Rock the South has been rescheduled for Oct. 1–4 after the City of Decatur and festival organizers postponed the June dates because of unprecedented rainfall at the venue.
The move expands the event into a four‑day festival and keeps the weekend’s biggest draws intact: Zach Top is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 1; Jason Aldean will headline Friday, Oct. 2; Jessie Murph has been added as a headliner for Saturday, Oct. 3 at no additional cost to ticket holders; and Riley Green is set for Sunday, Oct. 4. Organizers said tickets and camping packages bought for the original June dates will be honored for the October event.
The City of Decatur and organizers announced the change on Tuesday, citing unprecedented amounts of rainfall across Alabama and extensive rainfall at the festival site as the reason the original weekend became untenable.
That expansion to four days changes the rhythm of the festival: more stage time to schedule and more camping nights for buyers who keep their passes. Organizers have told ticketholders they will receive an email next week with information if they cannot attend the rescheduled dates.
Organizers also said all three previously announced headliners will remain on the lineup and that most scheduled artists are expected to be able to perform on the new dates. The addition of Jessie Murph — billed as a headliner for Oct. 3 at no extra charge — is the clearest enhancement announced so far for the rescheduled weekend.
The postponement exposes a practical tension: the decision was driven by severe weather and heavy site rainfall, yet organizers say the headliners are available for October. That leaves a narrower, unresolved question for fans and smaller acts — which scheduled artists, if any, will not be able to make the new dates?
Organizers have not released a revised daily lineup; they said an updated schedule will be announced in the coming weeks. Until that update drops, ticket-holders will know the festival’s new dates and headline placement but not the final day-by-day bill or any last-minute gaps created by the shift.
For now, the basics are set: Oct. 1 opens with Zach Top, Oct. 2 features Jason Aldean as Friday’s headliner, Oct. 3 lists Jessie Murph as a Saturday headliner added at no additional cost, and Oct. 4 closes with Riley Green. Tickets and camping packages bought for June carry forward to Oct. 1–4, and the festival will notify those who need options next week.
The next concrete step for fans is the updated daily lineup promised by organizers; that announcement will determine which support acts keep their slots, which days see reshuffling, and whether any performers are forced to withdraw. Until that schedule appears, the most consequential unanswered detail remains which, if any, artists originally booked for June cannot join the October weekend.
