I’m looking at a Tempe lineup that feels built for people who want their festival weekend to do a little bit of everything. Innings Festival 2027 is headed back to Tempe Beach Park, and the headliners alone make it worth a second glance.

1. The headliners

Pitbull, The Strokes and Alanis Morissette are set to top the bill when the festival returns. That’s a pretty wide spread in one weekend, which is exactly the kind of mix that keeps a spring festival conversation going around the Valley.

2. The dates

The three-day run is scheduled for Feb. 26 to 28. That gives the whole thing a clean late-February window, right when Phoenix starts feeling like it’s ready to get outside and stay there.

3. The place

Everything is happening at Tempe Beach Park. If you know the festival scene here, you know that name carries weight — it’s one of those spots that instantly tells you this is going to be a real Valley crowd, not some far-off, out-of-town detour.

4. The scale

Organizers say the festival will feature 30 artists across three stages, with no overlapping sets. That no-overlap detail matters more than it sounds like it does; it means you’re not doing the usual festival math and missing one act because another one started at the same time.

5. The rest of the lineup

The announcement also includes Death Cab for Cutie, 5 Seconds of Summer, Interpol, Yellowcard, Pierce the Veil, Train, The Neighbourhood, Passion Pit and Hot Mulligan. It’s a stacked list, and it gives the weekend a little something for people who want to bounce between eras, moods and genres without leaving the same park.

6. Why it lands here

The festival is one of the Valley’s biggest spring music events, and this lineup keeps that reputation intact. When a Tempe weekend pulls in this many names, it doesn’t just fill a calendar slot — it gives local music fans a reason to start planning early and talking about who they’re actually going to see.

Innings Fest 2027 is already looking like one of those weekends that gets bookmarked fast and argued about later, which is usually how the good ones go.