Tim McGraw Returning to Wildwood Beach After 11 Years
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Tim McGraw Returning to Wildwood Beach After 11 Years
Country music superstar Tim McGraw is officially returning to the Wildwoods!
Tim McGraw Returning to Wildwood Beach After 11 Years
The Barefoot Country Music Fest announced that three-time Grammy Award winner Tim McGraw will be the fourth and final headliner for the 2027 festival, which takes place June 17 through June 20 on the beaches of Wildwood, New Jersey.
The announcement, made on October 16, completes what is shaping up to be another massive year for the popular beachfront music festival.
McGraw joins previously announced headliners Carrie Underwood, Florida Georgia Line, and Riley Green.
Carrie Underwood Is Returning to Wildwood
Underwood, who headlined the very first Barefoot Country Music Fest back in 2021, will be making her return to the Wildwood stage.
Florida Georgia Line will also be returning after performing at the festival in 2022. The duo, consisting of Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley, is reuniting for their 2027 festival tour.
Riley Green rounds out the lineup, returning after his appearance at the 2023 festival.
In total, more than 40 artists are expected to perform across five stages during the four-day event, with additional performers being announced in the coming months.
While organizers are celebrating McGraw’s first appearance at Barefoot Country Music Fest, longtime Wildwood visitors might remember that this isn’t actually his first time performing on our beaches.
In fact, McGraw has quite a bit of history here in the Wildwoods.
Remember Tim McGraw’s 2016 Wildwood Beach Concert?
Let’s turn back the clock to 2016.
It was then that Wildwood hosted a massive beachfront concert with the headline being one other than Tim McGraw.
The concert took place on the beach and featured performances by Hunter Hayes, Maggie Rose, Shot of Southern, and the Devin Riley Band.
Organizers had planned an entire day of country music, patriotic celebrations, and fireworks to celebrate America’s birthday.
Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans.
Heavy rain moved through Wildwood that evening, soaking thousands of concertgoers who had gathered on the beach.
But that didn’t stop the show.
According to reports from the time, approximately 30,000 country music fans packed Wildwood Beach to see McGraw perform despite the downpours.
While the weather forced officials to postpone the planned fireworks display, McGraw continued performing for the crowd.
For those who attended, it became one of those Wildwood concerts that people still remember years later.
I do recall Tim McGraw talking a few years back that this was one of his favorite concert venues!
Now, nearly 11 years after that rain-soaked Fourth of July performance, McGraw is preparing to return to the very same stretch of coastline.
The 2027 festival will mark its seventh year, continuing to bring some of country music’s biggest names to the Jersey Shore.
Remember Tim McGraw’s 2016 Wildwood Beach Concert?
