Riley Green headlines Live Fest on the Tiburón driving range Dec. 12

The seventh annual Live Fest brings the CMA and ACM Award winner, with special guest Tyler Hubbard, to the Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón for one December night outdoors.

Picture a December Saturday in Naples: a golf driving range turned into a festival field, the sun going down a little after five, and a country crowd staking out grass in front of a big outdoor stage. That is the plan for Saturday, Dec. 12, 2026, when Riley Green headlines the seventh annual Live Fest at The Ritz-Carlton Naples, Tiburón.

The details are set. Live Fest's organizers list the show from 5 to 10 p.m., outdoors on the driving range at Tiburón, with Green as headliner and Tyler Hubbard as special guest. Organizers bill Green as a CMA and ACM Award winner, and the lineup has been public since late spring. If you've been meaning to get tickets, they're sold through the festival's own site, LiveFest.com. Ticket tiers and prices weren't on the pages we checked, so look there before you plan the night.

One thing to know about the room: there isn't one. This isn't a hotel ballroom show or a seated theater date. Live Fest happens on the Tiburón golf property in North Naples, not the beachfront Ritz-Carlton on Vanderbilt Beach. Plan for an outdoor evening: something warmer for after sunset, comfortable shoes for grass, and a parking or rideshare plan before you leave the house.

Live Fest has turned into one of the few big country nights the Naples calendar gets each year. Last year's sixth edition was headlined by Darius Rucker, according to the Naples, Marco Island & Everglades visitors bureau, and the festival has kept the same format: one evening, a major country headliner, and a golf course setting. That makes it a different outing from driving up to Tampa or across to Miami for an arena date, and that's part of the appeal for people here.

Green's December looks busy. Resorts World Las Vegas has him down for two Resorts World Theatre shows during National Finals Rodeo week, Dec. 6 and Dec. 10, as part of his Cowboy As It Gets Tour 2026. Florida gets him twice this fall: Live Fest, and before that St. Pete Country Fest in St. Petersburg, Nov. 20-22, where Bailey Zimmerman and Koe Wetzel also headline. For Southwest Florida fans who don't want to drive two-plus hours up I-75, the Naples date is the one to circle.

Hubbard is more than an opener here. Live Fest bills him as the night's special guest, so expect a real set before Green's closing slot. Running times weren't on the pages we checked, but a five-hour window leaves room for both acts to take their time.

The practical advice is simple. Buy from the festival's own site rather than a reseller, check the gate time and any bag policy the week of the show, and keep an eye on the forecast. A December evening on the Gulf Coast is usually kind, but it's still outdoors.

For a town that mostly gets its big country shows by road trip, a headliner on the driving range one Saturday in December is worth having. Grab a blanket and a friend, and get there before the sun goes down.

Sources: Live Fest: Riley Green to Headline 7th Annual Live Fest (livefest.com); Live Fest official site (livefest.com); Paradise Coast: Darius Rucker to Headline 6th Annual Live Fest (paradisecoast.com); Resorts World Las Vegas: Riley Green brings Cowboy As It Gets Tour 2026 to Resorts World Theatre (rwlasvegas.com); St. Pete Country Fest Reveals 2026 Lineup (countrycentral.com)