The Chicks and Kacey Musgraves will join Shania Twain at the top of the bill for State Fayre 2027, completing an all-female headline lineup that organisers say is a first for a major U.K. camping festival.
Following its inaugural edition this summer, the festival heads back to Hylands Park in Chelmsford, Essex, between June 18-20. Twain was confirmed for the event in a post shared to State Fayre’s Instagram account on Nov. 2.
The Chicks, comprising Martie Maguire, Natalie Maines and Emily Strayer, will return to the U.K. for the first time since 2023, which included appearances at Glastonbury and BST Hyde Park supporting Bruce Springsteen. Musgraves will make her first festival headline appearance in the region, while Twain’s State Fayre slot forms part of a wider U.K. and Ireland summer run, which will see her perform in cities including Glasgow, Cardiff, Belfast and more through June 29.
State Fayre has also revealed its first wave of additional acts, with Billy Strings, Sam Barber, The Corrs, Drake Milligan, Sons Of The East, Brothers Osborne, Bear’s Den, Evan Honer, Noah James, Aaron Rowe, Mountain Grass Unit, Danny Worsnop, Taylor Acorn, Alyssa Bonagura and Bella McCormick among those confirmed. More artists are expected to be announced over the coming months.
Weekend and Saturday day tickets are available via the official State Fayre website. A presale for Friday and Sunday day tickets is now live via PayPal, ahead of general on-sale at 9 a.m (GMT) on Nov. 13.
In a press statement, State Fayre festival organisers Anna-Sophie Mertens and Alex Simmonds described The Chicks, Musgraves and Twain as “three incredible artists who each in their own way have inspired and represented vital change, within not only these genres but music as a whole.”
They continued: “To bring all three together as a U.K. festival first is something we’re very excited about. With further additions including in-demand Sam Barber, Billy Strings Brothers Osborne and The Corrs showing the breadth of what makes State Fayre what it is (and much more to be announced), we’re asking if it can be June 2027 already?”
Beyond the musical offerings, State Fayre will also bring experiential elements to the site including fairground rides and The Fume Pit, its dedicated barbecue area featuring more than 15 U.K. and international traders across the weekend.
Speaking to Billboard U.K. earlier this year, Mertens, who serves as senior vp of touring at Live Nation UK and sits on the Country Music Association’s board, discussed the festival’s ambition to bring different strands of country and roots music together under one banner.
“It’s really important for us to bring together a few different musical elements, but to ensure they blend together so that we could showcase the real depth of each genre,” she said. “There really isn’t any other event doing that at such a large scale.”
