George Strait [ tickets ] and Kenny Chesney [ tickets ] highlight a long list of performers recently confirmed for the May 5-6 Stagecoach [ tickets ] music festival in Indio, CA.

The two-day event, set to take place at the Empire Polo Field, which also plays host to the annual Coachella Valley music festival, will also feature Brooks & Dunn [ tickets ], Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Sugarland [ tickets ], Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Pat Green, Lucinda Williams, Kris Kristofferson, Nickel Creek, Raul Malo and Ricky Skaggs, among others.

Acts will play simultaneously on four different stages spread throughout the venue. Aside from the event's main stage, performing locations include an alt-country stage, a bluegrass stage and a "storytelling area," the latter of which will feature appearances by "Prairie Home Companion" creator Garrison Keillor and Texas poet laureate Red Steagall, according to a press release.

The event will also feature art displays for viewing and purchase, as well as a number of hands-on seminars relating to the event's Wild West theme, including saddle-making and blacksmithing.

Tickets for the festival are scheduled to go on sale Jan. 20.

The full lineup for the festival follows:

Saturday, May 5, 2007: George Strait, Alan Jackson, Sara Evans, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Robert Earl Keen, Richie Furay, Chris Hillman & 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.

Sunday, May 6, 2007: 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.