Tim McGraw shared a video during the show announcing he will be a performer at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September 2025

Hulu served as Official Streaming Destination of the festival and it was broadcast across iHeartCountry stations nationwide

NEW YORK- May 5, 2025- The twelfth annual iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One celebrated Country music’s hottest artists including Brooks & Dunn, Thomas Rhett, Rascal Flatts, Cole Swindell, Sam Hunt, Megan Moroney, Bailey Zimmerman, Nate Smith and special guest Dasha at the award-winning Moody Center in Austin, Texas. The festival was once again hosted by iHeartMedia's nationally syndicated top on-air Country personality, Bobby Bones. Hulu was the Official Streaming Destination of the festival, with performances livestreamed exclusively to all Hulu subscribers. The event also broadcasted across iHeartCountry stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app on Saturday, May 3 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT (7 p.m. CT).

The Daytime Village at the iHeartCountry Festival featured performances from Nate Smith, Megan Moroney, Matt Stell, Tucker Wetmore and Dasha. Presenters at the mainstage event included Chet Hanks and Drew Arthur of “Something Out West” and James Van Der Beek.

Highlights from this year’s festival include:

• Thomas Rhett opened up the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival having the crowd sing along to his hits “Make Me Wanna,” “Look What God Gave Her,” “Beautiful As You,” “Somethin’ ‘Bout A Woman,” “After All the Bars Are Closed,” and “Die a Happy Man.”
• Rascal Flatts kept the energy up with their hits “Here’s to you,” “Yours if You Want It,” “Fast Cars,” “I Dare You,” “What Hurts,” and “Life is a Highway.”
• Nate Smith performed his fan favorites “Bulletproof,” “Whiskey on You,” “Fix What You Didn’t Break,” and “World on Fire.”
• Megan Moroney rocked the stage in a red heart dress, performing her fan favorites “Am I Okay?” “No Caller ID” and the crowd sand along to her hit “Tennessee Orange.”
• Tim McGraw shared a video during the show announcing he will be a performer at the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Festival in September 2025.
• Dasha had the crowd dancing along to her hit “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’).”
• Bailey Zimmerman took the stage exciting the crowd with “Religiously,” “Back Up Plan,” “Where It Ends,” and “Rock.”
• Cole Swindell charmed the crowd with his hits “Ain’t Worth The Whiskey,” “Chillin It,” “Forever To Me,” “You Should Be Here,” “We Can Always Move On,” and “Heads Carolina.”
• Sam Hunt brought the crowd to their feet performing “House Party,” “Kinfolks,” “Outskirts,” “Country House,” “Take Your Time,” “Break Up In A Small Town,” and “Body Like A Backroad.”
• Brooks & Dunn closed out the night with a special nostalgic performance of country fan favorites including “Brand New Man,” “Red Dirt Road,” “Ain’t Nothin’ ‘Bout You,” “Rock My World,” “Play Somethin’ Country,” “Neon Moon,” “My Maria,” “Boot Scoot,” “Only In America.”

iHeartCountry Festival Presented by Capital One is an iHeartMedia Production. Proud partners of this year’s event include Capital One, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, belVita, Chumba Casino, Coffee Toppers™ Cold Foam, Wild Turkey® Bourbon and Country Crock®.

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital® is the benefiting charity partner of the 2025 iHeartCountry Festival. Music unites, heals, and changes lives and that’s why the country music community is proud to support St. Jude in the fight against childhood cancer and invites fans to help too. Fans can visit musicgives.org today and become a Partner in Hope. Donations ensure that no family ever receives a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food.

For more information visit iHeartRadio.com/countryfestival.

To access photos and b-roll from the event, please use the links below:

B-roll: HERE

Photos:

Show: https://iheartradio.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000XZNE9Te9sG0/G0000khc_SHPW3bY/Best-Of-The-2025-iHeartCountry-Festival

Red Carpet: https://iheartradio.photoshelter.com/galleries/C0000CaUUOgVNgSM/G0000ehM414GDXpQ/Press-Room

Photo credit: Name in caption (ie: Rick Kern for iHeartRadio)