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The festival, produced by California-based , will take over Tucson's Rillito Park on Saturday, Oct. 18, with headliners and , rising country star and newcomer .

In addition to music, Boots In the Park has a line dancing tent, where a local instructor will teach lessons between mainstage acts; a whiskey barrel saloon, where you can sample from a selection of 101 different whiskeys; a drone show; and lots of photo op spots "so you can take pictures and give your friends some FOMO" — fear of missing out — said Bonnie Marquez, Activated Events executive vice president of marketing.

There will also be art installations, food and beverage vendors and merch areas.Ìý

This is the second time Activated Events has hosted an event in Tucson. Last April, it brought the Tucson Taco Fest at Rillito with a lineup of rappers and hip-hop artists and a handful of taco trucks, including one from Tucson.

Boots In the Park was first held in Gilbert in 2022, four years after the brand launched in Norco, California. It returned to Gilbert the following year before moving in 2024 to Tempe for two festivals, one in May and the other in September.

"We decided we wanted to expand to Tucson so it's kind of been on our list," said Bonnie Marquez, Activated Events executive vice president of marketing, who said the company was impressed by Rillito Park after hosting the taco fest in  April.

"The taco fest did really, really well, which basically has allowed us to really invest in future shows because we saw the need and the demand," she said. "We established ourselves as a reputable brand, and so we'll just be able to continue providing more shows and more music for the people of Tucson."

Saturday's festival will be the first country music festival here since 2018's Country Fest, a daylong event at the Expo Center with "Long Black Train" singer Josh Turner and a handful of Tucson country artists.Ìý

Organizers of that event had envisioned it would become yearly and grow to multiple days; it never returned.Ìý

Boots In the Park tickets start at $125 for general admission, $205 for VIP through .

Gates at Rillito Park, 4502 N. First Ave., open at 1 p.m.Ìý

A few things to know before you go:

• Boots In the Park is a cashless event.
• You can bring a chair and empty plastic bottle that you can refill at festival water stations.
• You can't bring outside drinks or food.

For a complete rundown of the dos and don'ts, visit .Ìý

The lineup:

• Phoenix-area DJ , who has performed at Diamondbacks games and can be heard on Power 98.3 FM and SiriusXM's Globalization channel, opens the show at 1 p.m.
• Nashville-based California country artist is on stage at 1:30 p.m.Ìý
• Flagstaff native , who turned her childhood journals into her first country songs while still in grade school, is on stage at 2:45 p.m.
• , who went TikTok viral and attracted the attention of a number of Nashville record labels, is up next at 4:15 p.m. This will be the first time Wetmore ("Wine Into Whiskey," "Wind Up Missin' You," "3,2,1") has performed in Tucson.
• ("Small Town Boy," "Hell of A Night," "Easy To Love") is on at 5:45 p.m. This will be his first Tucson show since he headlined the AVA at Casino del Sol in 2018.
• Headliner ("Gettin' You Home," "Losing Sleep," "Famous Friends") takes the stage at 8 p.m. This is his first appearance in Tucson since he was here in 2018.