The Boots and Hearts Music Festival is a multi-day
country
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music and camping festival produced by Republic Live Inc. and owned by Stan and Eva Dunford. The festival is held annually at the
Burl's Creek Event Grounds
Burl's Creek Event Grounds is a large-scale outdoor music venue in Oro-Medonte township, north of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the south side of Highway 11 on Oro-Medonte's 8th Line, between Barrie and Orillia. It most notably hol ...
in
Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada. Since its inception in 2012, Boots and Hearts has grown to become Canada's largest country music festival and the second largest music festival in
North America
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behind only the
CMA Music Festival
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.
Boots and Hearts was awarded the CCMA (
Canadian Country Music Association
The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The groundwork for the association began on June 3rd, 1973 when a g ...
) "Festival of the Year" Award in 2014, 2015, and 2016, as well as the Canadian Music Week "Festival of the Year" in 2015. In 2019 and 2020, they were nominated for "Festival of the Year" by the
Academy of Country Music Awards
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.
The 2020 and 2021 editions of the event were cancelled due to the global
COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
History
Owned by Stan and Eva Dunford, under Republic Live Inc, Boots and Hearts took place for the first time in 2012 at
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park
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in
Bowmanville
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, Ontario. After reaching capacity at Motorsport Park they then purchased land to host large scale festivals and the festival moved to
Burl's Creek Event Grounds
Burl's Creek Event Grounds is a large-scale outdoor music venue in Oro-Medonte township, north of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the south side of Highway 11 on Oro-Medonte's 8th Line, between Barrie and Orillia. It most notably hol ...
in
Oro-Medonte, Ontario.
Lineups
August 10–12, 2012
Alabama
(We dare defend our rights)
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,
Big & Rich
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,
Carrie Underwood
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Kid Rock
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Lionel Richie
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Sheryl Crow
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Tim McGraw
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Canaan Smith
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Charlie Major
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Musical career
Bo ...
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Crystal Shawanda
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Dallas Smith
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, Dance Y'all,
Danny Michel
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,
Derek Miller,
Gord Downie & The Sadies, Hannah Chapplain,
High Valley
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,
Jason Jones,
Jason McCoy
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,
Jaydee Bixby
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JT Hodges
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Early life
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Kevin Costner
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Kira Isabella
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Larry Berrio,
Lauren Alaina
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Leah Daniels
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,
Lindsay Broughton,
MacKenzie Porter
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, Makayla Lynn, Martha Meredith, Melissa Payne,
Paul Brandt
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,
Phil Vassar
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, Riot In The Valley,
Shane Yellowbird
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, Stone Sparrows,
Tebey,
Terri Clark
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, The Hollowbodies, The Roughnotes,
Tim Chaisson
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Tim Hicks
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Trish Stratus
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August 1–4, 2013
Jason Aldean
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The Band Perry
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Rascal Flatts
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Dierks Bentley
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,
Miranda Lambert
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MacKenzie Porter
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, Lindsay Broughton, Rob Carnegie, The Stone Sparrows,
Tim Hicks
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,
Emerson Drive
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, Catfish Willie & The Buckle Busters, Washboard Hank, Keith & Renee,
The Heartbroken
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The Heartbroken came together in 2009, and made their debut in March that year ...
,
Autumn Hill,
David Nail
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,
Whitney Rose
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,
The Abrams Brothers, Melissa Payne,
Devin Cuddy
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Personal life
His father, Jim Cuddy, is a founding member of the well-known Canadian band Blue Rodeo. His mother, Rena Polley, is an actress. He has a yo ...
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Aaron Lewis
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Parmalee
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Cassadee Pope
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Colt Ford
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Dean Brody
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,
The Stellas
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Kira Isabella
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,
Chad Brownlee
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Joe Diffie
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Duck Dynasty
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Tebey,
High Valley
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,
Jason Blaine
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,
Tate Stevens
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.
July 31 - August 3, 2014
Toby Keith
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Lee Brice
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,
Luke Bryan
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Hunter Hayes
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Hayes released his Hunter Hayes (album), self-titled debut alb ...
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Blake Shelton
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Natalie Stovall and the Drive
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Brett Kissel
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Kissel was born ...
