The organizers of the inaugural, country-centric Stagecoach festival aren't easing into it.

Brooks & Dunn

The event unveiled its lineup today, boasting a star-studded roster headlined by George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, Sugarland, Lucinda Williams, and Willie Nelson.

The May 5-6 event, which will be held at Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif., the site of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, will have 50 acts on four stages performing country, bluegrass, alt-country, "outlaw" music, and cowboy poetry.

Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Gary Allan, Neko Case, Ricky Scaggs, Nickel Creek, the Flatlanders, Sara Evans, Raul Malo, Earl Scruggs, Garrison Keillor, Jason Aldean, Robert Earl Keen, Chris Hillman, Alejandro Escovedo, Marty Stuart, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and David Serby are also on the bill.

The festival will also feature country memorabilia, vintage cowboy gear, folk art, and western heritage installations, as well as saddle-making lessons, lasso, and trail boss seminars, and blacksmith demonstrations.

Tickets go on sale January 20 via Ticketmaster. RV parking and camping will be available. Tickets are expected to be about $85 per day.

Coachella is expected to announce its lineup in the coming weeks.

Here is the Stagecoach lineup:

5/5: George Strait, Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Robert Earl Keen, Richie Furay, Chris Hillman and Herb Pederson, David Serby, Earl Scruggs, Nickel Creek, Yonder Mountain String Band, the Grascals, the John Cowan Band, Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Riders in the Sky, Red Steagall, Waddie Mitchell, Sons of the San Joaquin, Cowboy Nation.

5/6: Kenny Chesney, Brooks & Dunn, Sugarland, Gary Allan, Pat Green, Emmylou Harris, Kris Kristofferson, Raul Malo, Junior Brown, Drive-By Truckers, Alejandro Escovedo, Railbenders, Ricky Skaggs, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, Marty Stuart, the Del McCoury Band, Abigail Washburn with the Sparrow Quartet featuring Ben Sollee, Sasey Driessen and Bela Fleck, the Flatlanders (Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock), Garrison Keillor, Baxter Black, Cowboy Celtic, Don Edwards, Katy Moffat.