When America’s Pastime Meets a Greener Future
Photo: All-American Rejects, for Innings Festival 2025, by Roger Ho
Every February, Arizona becomes the unofficial starting line of the Major League Baseball season.
Spring training brings people west before Opening Day, when every team feels a little hopeful and you can sense the start of something new. You can watch pitchers warm up in the morning, grab lunch nearby, and spend the afternoon watching top prospects get their first reps. With warmer days ahead, everything moves with a more optimistic pace.
That same feeling carries into Innings Festival.
Innings uniquely celebrates baseball culture alongside great music. Over three days, you will find baseball themed activities, art, and appearances from MLB legends woven into the festival.
Plant Futures is heading to Innings because this is where baseball tradition, live music, and a changing food culture meet. We are excited to be there and spotlight how the festival is thinking about food, sustainability, and its overall footprint.
The Lineup
Photo: Innings Festival, Nathan Zucker
The 2026 lineup reflects that mix of tradition and change.
Mumford and Sons, Twenty One Pilots, and Blink 182 headline the weekend, bringing big stage energy into an outdoor setting that celebrates the start of the baseball season.
Cage the Elephant, Lord Huron, Sublime, Public Enemy, Goo Goo Dolls, and The Fray add range across indie, alternative, hip hop, and early 2000s nostalgia. It is the kind of lineup where you get familiar favorites alongside up and coming bands, the same way spring training brings together established players and rising talent.
And like any good baseball gathering, the music is only part of the draw.
The Real MVP
Let’s be honest. One of the best parts of going to a game is the food. It’s half the reason you’re there. You know that mound of grilled onions is calling your name. At Innings, that same energy carries into the vendor lineup
We’re especially excited to highlight and try the plant based options from vendors like Bussin’ Burgers, Island Noodles, Willie’s Taco Joint, Roti Rolls, Pizza Nova, and Tot Box. Seeing these groups serve classic plant based ballpark staples shows how menus are expanding while still keeping the spirit of the game intact.
Sustainability Behind the Scenes
When thousands of people gather in one place, what happens behind the scenes matters.
Innings has partnered with Musically Fed to redirect surplus backstage meals to local community organizations rather than letting that food go to waste. You can read more about that collaboration here:
You can read more about that collaboration here →
These decisions may not be front and center for most attendees, but they shape the overall footprint of the event.
Before the First Pitch
Photo: Innings Festival, Ismael Quintanilla III.
Spring training keeps the traditions of baseball intact while quietly setting the tone for the season ahead. Innings feels similar. It holds onto the identity of baseball culture while reflecting how music, food, and sustainability expectations are evolving.
We are heading to Innings to experience it firsthand and to spotlight what that looks like on the ground. Spring training is where you get your first look at what the season might become.
Innings Festival aims to celebrate that same feeling and we can’t wait.
Batter up.
