This year’s iHeartCountry Festival welcomed an array of top country hitmakers to bring the heat, Texas-style, over the weekend.
On Saturday (May 3) at The Moody Center in Austin, Texas, fans enjoyed music from Country Music Hall of Famers Brooks & Dunn, as well as hitmakers Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Cole Swindell and Sam Hunt.
Also blazing on the main stage were artists whose careers are surging to new heights, including “Am I Okay?” star Megan Moroney, “Fix What You Didn’t Break” singer Nate Smith, Bailey Zimmerman (who just earned a top 5 smash on the all-genre Billboard Hot 100 with his BigXThaPlug collaboration “All the Way” and just released his Luke Combs collab “Backup Plan”) and “Austin” singer Dasha, who took her show directly into the crowd, walking through the audience and encouraging concertgoers to sing along.
Among more of the fest’s key performances were Smith joining Zimmerman for a rendition of “Backup Plan,” while B&D regaled the crowd with a rendition of their 1992 hit “Neon Moon.” Swindell performed his ’90s country-celebrating hit “She Had Me at Heads Carolina,” while Megan Moroney offered up a breezy rendition of “Am I Okay?”
The lineup for the Daytime Village at the iHeartCountry Festival included performances from Smith, Moroney, Dasha, Matt Stell and Tucker Wetmore.
This year’s iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One was once again hosted by iHeartRadio personality Bobby Bones and broadcast across iHeartCountry stations nationwide, as well as via the iHeartRadio app. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is the benefiting charity partner of this year’s festival.
Below, see a collection of Billboard’s behind-the-scenes photos from the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival.
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Dasha
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Dasha at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Cole Swindell
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Cole Swindell at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Megan Moroney
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Megan Moroney at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Sam Hunt
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Sam Hunt at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Bailey Zimmerman
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Bailey Zimmerman at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Bobby Bones
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Bobby Bones at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Thomas Rhett
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Thomas Rhett at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Nate Smith
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Nate Smith at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Ronnie Dunn & Kix Brooks
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Ronnie Dunn and Kix Brooks at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Bailey Zimmerman
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Bailey Zimmerman at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
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Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus and Gary LeVox
Image Credit: Hubert Vestil Joe Don Rooney, Jay DeMarcus and Gary LeVox at 2025 iHeartCountry Festival held at the Moody Center on May 03, 2025 in Austin, Texas.
