Innings Festival 2027 puts Pitbull, The Strokes and Alanis Morissette on top, 26 to 28 February in Tempe

Innings Festival has announced its 2027 edition, and the poster is built the way this festival always is: one big name a night, a deep bench of 2000s favourites underneath, and a lot of baseball. It runs from Friday 26 February to Sunday 28 February 2027 at Tempe Beach Park and Arts Park in Tempe, Arizona, just outside Phoenix.

Who plays which day

Friday 26 February: Pitbull headlines, with 5 Seconds of Summer, Train, 4 Non Blondes, Shaggy and Cold War Kids. Winnetka Bowling League, Sun Room, Winyah and The Retrograde fill out the bill.

Saturday 27 February: The Strokes close the night, with Pierce the Veil, Interpol, Yellowcard, Hot Mulligan, Jet and Blondshell. Ax and the Hatchetmen, Radio Free Alice and Practically People are also on.

Sunday 28 February: Alanis Morissette headlines, with The Neighbourhood, Death Cab for Cutie, Spoon, Passion Pit and Better Than Ezra. Glixen, Vincent Lima, The Technicolors and Tournament are lower down.

The split is easy to read: Friday leans pop and party, Saturday is guitars and emo, Sunday is a 2000s indie and alt-rock day. The Strokes, Interpol and Death Cab for Cutie each land on a different night, so no one has to choose between them.

The baseball half

Innings is a music festival with a spring training habit. The 2027 poster lists a set of former MLB players, including Ryan Dempster, who hosts an "Off the Mound" session, and Jake Peavy, who hosts an All-Star Baseball Jam. Darryl Strawberry, Dexter Fowler, David Justice, Nelson Cruz, Rollie Fingers, Joe Kelly, Jamie Moyer, Omar Vizquel, Jessica Mendoza and Shawon Dunston are also named.

Tickets

A presale opens on Thursday 29 October at 10am Pacific. The festival says the presale offers the lowest-priced general admission tickets for one hour, and fans need a presale passcode, which you sign up for at the festival's official site. General sale follows at 11am Pacific the same day, with one, two and three-day passes and premium tiers. Prices were not listed on the announcement page when we checked.

Why it is worth a look

February is a pleasant time to be outdoors in Arizona, and the lineup is pitched squarely at people who grew up on these records. Seeing the Strokes and Interpol on the same Saturday is the kind of pairing that does not come around often, and Alanis Morissette closing a Sunday in the desert is a tidy fit for the festival's tone.

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