Coinciding with the celebration of next year’s 20th anniversary as a band, The Maine – John O’Callaghan, Kennedy Brock, Jared Monaco, Garrett Nickelsen, and Pat Kirch – are thrilled to officially announce the dates and lineup for the 2027 edition of their beloved 8123 Fest! Taking place at Mesa, Arizona’s Mesa Amphitheater, from January 15-16, 2027, next year’s 8123 Fest promises to be the most epic one yet.
Headlined by The Maine – performing both days with entirely different sets and zero repeats – 8123 Festival’s 2027 lineup, curated by The Maine, features performances by monumental artists and friends of the band including The Band Camino, Andrew McMahon and the Strings Attached Quartet, The Academy Is…, Beach Weather, The Aces, The Summer Set, and more. See below for each day’s full lineup.
In addition to the main festival performances on Friday and Saturday, 8123 Fest will also feature additional side shows set to be announced at a later date, a pop-up shop, as well as an incredible charity day taking place on Monday, January 18, 2027. Stay tuned for additional details.
“Standing at the edge of 20 years as a band and that free-fall feeling of weightlessness is beginning to well up as the roller coaster climbs,” says O’ Callaghan. “To say I’m excited would be the biggest understatement, and now we can finally answer the most-asked question of the year so far: 8123 FEST is a GO. So it’s time to shed the parkas for a light cardigan, clean off your golf clubs (I heard that’s a sport some people play) and mentally prepare for the most beautifully manic weekend that The Maine can provide. Lineup is juiced. Vibes are sky high.And YEAR 20 + 8123 FEST will make for some historic sh*t. Giddy up!”
“8123 Fest is all about the people that have created a family around our band,” adds Kirch. “Fans from all around the world getting together in our hometown, all celebrating 20 years of something that is much bigger than music. These people have become family over the past two decades and we can’t wait to be together again! We are so proud and honored to announce the lineup for 8123 Fest 2027. These are bands we love and know are going to give everyone a show they will not forget. The goal this year was to level up the festival and these artists absolutely do that. It is going to be an honor to share the stage with them.”
GA bundles and 2-day tickets for 8123 Fest are now onsale with single-day tickets set to go onsale August 7, 2026. Get tickets and more info at 8123fest.com.
Earlier this year, The Maine wrapped their first Stateside headline tour in nearly two years — the biggest on sale of their career to date –and are preparing to cross the pond later this fall for an 8-city European headline tour kicking off in September, the beloved five-piece’s biggest European outing to date. Additionally, a slate of fall US headline tour dates are also now on sale. Kicking off on August 20 in Tucson, Arizona, the 11-show trek finds The Maine criss-crossing the country, touching down on stages everywhere from Anaheim to Chicago, Baltimore and Worcester. US and European tour dates below.
Arriving at the height of the band’s career, the band’s most recent LP, Joy Next Door, is arguably the band’s most essential album yet. Unsurprisingly for a band that’s always valued the artistry and craft of an album, the new LP was written and recorded in sequential order to emphasize the storytelling approach to the LP. Furthermore, following the band’s longstanding tradition of each era relating to a specific color, the Joy Next Door era is green.
A vibrant and ever-evolving rock band with over one Billion global streams to date and more than 1 million followers across social media, The Maine have cultivated a dedicated fanbase over their nearly two decade career that’s included nine studio albums (2008-2023), five of which charted on the Billboard 200. They’ve continued to chart their own course since their inception with their 2008 debut album, Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, including the Top Five Alternative Radio hit in 2022 with “Loved You A Little.” Over the course of their acclaimed career, the band has toured and performed at festivals worldwide, including Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza, as well as headlining their own sold-out 8123 Fest in their hometown of Tempe, Arizona.
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8123 FESTIVAL DAILY LINEUP
Friday January 15th
The Maine
The Band Camino
Beach Weather
The Aces
In Color
Franklin Jonas and the Byzantines
Moody Joody
Saturday January 16th
The Maine
Andrew McMahon and the Strings Attached Quartet
The Academy Is…
The Summer Set
Nick Santino
Broadside
Sydney Sprague