Tickets are on sale now for Rise Up Music Festival. The Saturday, Sept. 2 event runs from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. at The Park at Wild Horse Pass, off of I-10, south of Loop 202.

Valley country music lovers are invited to discover their next favorite artist. Headlining talent includes Chase Matthew, Chayce Beckham, Spencer Crandall, Tyler Rich, Lindsay Ell and David Morris.

Matthew has amassed 450 million global career streams, with more than 150 million global streams on his first RIAA Gold-certified hit “Country Line."

Beckham is the Season 19 champion of American Idol. His debut song “23” was No. 1 on iTunes Country and All Genre charts.

Crandall is a Nashville-based artist, has 1.2 million monthly Spotify listeners, 250 million total career streams, more than 2.6 million followers on TikTok.

Born in Northern California and rooted in Nashville,  Rich is a solo artist who has amassed nearly half a billion global streams and secured three No. 1 hits on SiriusXM’s “The Highway” with the release of his debut album “Two Thousand Miles.”

Morris is a country music artist singer-songwriter and rapper who blends traditional country music with modern pop and hip-hop, creating a lane that is unique to him. His 2022 single “Carrying Your Love” peaked as the third most popular song onl on TikTok in July 2022. He's got 55 million streams through Apple Music.

Ell is the female voice behind two Canadian No. 1 singles, “Criminal” and "Want Me Back" and a U.S. No. 1 Platinum-status single alongside Brantley Gilbert with “What Happens In A Small Town.”

Pre-sale tickets for Rise Up Music Festival are available now. General admission starts at $25 (not including refreshments) and VIP tickets start at $145. Children 12 and younger are free.

For more information about Rise Up Music Festival or to purchase tickets, visit Forty8Live.com.

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