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The two-day event 鈥� with country music on the lineup Saturday, Oct. 13, and pop and rock artists populating the lineup Sunday, Oct. 14 鈥� moves to the much bigger, more accessible Naranja Park, 660 W. Naranja Drive off North La Ca帽ada Drive in Oro Valley.

The festival also is tiptoeing into diversifying its lineup. Sunday opens with its first-ever EDM (electronic dance music) artist, Max Schneider, who performs under the stage name MAX.

鈥淚鈥檓 so excited to be a part of the lineup and bring a new spice,鈥� MAX said, describing his music as 鈥渕agnificent tasty sauce.鈥�

Kerry Dunne, who works with R Entertainment, which is putting on the event with partners iHeartRadio and Phenomenon Concerts, said he is excited about the festival鈥檚 makeover.

鈥淲e thought this new location would be a great future opportunity for us,鈥� he said, adding that the festival also will have more food options. In past years, a half-dozen food trucks selling pizza, tacos and hot dogs and burgers were on-site.

鈥淲e鈥檒l have traditional pizza, hot dogs, hamburgers, homemade tacos, all the way down to vegan and gluten-free opportunities,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e have something for everybody.鈥�

Dunne is new to the project and plans to bring a fresh eye to the festival. The location is a big change, but Dunne is especially proud to present a lineup that appeals to a wide range of music tastes.

鈥淲e believe in diversity. Festivals are for people to come and sample music and acts that they may have not seen before. That鈥檚 what really drives festivals these days, the opportunity to discover new bands and new styles of music,鈥� Dunne said. 鈥淚f we have diversity, we can touch many more people than we have in the past.鈥�

The festival will showcase a mix of country, rock, alternative rock and pop artists.

a look at the lineup:

• Headlining opening day is Tennessee native Chris Young. The 鈥淣ashville Star鈥� winner has had a string of hits including 鈥淕ettin鈥� You Home (The Black Dress Song),鈥� 鈥淚鈥檓 Coming Over,鈥� 鈥淰oices鈥� and 鈥淭he Man I Want to Be.鈥� His latest single, 鈥淗angin鈥� On,鈥� is in the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Chart.
• Danielle Bradbery, winner of season four of 鈥淭he Voice,鈥� brings a taste of R&B and pop into her music, with hits including 鈥淔riend Zone鈥� and her latest, 鈥淲orth It.鈥�
• Canadian brothers Curtis and Brad Rempel make up the bluegrass-leaning High Valley (鈥淢ake You Mine,鈥� 鈥淪he鈥檚 With Me鈥�). They describe their sound as country, infused with pop-grass.
• Cassadee Pope makes an encore appearance. She was on the lineup for the second festival in 2016. Big question: Will Pope and headliner Young share the stage for the chart-topping duet 鈥淭hink of You?鈥� 鈥淭hese two have a hit track. So we said, let鈥檚 get Cassadee on the bill as well. That鈥檇 be a very cool thing for the patrons for them to do a duet together,鈥� Dunne said.
• Phoenix firefighter turned country rocker Matt Farris (鈥淩edneck Radio鈥�) and Tucson country singer-songwriter Drew Cooper kick things off.

On Sunday:

• Christian rockers Switchfoot head the pop-rock lineup. The band, which scored hits off 鈥淥nly Hope鈥� from the 鈥淎 Walk to Remember鈥� soundtrack and 鈥淢eant to Live鈥� from their multiplatinum debut album 鈥淭he Beautiful Letdown,鈥� is returning after a one-year hiatus.
• Reggae pop band, O.A.R., fresh off its summer tour with Train, brings a saxophone to the party. Expect high energy and fun.
• Genre-bending rocker Mat Kearney brings acoustic vibes and chill house grooves to his fifth studio album, 鈥淐razytalk,鈥� which also drops some EDM moves. He might prove to be one of the most interesting artists of the two days.
• A Great Big World may be best known for its Christina Aguilera collaboration 鈥淪ay Something,鈥� but the duo says they have plenty of tricks up their musical sleeves, including a new single dedicated to Ian Axel鈥檚 baby boy.
• MAX will infuse a little EDM into the festival. He鈥檚 the first artist in the Oro Valley Music Festival鈥檚 history to perform EDM.
• Tucson鈥檚 The Rich Berra Band kicks things off.