"When Brandi Carlile announced the 2026 lineup for her Girls Just Wanna Weekend, featuring powerhouses like The Chicks (performing their fist full set since 2023) and Sam Smith alongside her own headline slot, she wasn't just booking another music festival. She was doubling down on what has become one of music's most politically charged - and joyfully subversive - gatherings: a space where pleasure and resistance are inseparable, where crowdsurfing through pool water at midnight is as important as discussing radical vulnerability in afternoon workshops."
"The fest, which offers Carlile fans a chance to catch the star ahead of her anticipated "The Human Tour," will celebrate its seventh year January 15th-19th, 2026 at Mexico's Barceló Maya Resort. Over the years, Carlile's all-female and non-binary festival has evolved from a pointed response to mainstream festivals that exclude women headliners into something far more urgent: a four-day temporary autonomous zone where the political is poolside and the personal is performed under the Caribbean stars."
"Get Girls Just Wanna Weekend 2026 Tickets The 2026 roster includes CMAT, Joy Oladokun, Jensen McRae, Lucius, Jasmine.4.t, August Ponthier, SistaStrings, Autumn Nicholas, Arroba Nat, The Carlile Family Band, The Marshgrass Mamas, and a special Titans of Americana set, plus comedian Kristin Key. Here's why it's special. (Editor's Note: You can also enter to win a festival package for two to the upcoming event here.)"
Brandi Carlile's Girls Just Wanna Weekend 2026 presents a politically charged, joyfully subversive, all-female and non-binary festival merging music and activism. The event runs January 15–19, 2026 at Mexico's Barceló Maya Resort and marks the festival's seventh year. The lineup includes The Chicks (their first full set since 2023), Sam Smith, CMAT, Joy Oladokun, Jensen McRae, Lucius, and others, plus comedian Kristin Key. The festival foregrounds communal pleasure alongside political resistance, featuring late-night pool crowdsurfing and afternoon workshops on radical vulnerability. The festival emerged as a response to mainstream exclusion and now functions as a four-day temporary autonomous zone.
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