The Dutton Ranch put its brand on the Stagecoach Country Music Festival recently as singers and actors from “Yellowstone” made appearances throughout the event.
“Yellowstone” is a hit series on the Paramount Network (the first four seasons can be streamed on the Peacock Network) about the Dutton family of ranchers whose property adjoins Yellowstone National Park. It has spawned two spinoffs, “1883” and and “1923,” and several recent headlines as gossip swirls around whether Kevin Costner, who has played the head of the clan for four seasons, will return for the fifth.
There is a lot of cross pollination between “Yellowstone” and the country music world, and that was on full display during the last day of Stagecoach at the Empire Polo Club in Indio.
Luke Grimes, who plays Costner’s song Kayce Dutton on the series, took to the Mane Stage in the early afternoon. Lainey Wilson, who played Abby for four episodes, hit the same stage at about sunset. She was introduced by series creator Taylor Sheridan. Just a couple of hours earlier, they both joined the Food Network’s Guy Fieri for a cooking demo.
Sheridan is partial owner of the Four Sixes Ranch near the Texas Panhandle. He told Fieri that his goal with the show and the ranch was to bring light to a way of life.
Fieri turned over the demo duties to Sheridan, who brought several cuts of steak and advised rubbing them with used coffee grounds as Wilson demonstrated. Kyle Red Silverstein, who plays young Rip Wheeler, was among the spectators in Fieri’s VIP area.
Two other “Yellowstone” connected stars were on the Palomino Stage: Ryan Bingham, who plays Walker, performed in the later afternoon. Bingham has announced he is in relationship with Hassie Harrison, who plays Laramie on the show, according to Entertainment Weekly and other news sources.
Tyler Childers, whose song “Nose to the Grindstone” was featured on and became popular because of the series, closed out the Palomino Stage.
Stagecoach set up a tent devoted to the “Yellowstone” Dutton Ranch next to the Palomino Stage. There was a T-shirt shop and a space where fans could order Four Sixes steak. There was also a photo station with a mockup stone fireplace from the show to pose in front of and a branding station where people used leatherworking punches to personalize their souvenirs.
Brittany Swanson of El Segundo pounded her first name into a beer can holder that already bore the “Yellowstone” Dutton brand. She was enjoying the atmosphere of the space.
Swanson planned her afternoon around “Yellowstone.” She was headed off to the Mane Stage, where she planned to catch Grimes and Wilson, and hoped to squeeze in the cooking demo between their sets. She has high expectations for Season 5 of “Yellowstone” even though she is “a little concerned” about what happens with it.
“I’m sure that Taylor Sheridan will come up with something brilliant,” she said. “And I hope Kevin comes back.”
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