Innings Festival, the concert series put on by Major League Baseball in conjunction with Spring Training in Phoenix, has released the lineup for the first weekend of performances.
The event, held at Tempe Beach Park, originally featured two days of concert performances on multiple stages to coincide with the start of Spring Training. In 2024, it expanded to include an additional weekend (cleverly dubbed the “Extra Innings Festival), and now, in 2026, it will expand to include a third day.
While the lineup for that second weekend has not been released, we now know who will be playing on the first weekend, which will take place on February 20-22. Mumford & Sons will play on Friday night, supported by the Goo Goo Dolls, while Twenty One Pilots will headline Saturday night with an assist from Cage the Elephant. On Sunday, the first weekend will close with Blink-182, supported by Sublime. Additional bands will play throughout the day, so check the lineup poster to see what might interest you.
The event also features appearances by former MLB players and other baseball-related celebrities, as well as food trucks and retail pop-up sites.
Tickets are now on sale for the first weekend of shows, with general admission going for $180, plus tax and a nearly $9.00 USPS fee to ship the wristbands to you. Total price: $204 for one ticket. There are also multi-day passes, as well as multiple levels of VIP seating.
The event rarely sells out of general admission tickets (at least in advance), so there’s no immediate hurry to purchase passes. But note: instead of tickets, the festival uses wristbands, which need to be physically mailed. That makes buying entry via resale close to the event time incredibly difficult, since there may not be enough time to receive your wristbands via FedEx. So we do think it’s a good idea to purchase tickets in advance.
We’ve been to almost all of the Innings Festivals since they launched in 2018, and think they are really good events. They’ve been able to attract great headliners, and the grounds never seem too busy. If you’re heading to Spring Training for the Cactus League next year, it’s definitely worth checking out.
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