<h3>Gas prices, struggling economy, and artist cancellations could make this the last Stagecoach Festival.</h3>
<p><img src="http://www.cmt.com/sitewide/assets/img/events/2008/stagecoach/Stagecoach-280x210.jpg" title="2009 Stagecoach Country Music Festival" alt="2009 Stagecoach Country Music Festival" align="right" height="210" hspace="6" vspace="6" width="280" />The <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/Stagecoach-Festival-tickets/artist/735228" title="2009 Stagecoach Festival"><strong>2009 <a title="Stagecoach" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbStagecoach&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fstagecoach-tickets%2Fartist%2F966615&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Stagecoach</a> Festival</strong></a> (California&#8217;s Country Music Festival) planning is well underway, but some fear that the days of <strong>country music</strong> pilgrimages may be coming to a close. The past few years have seen a decline in ticket and merchandise sales for many event organizers and this year expects to be even worse. Fans who are are struggling with keeping their homes, or scraping pennies just to fill up their gas tanks certainly don&#8217;t have the luxury of buying music festival tickets or paying the expenses that are incurred on the trip there and back. Even lesser-known artists have been backing out of recent festival appearances because of high touring costs.</p>
<p>But don&#8217;t tell that to these country concert stars. <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/kenny-chesney-2008-tour-tickets/" title="Kenny Chesney Concert"><strong><a title="Kenny Chesney" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSChesney/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fkenny-chesney-tickets%2F">Kenny Chesney</a></strong></a>, <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/brad-paisley-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Brad Paisley Concert"><strong><a title="Brad Paisley" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbBPaisley&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fbrad-paisley-tickets%2Fartist%2F714837&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Brad Paisley</a></strong></a>, <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/reba-mcentire-and-kelly-clarkson-2008-2-worlds-2-voices-concert-tour/" title="Reba McEntire Concert"><strong><a title="Reba" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSReba/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Freba-mcentire-tickets%2F">Reba</a> McEntire</strong></a>, <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/miranda-lambert-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Miranda Lambert Concert"><strong><a title="Miranda Lambert" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSMLambert/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fmiranda-lambert-tickets%2F">Miranda Lambert</a></strong></a> and <strong><a title="Lady Antebellum" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/lady-antebellum-concert-tour-tickets/">Lady Antebellum</a></strong> have already signed on to appear at the <strong>2009 <a title="Stagecoach" href="https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/1224809/264167/4272?subId1=WPScmnbStagecoach&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fstagecoach-tickets%2Fartist%2F966615&partnerpropertyid=5213910&MediaPartnerPropertyId=5213910">Stagecoach</a> Festival</strong> in spite of the obvious financial concerns. They will be joined by fellow artists <strong><a title="Darius Rucker" href="https://stubhub.prf.hn/click/camref:1100ljXyr/pubref:WPSDarius/ar:CMNBAutoLink/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stubhub.com%2Fdarius-rucker-tickets%2F">Darius Rucker</a></strong>, <strong>Kid Rock</strong>, <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/little-big-town-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Little Big Town Concert"><strong><a title="Little Big Town" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/new-little-big-town-tour-dates/">Little Big Town</a></strong></a>, <a href="http://www.countrymusicontour.com/chris-cagle-2008-concert-tour-tickets/" title="Chris Cagle Concert"><strong><a title="Chris Cagle" href="https://countrymusicontour.com/chris-cagle-concert-tour-tickets/">Chris Cagle</a></strong></a>, and many more! Tickets go on sale next week, and the success of this festival may determine the future of the event.Country Music Photo Gallery</p>