Thanksgiving at AT&T Stadium is getting a country-star spotlight.
The Dallas Cowboys announced Sunday, Oct. 25, that Miranda Lambert will headline the team’s Thanksgiving Day halftime show when Dallas faces the Philadelphia Eagles. The three-time Grammy winner is set to take one of the biggest stages in football as part of The Salvation Army’s 30th annual Red Kettle Kickoff.
The Cowboys leaned into the reveal with a promotional image of Lambert seated atop a longhorn in front of AT&T Stadium, and they followed that up with an Instagram video featuring the cheerleaders as part of the announcement rollout.
"It's the reveal you've been waiting for!" the Cowboys wrote.
"Country superstar Miranda Lambert will ring in this monumental 30th #RedKettleKickoff at the Dallas Cowboys halftime show this Thanksgiving on FOX. Get ready to mix a little country and disco 🪩"
That country-and-disco tease suggests the team has something more than a straightforward set planned, though no setlist has been announced.
Lambert feels like a natural fit for the gig. The Texas native has spent years building her name on a signature country sound, and a Thanksgiving performance in front of a Cowboys crowd gives her a home-state stage with extra shine. Her catalog includes “The House That Built Me,” “Mama’s Broken Heart” and “Kerosene.”
She now joins a list of major names who have played the Cowboys’ Thanksgiving halftime show before, including Dolly Parton, Lainey Wilson and Post Malone.
This year’s edition carries extra weight because it marks 30 years of the Cowboys’ partnership with The Salvation Army. The halftime performance doubles as the national kickoff for the organization’s annual Red Kettle fundraising campaign, and the team said the partnership has helped raise more than $3.4 billion for people in need over those three decades.
Dallas will host Philadelphia on Thursday, Nov. 26, with kickoff set for 3:30 p.m. CT (4:30 p.m. ET) on FOX.
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