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Dallas Smith
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,
The Stables
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The Stables hosts over 400 concerts and around 250 education events a year including the National Youth Music ...
, Alyssa Morrissey, Genevieve Fisher, Marshall Dane,
Jordan McIntosh,
Jess Moskaluke
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Chris Stapleton
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Sam Hunt
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One More Girl
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Deric Ruttan
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The Road Hammers
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,
Paul Brandt
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Sawyer Brown
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David Lee Murphy
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Clare Dunn
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Tim Hicks
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Open Sky
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, Northern Road,
Jordan McIntosh,
Abrams Brothers,
Dan + Shay
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Tyler Farr
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The Reklaws
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Danielle Bradbery
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Home Free,
Neal McCoy
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Gord Bamford
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August 6–9, 2015
Brad Paisley
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Eric Church
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Florida Georgia Line
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Thomas Rhett
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People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
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* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
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Dallas Smith
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Justin Moore
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Emerson Drive
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,
High Valley
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,
Chad Brownlee
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Frankie Ballard
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The Road Hammers
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,
David Nail
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,
Maddie & Tae
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Canaan Smith
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Kira Isabella
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The Stellas
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Jess Moskaluke
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Lennon and Maisy
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Austin Webb
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Blackjack Billy
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Dylan Scott
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Old Dominion
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** Colony of Virginia
*Old Dominion University, a public university in Norfolk, Virginia
**Old Dominion Monarchs, the athletic teams represe ...
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Small Town Pistols,
MacKenzie Porter
MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian country music, country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released one self-titled album and achieved four Canada Country number ones with "About You (MacKenzie Porter song), About ...
,
The Reklaws
The Reklaws are a Canadian country music duo from North Dumfries, Ontario, formed in 2012. The duo consists of siblings Stuart and Jenna Walker. They have released three albums, ''Freshman Year (album), Freshman Year'', ''Sophomore Slump (album) ...
,
Wes Mack
Wesley MacInnes is a Canadian country musician who performs under the stage name Wes Mack. He is also an actor and a director.
Early life
MacInnes was born in Calgary, Alberta. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Music career
MacInnes perf ...
, Trinity Bradshaw, The Lovelocks, Leah Daniels, MacArthur Clark
Ty Baynton Kaitlin Kozell, Tham Dang Rattlers, Genevieve Fisher, Melissa Payne, Jesse LaBelle,
Open Sky
''Open Sky'' is a progressive rock album by Iona, released in 2000.
Recording
Recordings were made at various locations during 1999 and 2000, all engineered by Nigel Palmer:
* Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire
* Visions on Albion, Yorkshire
* The ...
, Kate Suhr, Abby Stewart.
August 4–7, 2016
Blake Shelton
Blake Tollison Shelton (born June 18, 1976) is an American country music singer and television personality. In 2001, he made his debut with the single " Austin". The lead-off single from his self-titled debut album, "Austin" spent five weeks at ...
,
Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He has released 16 studio albums (11 for Curb Records, four for Big Machine Records and one for Arista Nashville). 10 of those album ...
,
Dierks Bentley
Frederick Dierks Bentley (; born November 20, 1975) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In 2003, he signed to Capitol Nashville and released his eponymous debut album. Both it and its follow-up, 2005's ''Modern Day Drifter'', ar ...
,
Jake Owen
Joshua Ryan Owen (born August 28, 1981), known professionally as Jake Owen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he released his debut studio album, '' Startin' with Me'', that year.
This ...
,
Sam Hunt
Sam Lowry Hunt (born December 8, 1984) is an American singer and songwriter. Born in Cedartown, Georgia, Hunt played football in his high school and college years and once attempted to pursue a professional sports career before signing with MCA ...
,
Chase Rice
Chase Rice (born September 19, 1985) is an American country music singer, songwriter and reality television personality. He first came to prominence in 2010 while he was a contestant on '' Survivor: Nicaragua'', where he was the runner-up to Ju ...
Dean Brody
Dean Brody (born August 12, 1975) is a Canadian country music artist who has won 16 CCMA Awards and 2 JUNO Awards. Originally signed to Broken Bow Records in 2008, Brody made his debut later that year with the single "Brothers". This song, a Top ...
