CMT Music Fest was a two-day
country music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...
presented by Corus Live, a division of
Corus Entertainment, which also owns the Canadian
specialty channel
A specialty channel (also known in the United States as a cable channel or cable network) can be a commercial broadcasting or non-commercial television channel which consists of television programming focused on a single genre, subject or targeted ...
CMT. The inaugural event was held on July 8–9, 2016 at Bingemans in
Kitchener Kitchener may refer to:
People
* Earl Kitchener, a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
** Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850–1916), British Field Marshal and 1st Earl Kitchener
** Henry Kitchener, 2nd Earl Kitchener (1846–1937) ...
,
Ontario, Canada.
2016 Line-up
July 8–9
Headliners:
Eric Church on July 8,
Zac Brown Band on July 9.
The lineup also included
The Road Hammers,
Kira Isabella,
Lindi Ortega,
Cold Creek County and
Leah Daniels
Leah Daniels (born December 25, 1987) is a Canadian country music singer and songwriter. She is an independent recording artist. Her self-titled debut was released in November 2011 and her debut single was released in February 2012. She released h ...
.
The Washboard Union, Andrew Hyatt, Meghan Patrick and Kip Moore, were also scheduled to perform as well as Tom Cochrane with Red Rider, along with The Brothers Osborne and Drake White and the Big Fire.
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See also
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Music festival
A music festival is a community event with performances of singing and instrument playing that is often presented with a theme such as musical genre (e.g., rock, blues, folk, jazz, classical music), nationality, locality of musicians, or h ...
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List of festivals in Canada
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Sublists by locale ...
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List of festivals in Ontario
This is a list of current festivals held within the Canadian province of Ontario, Canada.
Festivals by city
*List of festivals in Ottawa
*List of festivals in Toronto
Festivals by region Northeastern Ontario
*Algoma Fall Festival ( Sault St ...
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List of country music festivals
References
External links
* {{official, www.cmtmusicfest.com
Corus Entertainment
Canadian country music
Country music festivals in Canada
Folk festivals in Canada
Music festivals in Ontario
Tourist attractions in Kitchener, Ontario