cages, speed pitch and a whole lot of people trying to decide whether they packed for a concert or a ballgame.
The lineup and ticket prices haven’t been announced yet, but the dates are locked, nearby hotel booking is open and the official site is already taking sign-ups for 2027 updates.
➜ The real story: Innings Festival figured out that a music festival and Spring Training weekend are basically the same emotional experience: sunshine, nostalgia, expensive snacks and the sincere belief that this could be your year.
The festival expanded back to three days in 2026 and is keeping that format for 2027. It’s a much bigger swing than the two-day editions of recent years, giving C3 Presents room for three headliners, more than two dozen artists and a full baseball roster without cramming everything into a Saturday-shaped traffic jam.
The artist poster remains the big missing piece. Popular fan requests posted around the festival’s official 2027 music census include Pearl Jam, Jack White, No Doubt, The Strokes, Jack Johnson and Paul Simon, but those names are predictions and wish-list picks—not leaks, rumors or confirmations.
Innings Festival 2027 runs from Friday, February 26 through Sunday, February 28 at Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park in Tempe, Arizona.
The 2026 festival happened February 20–22, so the next edition moves to the following late-February weekend while keeping the Friday-through-Sunday setup.
The timing is the whole point. Innings lands alongside the start of Cactus League Spring Training, when 15 MLB teams are spread across the Phoenix area and baseball fans are already in town looking for an excuse to stay outside all day.
Festival hours haven’t been released yet. In 2026, the music started around midday and rolled into the night, but 2027 gate times, set times and the daily schedule will arrive closer to the festival.
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One useful planning note: Innings doesn’t offer on-site camping. The official festival site is already pointing fans toward Tempe hotels, which is a gentle way of saying that waiting for the lineup before booking a room may turn into its own competitive sport.
The official Innings Festival 2027 lineup hasn’t been announced.
The festival is currently asking fans to fill out its music census, and some of the most interesting names appearing in public responses include Pearl Jam, Jack White, No Doubt, The Strokes, Jack Johnson and Paul Simon.
That list makes sense as a snapshot of what the Innings crowd wants: major alternative and classic-rock names, big sing-along catalogs, a little reunion energy and artists who can work for longtime fans without making the weekend feel like a nostalgia convention.
None of those artists are confirmed, though. At this stage, they’re best treated as popular guesses and fan requests rather than evidence of actual bookings.
The 2026 lineup gives us a much better read on the festival’s current direction. Mumford & Sons, Twenty One Pilots and Blink-182 headlined, with Cage the Elephant, Goo Goo Dolls, Sublime, Lord Huron, The Fray, Dashboard Confessional, Grouplove, Public Enemy, Big Boi, Bowling for Soup, Myles Smith and others filling out the weekend.
Past Innings lineups have also featured Green Day, Foo Fighters, Eddie Vedder, The Killers, Dave Matthews Band, Tame Impala, Fall Out Boy, Beck, Incubus, The Black Keys, Queens of the Stone Age, The Avett Brothers and Chris Stapleton.
That history points toward another guitar-heavy, multi-generation bill with enough pop, hip-hop and left-field bookings to keep the weekend moving. The festival advertises three stages and more than 28 rock, pop and indie artists, so the final poster should be much deeper than three big names at the top.
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The baseball lineup will be separate but just as on-theme. Previous editions have featured MLB stars and personalities including Torii Hunter, Jake Peavy, Brandon Crawford, Mark Grace, Jessica Mendoza and Ryan Dempster, along with interactive batting and pitching experiences around the grounds.
Innings Festival 2027 tickets aren’t on sale yet, and official prices haven’t been announced.
The official ticket page is still showing 2026 information and asking fans to sign up for 2027 alerts. Based on the previous release cycle, the lineup and first ticket window could arrive in the fall, but there’s no confirmed on-sale date yet.
For a realistic planning guide, 2026 three-day passes opened at $320 for General Admission, $440 for GA+, $505 for Center Field Bleachers, $905 for VIP and $2,370 for Platinum. Prices climbed as lower tiers sold out, with full-weekend GA reaching $350 and VIP reaching $980 closer to the event.
Those are historical 2026 prices, not 2027 prices. They’re useful for setting a budget, but the next ticket release could change the amounts, perks, tier structure or available pass types.
GA is the straightforward festival pass with access to the music stages, food vendors, baseball activities, bars, concessions and free water stations. GA+ has traditionally added a shaded lounge, relaxed seating, air-conditioned restrooms, a private bar and dedicated hospitality staff.
Center Field Bleachers adds unassigned bucket seating with a view of the Home Plate Stage, while Left Field Reserved has offered assigned elevated seating. VIP has included dedicated viewing areas, lounges, upgraded restrooms and complimentary beer, and Platinum has been the full luxury version with front-of-stage areas, complimentary dining and drinks, stage-to-stage transportation and concierge-level extras.
Single-day tickets have also been released after the full-weekend sale in past years, along with hotel packages, premium group spaces, cabanas and bungalows that can get dramatically more expensive.
The 2026 GA policy allowed children eight and under to enter free with a ticketed adult, with a limit of two children per adult. Premium areas used different age rules, so families should wait for the official 2027 policy before assuming those details will carry over.
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Buying early matters because the tiers generally change the price, not the basic experience. Once the 2027 sale opens, the first window is likely to be the cleanest shot at the lowest official price.
Innings Festival works because the baseball part isn’t a tiny sponsor activation tucked behind a merch tent. It’s built into the personality of the entire weekend.
The Home Plate, Right Field and Left Field language makes the grounds feel like a temporary ballpark, while retired players, live interviews, batting cages and speed-pitch challenges give people something to do between sets besides standing in another line.
The venue helps. Tempe Beach Park sits beside Tempe Town Lake with views toward the Papago Mountains, and late February is one of the rare moments when Arizona can offer warm afternoons without feeling like the sun is personally angry at you.
It’s also an easy weekend to build into a larger trip. You can catch a Cactus League game, take Valley Metro into downtown Tempe and walk into a festival where a giant alternative-rock headliner is playing against a desert sunset.
The practical side is less dreamy: there’s no dedicated festival parking, no camping and plenty of demand for nearby rooms. Public transit, rideshare planning and comfortable shoes matter, especially because the grounds mix paved surfaces, gravel and grass.
Still, the combination is hard to copy. Innings feels like somebody took the first optimistic week of baseball season, added a very strong rock playlist and turned the whole thing into a three-day Arizona weekend.
Innings Festival 2027 is officially scheduled for Friday, February 26 through Sunday, February 28. Festival hours and the daily schedule haven’t been announced yet.
Innings Festival 2027 will take place at Tempe Beach Park & Arts Park at 80 W Rio Salado Pkwy in Tempe, Arizona.
Official 2027 ticket prices haven’t been announced. As a historical guide, 2026 three-day passes opened at $320 for GA, $440 for GA+, $505 for Center Field Bleachers, $905 for VIP and $2,370 for Platinum.
The 2027 lineup hasn’t been announced. Pearl Jam, Jack White, No Doubt, The Strokes, Jack Johnson and Paul Simon are among the popular fan requests and early predictions, but none of them are confirmed. |