,
Tim Hicks
Tim Hicks (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Since he released his debut single "Get By" in 2012, he has charted eighteen top ten hits on the Canada Country chart. Hicks’ catalog ...
,
Diamond Rio
Diamond Rio is an American country music band. The band was founded in 1982 as an attraction for the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee, and was originally known as the Grizzly River Boys, then the Tennessee River Boys. It was foun ...
,
Emerson Drive
Emerson Drive is a Canadian country music band consisting of Brad Mates (lead vocals), Danick Dupelle (guitars, backing vocals), Mike Melancon (drums), and Dale Wallace (keyboards, backing vocals). The band was founded in 1995 as 12 Gauge, which ...
,
Chase Bryant
Chase Spencer Yaklin, better known by his stage name Chase Bryant (born October 9, 1992) is an American singer and songwriter. Bryant is a family name shared by his grandfather, Jimmy Bryant, who performed with Roy Orbison and Waylon Jennings.
In ...
,
Dylan Scott
Dylan Scott Robinson (born October 22, 1990) is an American country pop singer and songwriter, better known by his stage name Dylan Scott. He is signed to Curb Records.
Career
Scott's debut single, " Makin' This Boy Go Crazy", was released in ...
,
Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine (born April 19, 1980) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Pembroke, Ontario. Blaine is a multiple Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), SOCAN & Country Music Association of Ontario Award winner with over 20 Canad ...
,
Cam
Calmodulin (CaM) (an abbreviation for calcium-modulated protein) is a multifunctional intermediate calcium-binding messenger protein expressed in all eukaryotic cells. It is an intracellular target of the secondary messenger Ca2+, and the bin ...
,
Alan Doyle and the Beautiful Gypsies,
Tebey, Raquel Cole,
River Town Saints
River Town Saints is a Canadian country music group from Arnprior, Ontario, composed of Chris McComb, Jeremy Bortot, Jordan Potvin, Chase Kasner, and Joey Patrois. Labelle, McComb and Bortot formed the trio Labelle in 2014, later adding Potvin and ...
,
Autumn Hill,
Meghan Patrick
Meghan Patrick (born March 25, 1987) is a Canadian-American country singer-songwriter from Bowmanville, Ontario, signed to Warner Music Canada, and Riser House Entertainment. She released her debut album, ''Grace & Grit'', on April 29, 2016. P ...
,
Madeline Merlo
Madeline Merlo (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. She signed to Open Road Recordings in 2013 and released her debut album, '' Free Soul'', three years later. In 2015, Merlo received the "Rising Star" award from t ...
,
Lindsay Ell
Lindsay Elizabeth Ell (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian-American country pop singer, songwriter, guitarist and television personality from Calgary, Alberta. Her music incorporates elements of rock and blues. She was signed to the US record labe ...
,
Jojo Mason
Jojo Mason (born February 26, 1990) is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Mason moved to Victoria, British Columbia in 2004 to play hockey at the junior (Saanich Jr Braves, VIJHL) ranks but suffered a herniated disk. Later, he met songwr ...
,
Jason Benoit,
Jordan McIntosh,
David James,
Aaron Pritchett
Aaron Pritchett (born August 2, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He has one #1 hit on the ''Billboard'' Canada Country chart with " Better When I Do".
Biography
Pritchett got his start as a DJ at Rooster's Country Cabaret bar in Pitt M ...
,
Lindsay Broughton,
The Reklaws
The Reklaws are a Canadian country music duo from North Dumfries, Ontario, formed in 2012. The duo consists of siblings Stuart and Jenna Walker. They have released three albums, ''Freshman Year (album), Freshman Year'', ''Sophomore Slump (album) ...
, The Dungarees,
Cory Marquardt, Kaitlin Kozell, Brea Lawrenson, Johnson Crook, MacArthur Clark,
James Barker Band
The James Barker Band is a Canadian country group formed in Woodville, Ontario, in 2015. The band consists of James Barker, Taylor Abram, Connor Stephen, and Bobby Martin. In Canada, they have four number one country singles with "Chills (James Ba ...
.
August 10–13, 2017
Luke Bryan
Thomas Luther "Luke" Bryan (born July 17, 1976) is an American country music, country singer, songwriter, and television personality. He began his music career writing songs for Travis Tritt and Billy Currington before signing with Capitol Reco ...
