Innings Festival and Extra Innings announce 2026 dates in Tempe

The baseball-themed Innings Festival and Extra Innings are returning to Tempe next year. Here's what's coming.

July 18, 2025

Image: A look of the crowd at Innings Festival 2025 in February.

A look of the crowd at Innings Festival 2025 in February. Neil Schwartz Photography

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When Innings Festival steps up to the plate next year, it’ll be swinging for the fences after bulking up during the off-season.

No juicing will be involved, though.

The popular baseball-themed music event at Tempe Beach Park is set to return in 2026 and is getting an extra day added to its lineup. Extra Innings, the festival’s sister event the following weekend, will also return, still in its two-day format.

Earlier this week promoters announced that Innings Festival 2026 will run from Friday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 22 at Tempe Beach Park. The following weekend, Extra Innings will take over the same venue on Friday, Feb. 27 and Saturday, Feb. 28.

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Innings Festival and Extra Innings attract thousands to Tempe Beach Park.

Neil Schwartz Photography

Both festivals are produced by C3 Presents, the Texas-based concert and event promoter owned by Live Nation that also puts on Lollapalooza in Chicago and Bonnaroo in Tennessee.

Innings Fest previously took place over three days back during its inaugural edition in 2018 before settling into a two-day format in subsequent years. Extra Innings made its debut in 2024. Both events draw thousands to Tempe Beach Park with Innings Festival 2025 alone bringing in an estimated 13,000 fans.

Innings Fest and Extra Innings, which are timed to coincide with the start of Cactus League spring training in the Valley, will also feature baseball-inspired activities (think batting cages, fast-pitch challenges and appearances by MLB legends). Naturally, there’s also performances by from high-profile and multiplatinum artists on multiple stages each weekend.

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An Innings Festival attendee tosses a baseball at the event's speed-pitch challenge.

Neil Schwartz Photography

Innings Festival 2026 lineup

The 2026 lineups and ticket prices for Innings Festival and Extra Innings haven’t been announced yet, but will likely be revealed later this year.

Last year, Innings Fest featured indie and alt-rock heavy hitters like Fall Out Boy, The Black Keys and The Killers, while Extra Innings was headlined by folk rockers The Lumineers and country hitmakers Kacey Musgraves and Megan Moroney.

Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

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