Cross Canadian Ragweed Confirms Return To The Stage For Co-Headlining Show With Turnpike Troubadours

After teasing fans with cryptic social media messages over the past few weeks, Cross Canadian Ragweed has finally revealed what they have been working on behind the scenes. On Tuesday, October 1, the group known as “them boys from Oklahoma” announced they will be returning to the stage for the first time together in nearly 14 years for an epic co-headlining reunion show with Turnpike Troubadours.

Taking place at the Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma on April 12, 2025, what is slated to be one of the biggest shows of the year will also feature a lineup of Red Dirt music icons including The Great Divide, Jason Boland and The Stragglers and Stoney LaRue.

“We are excited to bring the first ever concert to Boone Pickens Stadium this spring and look forward to hosting this fantastic Oklahoma-based lineup in the home of the Cowboys,” said Chad Weiberg, Director of Athletics/Oklahoma State University. “We are grateful to the team at DMG for helping make this happen. This show will benefit OSU’s NIL efforts, and will also be a great event for our student-athletes, student body, alumni, fans and the community of Stillwater.”  

An Influential Part Of the Red Dirt Music Scene

For over a decade, members Cody Canada, Grady Cross, Randy Ragsdale, and Jeremy Plato built a reputation as an influential indie country rock band by performing sold-out shows from coast to coast, earning millions in touring revenue and sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in music. 

They ultimately disbanded in 2010 after playing their last show at Joe’s on Weed Street in Chicago, Illinois, but their legacy and impact on fans clearly has never faded. They created a community of listeners that surpassed any and all borders and included a wide variety of music lovers, including rockers, cowboys, hippies, executives and college crowds.

Many artists have also continued to follow in their footsteps and look to their career as a model for their own sound. Dierks Bentley, for example, released his song “Free And Easy” in 2006, where he sings “Ragweed’s rockin’ on the radio.” Koe Wetzel also pays tribute to the band in his 2019 release, “Ragweed” which finds him singing about missing the days when the group was still together. 

Causing A Frenzy Across Social Media

So when the group brought life back to their social media platforms on Sept. 16 for the first time since 2011, it’s no surprise that their OG fans expressed the utmost excitement. Cross Canadian Ragweed’s official Facebook page started out by updating its cover photo to an old snapshot of the group on stage and changed their profile photos to a digitized image of a red cloth with a single spotlight on it. A few days later, a gold bow and a gift tag were added to the photo with the words “To: Koe From Ragweed” written on it. This is likely an indication of the fact that they are offering an artist and fan like Koe Wetzel a gift of a lifetime with their return. 

They sent fans into even more of a frenzy today (Sept. 30) when they posted another throwback image of the band across Instagram and Facebook with the caption, “Who’s down?”

It was believed that Cross Canadian Ragweed would never get back together as members Jeremy Plato and Cody Canada went on to form another band called, Cody Canada and the Departed. Canada recently experienced a surge of the love and dedication that follows their former group when he took the stage of the legendary Ryman Auditorium in Nashville and listened to the packed crowd sing Ragweed favorites back to him. In this moment, Canada knew it was time to give back to the fans who had given them so much over the years.

“The thing that sticks out the most to me about Ragweed was all the people that we met. People that I’m still friends with, from Portland, Oregon, to Ybor City, Florida, and from New York to San Diego.  That’s why there’s a part of me that never wants to quit doing this,” Canada shared. “I’m nostalgic for that. I think that everybody should have a little nostalgia in their life.  So, let’s get together, and let’s make sure that we sound really good, and let’s make people smile. Let’s make ourselves smile, and let’s make McClure and Jason and Stoney and the Turnpike boys smile too.”

Tickets for The Boys From Oklahoma show go on sale October 11, with pre-sales beginning on October 7th at 10:00 AM Central. Tickets can be purchased at www.okstate.com/concert.