,
Keith Urban
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is an Australian-American musician, singer, guitarist and songwriter known for his work in country music. Recognized with four Grammy Awards, Urban also received fifteen Academy of Country Music Award ...
,
Brantley Gilbert
Brantley Keith Gilbert (born January 20, 1985) is an American country rock singer, songwriter and record producer from Jefferson, Georgia. He was originally signed to Colt Ford's label, Average Joes Entertainment, where he released ''Modern Day ...
Brett Eldredge
Brett Ryan Eldredge (born March 23, 1986) is an American country music singer, songwriter and record producer, signed to Warner Music Group Nashville. Eldredge has had five No. 1 singles on the ''Billboard'' Country Airplay chart, three of ...
,
Eli Young Band
Eli Young Band is an American country music band composed of members who met while students at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas: Mike Eli (lead vocals, guitar), James Young (guitar), Jon Jones (bass guitar), and Chris Thompson (drum ...
,
Dan + Shay
Dan or DAN may refer to:
People
* Dan (name), including a list of people with the name
** Dan (king), several kings of Denmark
* Dan people, an ethnic group located in West Africa
**Dan language, a Mande language spoken primarily in Côte d'Ivoi ...
,
Frankie Ballard
Frank Robert Ballard IV (born December 16, 1982) is an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He has released two albums each for Reprise Records and Warner Bros. Records, and has charted eight singles on the Hot Country Songs ...
,
Chad Brownlee
Chad Brownlee (born July 12, 1984) is a Canadian country music artist, songwriter, actor, and former ice hockey defenceman. He has one #1 Canada Country hit with " Forever's Gotta Start Somewhere".
Sports career
Brownlee was a draft pick for t ...
,
Jess Moskaluke
Jessica Moskaluke (born June 4, 1990) is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. She released her debut studio album, '' Light Up the Night'' in April 2014, which includes the platinum-certified single "Cheap Wine and Cigarettes". She has one #1 ...
,
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Glo ...
,
Tucker Beathard
Tucker Russell Beathard ( ; born January 24, 1995) is an American country music singer and songwriter. A son of songwriter Casey Beathard, Beathard was signed to Dot Records, Dot Records, a subsidiary of Big Machine Records in 2015 where he rel ...
,
Drake White and The Big Fire,
Aubrie Sellers
Aubrie Lee Sellers (born February 12, 1991) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. She is the daughter of singer/songwriters Jason Sellers and Lee Ann Womack; and the stepdaughter of music producer Frank Liddell. Seller ...
,
Cold Creek County
Cold Creek County is a Canadian country rock group based in Brighton, Ontario, Brighton, Ontario. Its members are Doug Oliver, Josh Lester, Trevor MacLeod, Justin Lester, and Jordan Honsinger. They were founded in 2013 and signed to Sony Music Ca ...
, Endless Summer,
Lindi Ortega
Lindi Ortega (born May 28, 1980) is a Canadian country singer-songwriter from Toronto, Ontario, who had lived in Nashville, Tennessee then moved to Western Canada in 2017. She spent nearly a decade as an independent artist in the Toronto music ...
, Brooke Eden,
Midland, JJ Shiplett, The Abrams, Jessica Mitchell, Dani Strong, Kelly Prescot, Andrew Hyatt, Jesse Gold
August 9–12, 2018
Florida Georgia Line
Florida Georgia Line is an American country music duo founded in 2010 by Tyler Hubbard of Georgia and Brian Kelley of Florida, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. Their 2012 debut single " Cruise" broke two major sales records: it was ...
,
Alan Jackson
Alan Eugene Jackson (born October 17, 1958) is an American singer-songwriter. He is known for blending traditional honky-tonk and mainstream country pop sounds (for a style widely regarded as "neotraditional country"), as well as penning many o ...
,
Thomas Rhett
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the Ap ...
,
Billy Currington
William Matthew Currington (born November 19, 1973) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Signed to Mercury Records Nashville in 2003, he has released seven studio albums for the label: his self-titled debut (2003), '' Doin' Someth ...
,
Dallas Smith
Dallas Hendry Smith (born December 4, 1977) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, who performs both as a solo country music artist and as lead singer for the hard rock band Default. He is currently signed to Big Loud Records. Smith is the curre ...
