Moon Crush Odies Beach Vacation 2026: Old Dominion Returns to Miramar Beach, Oct 1 to 3

Q: How do you get tickets?

Tickets are on sale now at odiesbeach.com . That's the official home for passes, the full lineup, and the schedule. Get the tickets first, then sort out where you're sleeping. In that order, because the music goes faster than the rooms do, and that's saying something. Here's the thing I keep coming back to. There's a kind of magic to live music with the Gulf rolling in behind it: big names, small-town ease, and that Emerald Coast light in October that makes everybody look like they're already on vacation. Because they are. Come find out what it sounds like with your feet in the sand. We'll sav

Events · 6 min read · Roger Ridpath

Moon Crush "Odies Beach Vacation" hits Miramar Beach October 1 to 3, 2026: two nights of Old Dominion plus Darius Rucker, Flo Rida, and Jake Owen at Seascape Resort.

Beach concert stage at Seascape Resort on Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach, Florida, at sunset

Let me set two things next to each other, because I think you'll like where it goes. One: Moon Crush "Odies Beach Vacation" is coming to Miramar Beach, Florida, October 1 to 3, 2026, at Seascape Resort, right on Scenic Gulf Drive. Two: Old Dominion (the "Odies" the whole weekend is named after) is headlining two nights of it, and they're bringing Darius Rucker, Flo Rida, Jake Owen, Fitz and The Tantrums, Uncle Kracker, and Phil Vassar along with them. Now put all that on a beach where the water turns that impossible shade of emerald and the sun goes down right behind the stage. That's the weekend. And if you ask me, it's about the best excuse to come down here all fall.

What is Moon Crush "Odies Beach Vacation"?

Moon Crush "Odies Beach Vacation" is a three-day beachfront music vacation in Miramar Beach, Florida, October 1 to 3, 2026, at Seascape Resort on Scenic Gulf Drive. That's the plain version. Here's the part I like: it's put on by Topeka, the folks behind the Moon Crush weekends, and the whole thing is built so you don't have to pick between a beach trip and a great show. You get both, same three days, same sand. If you caught the Pink Moon weekend coming next spring, think of this as the fall cousin: same idea, different lineup.

Who's playing Moon Crush 2026?

Old Dominion headlines, with two performances across the weekend. Around them you'll get Darius Rucker, Flo Rida, Jake Owen, Fitz and The Tantrums, the Nashville Yacht Club Band, Uncle Kracker, and Phil Vassar. And then there's a whole second layer over on the Odies Grove Stage: Tera Lynne, Rachel Horter, Stacey Kelleher, Presley & Taylor, Amanda Raye, and Ginn.

That's a lineup that wanders all over the map: country, pop, a little throwback, a little island. Which is the point, honestly. Bring the people who never agree on the radio. There's something in there for every one of them.

Where is it, and why does that matter so much?

Seascape Resort, on Scenic Gulf Drive in Miramar Beach, between Destin and Sandestin. And I'd argue the where matters as much as the who. The stage sits on the same sand the resort sits on. So the show isn't a place you drive to and leave. It's right there. You spend the day in the Gulf, walk up for dinner, and the music's a hundred steps away. No parking deck. No shuttle. No figuring out how everybody gets home at midnight. Just the water at your back and the lights coming up as the sun drops.

Where should you stay for Moon Crush in Miramar Beach?

I'll be straight with you, because it's the honest answer to the question: the festival is at Seascape, and so are we. Majestic Sun is our place: a 4th-floor, Gulf-view condo right on Scenic Gulf Drive, two bedrooms, sleeps six, steps from the sand and the stage. You can wander back between sets, put the kids down for a nap, refill the cooler, and be back on the beach in ten minutes. On a weekend built around music, that kind of easy is the whole game.

Easiest way to lock it in is to book direct at scenicgulfdr.com (email hello@scenicgulfdr.com and skip the platform fees), or grab it on Airbnb or VRBO if that's more your speed. One true thing, not a sales line: festival weekends on this beach book up early, and the folks who searched "Moon Crush 2026" back in the spring are the ones who end up on the sand in October. If this weekend's on your list, don't sit on it.

How do you get tickets?

Tickets are on sale now at odiesbeach.com. That's the official home for passes, the full lineup, and the schedule. Get the tickets first, then sort out where you're sleeping. In that order, because the music goes faster than the rooms do, and that's saying something.

Here's the thing I keep coming back to. There's a kind of magic to live music with the Gulf rolling in behind it: big names, small-town ease, and that Emerald Coast light in October that makes everybody look like they're already on vacation. Because they are. Come find out what it sounds like with your feet in the sand. We'll save you a spot on Scenic Gulf Drive.