The Outlaw Country Cruise is setting sail for its ninth year. The 2025 voyage will launch Feb. 22 and run through Feb. 28 with performances from Old Crow Medicine Show, John Hiatt, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore with the Guilty Ones, and more. This will mark the first Outlaw Country Cruise since the death of the ship’s regular emcee and performer, Mojo Nixon, who died during February’s cruise.
Asleep at the Wheel, Carlene Carter, the Earls Of Leicester, Jesse Dayton, Elizabeth Cook, Joshua Ray Walker, Sarah Shook & the Disarmers, Waco Brothers, Sunny Sweeney, Joshua Hedley, Brennen Leigh, Dan Baird & Homemade Sin, Warner E. Hodges Band, Sarah Borges, Eric “Roscoe” Ambel, and Rosie Flores are also booked to perform.
The current lineup is rounded out by the Beat Farmers, Dash Rip Rock, Laura Cantrell, Jackshit, Folk Uke, and Roger Alan Wade. Additional performers are set to be announced in the lead-up to the event.
Outlaw Country Cruise 9 will travel from Miami, Florida, to Nassau, Bahamas, and St. Thomas (USVI) aboard the Norwegian Gem (past voyages were aboard the Norwegian Pearl). The festival-at-sea, presented by Stevie Van Zandt’s Renegade Circus and Sixthman, will feature performances, special collaborations, guitar pulls, tribute shows, and more. General sale will begin March 15 at 2 p.m. EST exclusively through the official Outlaw Country Cruise website. Presale packages are available now.