,
Brett Young
Midland,
Locash
LoCash (stylized as LOCASH), formerly known as LoCash Cowboys, is an American country music duo consisting of vocalists Chris Lucas and Preston Brust. They have released 3 studio albums, one each for Average Joes Entertainment, Reviver Records, and ...
,
James Barker Band
The James Barker Band is a Canadian country group formed in Woodville, Ontario, in 2015. The band consists of James Barker, Taylor Abram, Connor Stephen, and Bobby Martin. In Canada, they have four number one country singles with "Chills (James Ba ...
,
The Washboard Union,
Lindsay Ell
Lindsay Elizabeth Ell (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian-American country pop singer, songwriter, guitarist and television personality from Calgary, Alberta. Her music incorporates elements of rock and blues. She was signed to the US record labe ...
,
Russell Dickerson
Russell Edward Dickerson (born May 7, 1987) is an American country pop singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee. Dickerson has released two albums through Triple Tigers. Both have accounted for four singles charting on Hot Country Songs an ...
,
Blackjack Billy
Blackjack Billy is an American country rock group composed of Noll Billings (vocals), Clayton Shay (vocals, bass guitar), Jeff Coplan (electric guitar), and Weston Jordan (drums). Based in Nashville, they describe their music as "Redneck Rock." Th ...
,
Meghan Patrick
Meghan Patrick (born March 25, 1987) is a Canadian-American country singer-songwriter from Bowmanville, Ontario, signed to Warner Music Canada, and Riser House Entertainment. She released her debut album, ''Grace & Grit'', on April 29, 2016. P ...
,
Walker Hayes
Charles Edgar Walker Hayes (born December 27, 1979) is an American country-pop singer and songwriter. He has released three studio albums: ''Reason to Rhyme'' in 2011 on Capitol Records Nashville, and ''Boom (Walker Hayes album), Boom'' and ''Co ...
,
Madeline Merlo
Madeline Merlo (born February 9, 1994) is a Canadian country pop singer-songwriter. She signed to Open Road Recordings in 2013 and released her debut album, '' Free Soul'', three years later. In 2015, Merlo received the "Rising Star" award from t ...
,
Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine (born April 19, 1980) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Pembroke, Ontario. Blaine is a multiple Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), SOCAN & Country Music Association of Ontario Award winner with over 20 Canad ...
,
Aaron Goodvin
Aaron Goodvin is a Canadian-American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 2016, he has charted multiple singles on the ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Canada Country charts, including the number-one hits "You Are (Aaron Goodvin s ...
,
River Town Saints
River Town Saints is a Canadian country music group from Arnprior, Ontario, composed of Chris McComb, Jeremy Bortot, Jordan Potvin, Chase Kasner, and Joey Patrois. Labelle, McComb and Bortot formed the trio Labelle in 2014, later adding Potvin and ...
,
Kira Isabella
Kira Isabella Wilkie, who is known by her stage name Kira Isabella is a Canadian country music artist. Isabella was signed to Sony Music Canada in 2009. Her first single, "Love Me Like That", was released in 2011 and charted on the Canadian Hot 10 ...
,
Andrew Hyatt,
Bobby Wills
Bobby Wills is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter. Wills has released five albums – ''Man with No Past'' (2010), '' If It Was That Easy'' (2012), ''Crazy Enough'' (2014), ''Tougher Than Love'' (2016) and an EP ''Longshot Bar & Grill'' ( ...
,
Maggie Rose
Maggie Rose Durante (born May 19, 1988) is an American soul music, soul and country music singer. In 2009, Durante signed to Universal Republic as Margaret Durante and released a cover of Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody". A year later, she left Uni ...
,
Runaway June
Runaway June is an American country music group consisting of Stevie Woodward (lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, autoharp), Jennifer Wayne (guitar, vocals), and Natalie Stovall (guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, vocals). Wayne co-founded the g ...
,
Chris Buck Band,
Petric,
Jimmie Allen
James Edward Allen (born June 18, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He is signed to Broken Bow Records imprint Stoney Creek, for which he has released the two singles "Best Shot" and " Make Me Want To" and the 2018 album ...
