When Brandi Carlile announced the 2026 lineup for her Girls Just Wanna Weekend , featuring powerhouses like The Chicks (performing their fist full set since 2023) and Sam Smith alongside her own headline slot, she wasn’t just booking another music festival. She was doubling down on what has become one of music’s most politically charged — and joyfully subversive — gatherings: a space where pleasure and resistance are inseparable, where crowdsurfing through pool water at midnight is as important as discussing radical vulnerability in afternoon workshops.

The fest, which offers Carlile fans a chance to catch the star ahead of her anticipated “The Human Tour,” will celebrate its seventh year January 15th-19th, 2026 at Mexico’s Barceló Maya Resort. Over the years, Carlile’s all-fem

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