Kick Off Concert 2026
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Big Week Kick Off Concert

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Date: July 11, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM
Cost: $60.00 - $100.00
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The California Rodeo Salinas is kicking off their annual festivities on Saturday, July 11th with Miranda Lambert, one of country music’s biggest stars, headlining the 2026 Big Week Kick Off Concert.

One of the most celebrated artists in modern country music, Lambert brings her signature grit, storytelling, and chart-topping hits to the Central Coast for a high-energy night that launches the rodeo festivities in unforgettable style. As the most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history – including their top honor for Entertainer of the Year– Lambert has earned three GRAMMYs, 14 Country Music Association Awards, seven No. 1 solo albums and 10 No. 1 radio singles, cementing her status as one of the genre’s most influential voices.

Rising country star Dylan Scott will perform just before Lambert, plus a future announcement of one more opener will be coming soon.


🎟️ Tickets & Event Details

💺 $60 – Grandstand Seats (ages 2+)
🕺 $90 – Standing Floor Tickets (ages 2+)
📦 $100 – Box Seats (ages 2+)

📍 Venue: Salinas Sports Complex
(1034 N. Main Street, Salinas, CA 93906)


🤝 Presented By:

Taylor Farms
Produced by the California Rodeo Salinas & David Drew Productions


With support from:
📺 KSBW TV 8 & Central Coast ABC
📻 KTOM 92.7 FM


💼 Want to sponsor this event?
Contact Victoria Carlisle:
📧 vcarlisle@carodeo.com | ☎️ 831-775-3109

Opening Act - Dylan Scott

Dylan Scott

Despite a multi-Platinum story and six No. 1 singles, including two fresh smashes in 2025 alone, Curb Records hitmaker Dylan Scott has always kept an underdog mindset. A rowdy roughneck with a romantic side – one whose modern edge was sharpened by timeless, emotional twang – the consummate family man broke out with the epic triple-Platinum devotion of “My Girl” in 2016 and followed up with scrappy, under-the-radar consistency. Chart-topping heart-forward anthems like “Hooked,” “Nobody” and “New Truck” all reached RIAA-certified status, but 2025 has launched the crooner into the stratosphere. Posting back-to-back No. 1s with Gold-certified “Boys Back Home” (with Dylan Marlowe) and Platinum-certified “This Town’s Been Too Good to Us,” Scott entered 2025 as the fourth most-played country artist of 2025 and continues his hot streak with his current single, Platinum-certified “What He’ll Never Have.” With nearly 5 billion career streams, legions of fans and countless sold-out shows to his credit, his stardom has somehow grown in relative stealth. But with his third full album, Easy Does It, he’s not sweating. Sure of himself, his talent and his fans, Scott heads toward a new creative chapter with total confidence. Featuring 11 tracks, his signature vocal and vivid intensity take center stage on a set defined by personal truth – whether through heartbreak, romantic devotion or small-town dedication. The in-demand live act wrapped his Country Till I Die Tour earlier this year, headlining his biggest venues yet including his first-ever arenas and record-breaking attendance, and is currently on his Easy Does It Tour throughout the fall.

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MYSTERY OPENING ACT - TBA

⏰ THE COUNTDOWN IS ON ⏰

Miranda Lambert is bringing the heat.
Dylan Scott is bringing the energy.
And someone SPECIAL is bringing the SURPRISE.
Can’t announce them yet... but trust us, you DON’T want to miss this.

ABOUT MIRANDA LAMBERT

Miranda Lambert
Critically acclaimed groundbreaker/songwriter/superstar Miranda Lambert has defined her multifaceted career as an artist, entertainer, entrepreneur, advocate and businesswoman with an unflinching quest for excellence, honesty and conviction. GRAMMY-nominated single “A Song To Sing” with Chris Stapleton arrived recently as the biggest streaming debut of her career, with Rolling Stone praising its “dreamy disco groove and lovestruck devotion.” Her 10th solo studio album, the GRAMMY-nominated Postcards from Texas, available everywhere now via Republic Records, continued her unbroken streak of 10 consecutive Top 10s on the Top Country Albums chart. The most-awarded artist in Academy of Country Music history, including their top honor for Entertainer of the Year, she has also won three GRAMMYs and 14 Country Music Association Awards. A TIME100 honoree and perennial best-of-the-year list maker at the New York Times, TIME, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Stereogum, People and more, NPR has called her “the most riveting country star of her generation.”
A multi-dimensional superstar, she’s earned seven No. 1 solo albums, 10 No. 1 hit radio singles, more than 80 prestigious awards and countless RIAA certifications; conquered Las Vegas with her twice-extended Velvet Rodeo residency; blurred genres with Leon Bridges, the B-52s, Loretta Lynn, Enrique Iglesias, Sheryl Crow and Elle King; and delivered her LGBTQ+ inclusive anthem “Y’All Means All” for Netflix’s “Queer Eye.” Lambert has taken those standards to become a label co-founder, teaming with longtime collaborator Jon Randall to launch their own imprint, Big Loud Texas, in partnership with Big Loud Records. She is also a New York Times bestselling author and the first female restaurateur on Lower Broadway with her Tex-Mex cantina Casa Rosa, while also expanding her creative reach with her Wanda June Home collection as well as Idyllwind, her western clothing, accessories and footwear brand at Boot Barn. Her passion for rescue animals inspired the creation of her MuttNation Foundation, which has raised over $11 million since inception to promote adoption, support shelters across the country, advance spay & neuter and assist with the transport of animals during times of natural disaster.

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Kick Off Concert

Miranda Lambert
2026 Miranda Lambert Concert
July 11, 2026 | 7:00 PM
Country music powerhouse Miranda Lambert will headline the 2026 Big Week Kick Off Concert with rising country star Dylan Scott, plus future announcements of additional openers coming soon.
$60.00 - $100.00

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If you are interested in joining the sponsorship program for the Kick Off Concert, please contact Victoria Carlisle at 831-775-3109 or cell 619 518 5039 or email her at vcarlisle@carodeo.com.

Venue Details

The Salinas Sports Complex is an outdoor venue. The arena floor where standing floor tickets are located is dirt and uneven.

Parking is cash or credit.

There is no re-entry.

There is a CLEAR BAG POLICY in effect. Click the link for details.

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