,
Sons of Daughters
Sons of Daughters is a Canadian country music duo, composed of Chrystal Leigh and Jimmy Thow. They were featured on season one of CTV's ''The Launch''. Their first widely released single "Ain’t Gonna Be Lonely Long" charted in the top 15 of th ...
, Ryan Robinette,
Devin Dawson
Devin Dawson Durrett (born January 30, 1989) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He became known after filming a mashup of Taylor Swift songs with his fellow friend Louisa Wendorff on her YouTube channel, which gained popularity ...
, Natasha Zimbaro, Genevieve Fisher, Sacha, The Wheat Kings,
Jade Eagleson
Jade Eagleson (born May 23, 1994) is a Canadian country music, country singer and songwriter from Bailieboro, Ontario. He has released nine singles (including the #1 Canada Country hits "Lucky (Jade Eagleson song), Lucky", "All Night to Figure It ...
, The Redhill Valleys, Kelsi Mayne, Emma Wright
August 8–11, 2019
Jason Aldean
Jason Aldean (born Jason Aldine Williams; February 28, 1977) is an American country music singer. Since 2005, he has been signed to BBR Music Group, Broken Bow Records, a record label for which he has released ten albums and 40 singles. His 2010 ...
,
Miranda Lambert
Miranda Leigh Lambert (born November 10, 1983) is an American country singer and guitarist. Born in Longview, Texas, she started out in early 2001 when she released her self-titled debut album independently. In 2003, she finished in third place o ...
,
Cole Swindell
Colden Rainey Swindell (born June 30, 1983) is an American rock music singer and songwriter. He has written singles for Craig Campbell, Thomas Rhett, Scotty McCreery, and Luke Bryan, and has released four albums for Warner Bros. Records Nashvil ...
,
Maren Morris
Maren Larae Morris (born April 10, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter. While rooted in the Country music, country genre, her music also blends elements of Pop music, pop, R&B music, R&B, and Hip-Hop music, hip-hop. Born and raised in Arlingt ...
,
Kip Moore
Kipling Christian Moore (born April 2, 1980) is an American country music singer and songwriter signed to MCA Nashville. He has released a total of four studio albums for the label: '' Up All Night'', '' Wild Ones'', ''Slowheart'', and '' Wild ...
,
Kane Brown
Kane Allen Brown (born October 21, 1993) is an American singer. Brown first came to the attention of the public through social media. He released his first EP, titled '' Closer'', in June 2015, and followed it with a new single, " Used to Love ...
Chase Rice
Chase Rice (born September 19, 1985) is an American country music singer, songwriter and reality television personality. He first came to prominence in 2010 while he was a contestant on '' Survivor: Nicaragua'', where he was the runner-up to Ju ...
,
Michael Ray,
Tim Hicks
Tim Hicks (born August 22, 1979) is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter from St. Catharines, Ontario. Since he released his debut single "Get By" in 2012, he has charted eighteen top ten hits on the Canada Country chart. Hicks’ catalog ...
,
Carly Pearce
Carly Pearce (born Carly Cristyne Slusser; April 24, 1990) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Her material contains elements of both traditional and contemporary country-pop music. Pearce began performing professionally in her ...
,
Mitchell Tenpenny
Mitchell Tenpenny (born August 17, 1989) is an American country pop singer and songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee. He has released three studio albums and five extended plays through Riser House Records, with the first being '' Telling All My S ...
,
Lanco Lanco may refer to:
* Lanco, Chile, a city and commune
* Lanco (band), an American country music band
* Lanco, the stage name of Alberto Gallego, a Spanish musician and football manager
* Lanco Infratech, an Indian business conglomerate
* LATAM C ...
,
The Cadillac Three
The Cadillac Three, originally known as The Cadillac Black, is an American rock band consisting of Jaren Johnston (lead vocals, guitar), Kelby Ray (lap steel guitar, bass guitar, vocals), and Neil Mason (drums, vocals). All three members were or ...
,
Morgan Wallen
Morgan Cole Wallen (born May 13, 1993) is an American country singer and songwriter. He competed in the sixth season of ''The Voice'', originally as a member of Usher's team, but later as a member of Adam Levine's team. After being eliminated ...
