On Selection Sunday held on Sunday, March 15, 2026, this year’s March Madness bracket was announced as the NCAA National Championship Tournament is set to get underway this week. In addition to watching highly skilled teams play for the national title in Division 1 men’s basketball, the accompanying March Madness Music Festival lineup for the 2026 series has been announced with a full schedule of headlining artists you won’t want to miss.
Here’s everything you need to know about the upcoming 2026 March Madness Music Festival headliners as they’ve been announced thus far alongside the annual tournament schedule.
These Are The Artists Headlining This Year’s Music Festival
In collaboration with TNT Sports and CBS Sports, the NCAA organization has announced the headlining lineup for the stage acts of the 2026 March Madness Music Festival.
The three major artists and groups to go on stage as the action on the basketball court heats up are the Zac Brown Band, Twenty One Pilots, and Megan Moroney. Additional musical acts set to perform during the musical portion of the NCAA March Madness Tournament include rapper Breland, hip hop duo Joey Valence & Brae, Dominic Fike, R&B singer Ravyn Lenae, and Vietnamese-American artist Keshi.
Schedule For 2026 March Madness Music Festival
The music component of the 2026 NCAA March Madness competition will take place near the end of the tournament from April 3-5, 2026. This coincides with the Final Four games on Saturday, April 4, 2026 and takes place just before the NCAA Championship Game on Monday, April 6, 2026.
Musical acts will perform during the three-day event in Indianapolis. On Friday, April 3, 2026, Twenty One Pilots will be the opening headliner during the AT&T Block Party at the American Legion Mall. On Saturday, April 4, 2026, the headliner will be Zac Brown Band. Then the final headlining act of the festival will be Megan Moroney on Sunday, April 5, 2026.