Concert
Pendleton Whisky Kick-Off Concert begins on
Thursday night with Opening Entertainer, Direct Support Act, and Headliner.
Entertainers
Pendleton Whisky Kick Off Concert
MAY 14, 2026 | ENTERTAINERS
Limited number of Reserved and Party Pit tickets.
5:00 PM - Gates Open
6:00 PM - Kenny Feidler - Opening Entertainer
7:00 PM - Corb Lund - Direct Support Act
8:30 PM - Trace Adkins - Headliner
Party Pit
KICK OFF CONCERT | 1 Night
With the Party Pit right in front of the stage, you will be right in the action! A cash bar is available in the Party Pit. A limited number are available.
Trace Adkins
In his storied career in Country music, Trace Adkins has sold over 11 MILLION albums, charted 40 singles on Billboard’s Country Airplay Chart, earned numerous awards, multiple GRAMMY nominations, and garnered over 2 BILLION streams. A Grand Ole Opry member for two decades, the Louisiana native is known for his dynamic baritone, fiery live performance, and notable roles as an actor in film and TV.
Since his 1996 breakout debut DREAMIN OUT LOUD delivered smashes “Every Light In The House,” which hit Top 5 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart and #1 “This Ain’t (No Thinkin’ Thing),” Adkins has pioneered a mix of classic Country minded traditionalism and adventurous, good-natured showmanship, breaking open new avenues in modern Country through fun-filled hits like “Honky Tonk Badonkadonk” and “Hillbilly Bone” with Blake Shelton. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of his debut with 2021’s release THE WAY I WANNA GO (Verge Records), the 25-song album has been applauded by Billboard as “a creative tour de force that serves up the lyrical and stylistic diversity that would make his hero [Ronnie] Milsap proud,” with Rolling Stone calling it “lighthearted club-ready fun…..” and PEOPLE praising it as “packed to the hilt with hits.”
From profound traditional balladry to clever-Country party anthems, the Mickey Jack Cones and Derek George produced project features special guests Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Melissa Etheridge, Pitbull, Snoop Dogg, Stevie Wonder on harmonica and more. Adkins is currently on tour playing headline shows spanning coast to coast throughout the year.
Corb Lund
A rural Albertan hailing from the foothills of the Rocky Mountains with a long family lineage of ranchers and rodeo people, Lund is about as authentic as they come, and equally as hard to define.
The western Canadian singer-songwriter is an elusive artist – onstage, offstage, and in the studio – seamlessly weaving between the outlaw country, Western, and indie-folk realms with an honest curiosity and rowdy devotion to each. He was raised with the tried and true DIY sentiment of “if you want something done, you gotta do it yourself” launching his career recording in his basement, printing his own shirts, booking his own tours, being his own manager and publicist… whatever it took to get it done.
He toured for years with the indie-metal band the smalls, and later turned his sights to writing Western songs, creating a unique and quirky hybrid writing style along the way. He has received multiple domestic and international award nominations and wins. In 2022, Lund won his 14th career Canadian Country Music Award and made his debut at the historic Grand Ole Opry. His album of originals, El Viejo, was released in February 2024.
Kenny Feidler
Kenny Feidler’s music is dark and gritty, it’s western and rock n roll conjured up with thoughtful, honest songwriting. Feidler got his start as a rodeo cowboy, writing songs about the life and selling his music from the trunk of an old Cadillac. Now he racks up the miles with his band, traveling from his home on the plains of Western South Dakota.
“I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and I always felt sort of homesick for somewhere out west,” Feidler says. “I wanted to be a cowboy since I was little and rodeo was my way into that world.
After getting a hold of some Chris Ledoux cds, I started riding bareback horses and rodeoed for about 15 years. It was everything to me for a long time and because I didn’t grow up in it, I feel like I really soaked it all in, appreciated those moments and wrote about them in my songs.”
Feidler’s musical influences are as wide and varied as the road he took to the stage. The cowboy songs from Chris LeDoux, Tom Russell, and lan Tyson shaped his songwriting and subjects. Feidler went to college in Oklahoma, in the prime of Red Dirt so the songs of Cross Canadian Ragweed, Jason Boland, Reckless Kelly, and Mike McClure were influential. Later he found Lucero and the Drive By Truckers, from them he found the spark to start a band andto grind it out on the road.
“I take a lot of pride in being a working-class band not afraid of the road.” Feidler says, “The fans we have were earned the harder way, many of them have seen us play to a handful of folks before. We sure appreciate them for giving us a shot, they’re our friends now and we’ll always treat them that way “.