,
Dylan Scott
Dylan Scott Robinson (born October 22, 1990) is an American country pop singer and songwriter, better known by his stage name Dylan Scott. He is signed to Curb Records.
Career
Scott's debut single, " Makin' This Boy Go Crazy", was released in ...
,
Ashley McBryde
Ashley McBryde (born July 29, 1983) is an American country music singer–songwriter. Raised in Arkansas, she was drawn to various types of music from a young age. She also developed a passion for writing songs and later moved to Nashville, Tennes ...
,
Ryan Hurd
Ryan James Hurd (born November 2, 1986) is an American country music singer and songwriter. In addition to writing No. 1 singles for Blake Shelton, Lady A, and Luke Bryan, Hurd has recorded for RCA Records Nashville.
Career
Hurd was born in Ch ...
,
RaeLynn
Racheal Lynn Woodward (born May 4, 1994), better known as RaeLynn, is an American singer and songwriter who was a contestant on ''The Voice'' in season two (2012). She was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Early life
RaeLynn was born and raise ...
,
Runaway June
Runaway June is an American country music group consisting of Stevie Woodward (lead vocals, guitar, piano, harmonica, autoharp), Jennifer Wayne (guitar, vocals), and Natalie Stovall (guitar, fiddle, banjo, mandolin, vocals). Wayne co-founded the g ...
, Smithfield,
Tyler Rich,
Danielle Bradbery
Danielle Simone Bradbery (born July 23, 1996) is an American country pop singer. She won season 4 of NBC's ''The Voice'' in 2013, becoming the youngest artist to win the competition at age 16. Bradbery's record has since been eclipsed by Sawyer F ...
, Brandon Lay,
The Wild Feathers
The Wild Feathers are an American country rock band formed in 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, by Ricky Young, Joel King, and Taylor Burns, all of whom were lead singers in previous bands. Drummer Ben Dumas joined the band following th ...
,
Jameson Rodgers
Jameson Rodgers (born October 17, 1987) is an American country musician signed to Columbia Nashville/River House, whose debut single "Some Girls" charted on the Country Airplay chart.
Early life
Jameson Rodgers grew up in Batesville, Mississippi ...
,
Hardy,
Shawn Austin
Shawn Austin (born January 13, 1996) is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. He is signed to Big Loud Records' joint venture Local Hay.
Early life
Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Austin elected to pursue a career in country ...
,
Levi Hummon
Levi Hummon is an American country music, country musician. Hummon is the son of fellow country musician Marcus Hummon. Levi Hummon released his first self-titled EP in 2016. In 2018, he released his second EP titled ''Patient''. Hummon has opened ...
, Filmore,
Drew Baldridge,
MacKenzie Porter
MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian country music, country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released one self-titled album and achieved four Canada Country number ones with "About You (MacKenzie Porter song), About ...
, Jake Rose,
Eric Ethridge
Eric Ethridge is a Canadian country pop singer and songwriter. He was previously signed to Anthem Records, and has released one album '' Good with Me''.
Early life
Eric Ethridge was raised in Sarnia, Ontario and played football as a defensive en ...
,
The Abrams
The Abrams (formerly The Abrams Brothers) are a Canadian country band composed of fourth-generation musicians John Abrams and James Abrams. They have performed with acts such as John Hammond, Feist, Dean Brody, The Dixie Chicks, Nitty Gritty D ...
,
Tenille Arts
Tenille Jade Dakota Arts (born April 19, 1994) is a Canadian country music singer from Weyburn, Saskatchewan. She released a self-titled extended play and her debut studio album '' Rebel Child'' with 19th & Grand Records before signing a joint ...
, Kris Barclay, Owen Barney, Justin Tyler, David Boyd Janes
August 6–9, 2020
*Event cancelled due to
COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
August 5–8, 2021
*Event cancelled due to COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
August 4–7, 2022
Shania Twain
Eilleen Regina "Shania" Twain ( , ; née Edwards; born August 28, 1965) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She has sold over 100 million records, making her the best-selling female artist in country music history and one of the best-s ...
,
Florida Georgia Line
Florida Georgia Line is an American country music duo founded in 2010 by Tyler Hubbard of Georgia and Brian Kelley of Florida, both of whom are vocalists and songwriters. Their 2012 debut single " Cruise" broke two major sales records: it was ...
