12th Red Ants Pants Music Festival Announces Tanya Tucker, The Wood Brothers, Larkin Poe, Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives, The War & Treaty, and More...

(White Sulphur Springs, Mont.) – The 12th Red Ants Pants Music Festival announced its 2023 Main Stage lineup today featuring GRAMMY Award winner, Tanya Tucker, GRAMMY nominees for Best Americana Album, The Wood Brothers, Larkin Poe, Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives, The War And Treaty and many more!
 
As part of its mission to promote rural communities, the festival released its all-star 2023 lineup and tickets went on sale during a live event at the historic Strand Theatre in White Sulphur Springs, Montana this evening. 
 
The 12th Red Ants Pants Music Festival will take place July 27 – 30, 2023 on the Jackson Ranch just outside of White Sulphur Springs, Montana.
 
This year’s main stage lineup also features Ned LeDoux (son of country legend Chris LeDoux), American Aquarium, Montana's own Stephanie Quayle, Tami Neilson, Madeline Edwards, Arlo McKinley, Kaitlin Butts, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Logan Ledger, Goodnight Moonshine, 2022 Red Ants Pants Music Festival Emerging Artist Competition winners Dusty The Kid & The Recession Special. The street dance on Main Street Thursday, July 27 will be headlined by Denim & Dust with opener Kenan Flannery joining us all the way from Ireland. In addition, the Red Ants Pants Music Festival will include 15 side stage performances along with Demo Area activities designed to teach, showcase, and celebrate traditional work skills.
 
“Our lineup is a great reflection of our mission in terms of featuring so many incredibly talented female artists. We work year-round to bring a diverse mix of the country heroes whose songs we know by heart along with rising stars who might not otherwise find themselves in the middle of Montana.  We’ve had some incredible lineups over the years and this year’s is certainly one for the books,” said Sarah Calhoun, Red Ants Pants Music Festival producer. “Festival fans take so much pride in knowing that long after the final act, they are making a positive difference as their attendance at the festival fuels mission-driven programming to increase women’s leadership, support working family farms and ranches, and enrich rural communities. We are grateful to welcome everyone to come connect with good folks and celebrate rural Montana.” 
 
Named the “Montana Event of the Year” by the Montana Office of Tourism, the Red Ants Pants Music Festival is known for its lasting impact of mission-based work to increase women’s leadership, promote rural communities, and support working family farms and ranches through the programming of the Red Ants Pants Foundation.