Cross Canadian Ragweed

For over a decade Cross Canadian Ragweed, a wildly influential indie country rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma, dominated the touring circuit with sold out shows from coast to coast, amassing millions in touring revenue and sharing bills with some of the biggest names in music. Their fan base grew vastly beyond all borders, genres and demographics to what might be considered a cult following that included rockers, cowboys, hippies, executives and college crowds. It became a well-known and shared opinion that if Ragweed was coming to your town, that was where everyone was going to be. In 2010, they disbanded, and for the last 15 years those familiar stages have been void of that “thing” that only Ragweed could deliver. In October 2025, the band announced a reunion show co-headlined with longtime friends Turnpike Troubadours at the Boone Pickens Stadium on the Oklahoma State University campus in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The fan frenzy led to 180,000 tickets being sold within hours, and a one-night event quickly turned into 4 sold-out stadium shows. The band soon after announced another stadium show at Baylor University in Waco, Texas on August 23rd. The show is also a sold-out event. From Dierks Bentley’s song “Free And Easy” in 2006 where he sings "Ragweed's rockin' on the radio," to Koe Wetzel’s 2019 song “Ragweed” where he sings about missing the band, to the 2021 album The Years: A MusicFest Tribute to Cody Canada and the music of Cross Canadian Ragweed, to references to the band’s music in two different Stephen King novels, the deep impact of the band’s music and influence has never been allowed to fade, rather it has been memorialized and preserved for the existing populous of fans and the coming generations who will no doubt one day discover the band that “smells like country, tastes like rock n’ roll.”