,
Jake Owen
Joshua Ryan Owen (born August 28, 1981), known professionally as Jake Owen, is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Signed to RCA Nashville in 2006, he released his debut studio album, '' Startin' with Me'', that year.
This ...
,
Lindsay Ell
Lindsay Elizabeth Ell (born 20 March 1989) is a Canadian-American country pop singer, songwriter, guitarist and television personality from Calgary, Alberta. Her music incorporates elements of rock and blues. She was signed to the US record labe ...
,
Russell Dickerson
Russell Edward Dickerson (born May 7, 1987) is an American country pop singer-songwriter from Union City, Tennessee. Dickerson has released two albums through Triple Tigers. Both have accounted for four singles charting on Hot Country Songs an ...
,
Dustin Lynch
Dustin Charles Lynch (born May 14, 1985) is an American country music singer and songwriter, signed to Broken Bow Records. Lynch has released four albums and one EP for the label: a self-titled album in 2012, '' Where It's At'' in 2014, '' Curren ...
Tyler Rich,
Robyn Ottolini
Robyn Ottolini is a Canadian country singer and songwriter. She is currently signed to Warner Music Nashville, and has released four extended plays as well as the platinum-certified single "F-150".
Early life
Robyn Ottolini was raised in Uxbrid ...
,
Niko Moon
Niko Moon (born Nicholas Cowan; September 20, 1982) is an American country pop singer and songwriter signed to RCA Nashville. He has written songs for Dierks Bentley, Zac Brown Band, Rascal Flatts, and Morgan Wallen. He was also a member of the ...
,
Meghan Patrick
Meghan Patrick (born March 25, 1987) is a Canadian-American country singer-songwriter from Bowmanville, Ontario, signed to Warner Music Canada, and Riser House Entertainment. She released her debut album, ''Grace & Grit'', on April 29, 2016. P ...
,
Morgan Evans,
MacKenzie Porter
MacKenzie Lea Porter (born January 29, 1990) is a Canadian country music, country singer, songwriter, and actress. She has released one self-titled album and achieved four Canada Country number ones with "About You (MacKenzie Porter song), About ...
,
Priscilla Block
Priscilla Block (born August 11, 1995) is an American country music singer–songwriter. Upon graduating high school, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a career in the country industry. In 2020, Block wrote and recorded a song that appe ...
, Andrew Hyatt, Madison Kozak, Five Roses, Brittany Kennell, The Redhill Valleys,
Morgan Wade,
Steven Lee Olsen
Steven Lee Olsen (born November 25, 1985, in Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian country music artist and songwriter. He released his debut single "Now" in 2009 on RGK Records, taken from his 2009 debut album ''Introducing Steven Lee Olsen''. He fol ...
,
Nate Smith, After Midtown,
Sykamore
Jordan Ostrom, known professionally as Sykamore, is a country singer-songwriter from Carseland, Alberta, Canada. She released her first EP, ''Self + Medicine,'' in January 2018. In 2015 she was nominated for the Canadian Country Music Associati ...
, Kidd G,
Jason Blaine
Jason Blaine (born April 19, 1980) is a Canadian country music singer/songwriter from Pembroke, Ontario. Blaine is a multiple Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA), SOCAN & Country Music Association of Ontario Award winner with over 20 Canad ...
,
Shy Carter
Blake Anthony Carter (born August 21, 1984), known professionally as Shy Carter, is an American songwriter, record producer, rapper and singer. He has written for Meghan Trainor, Jason Derulo, Charlie Puth, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, ...
,
Don Amero
Donald Amero (born September 11, 1980) is a Canadian country
A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. It may be a sovereign state or make up one part of a larger state. For example ...
, David Boyd Janes, Jess & Tay,
Callista Clark, Riley Taylor
See also
*
List of country music festivals
The following is an incomplete list of country music festivals, which encapsulates music festivals focused on country music. This list may have some overlap with the larger topic list of folk festivals, and may also overlap with the related top ...
*
List of folk festivals
A folk festival celebrates traditional folk crafts and folk music. This list includes folk festivals worldwide, except those with only a partial focus on folk music or arts. Folk festivals may also feature folk dance or ethnic foods.
Handicraf ...
References
External links
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