Twin Cities Summer Jam was a music festival in

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that took place each year in July at

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. Twin Cities Summer Jam was founded in 2018 as the first multi-day, multi-genre music festival in the Twin Cities, MN metro area. The goal of TC Summer Jam was to bring the best musical acts possible to an outdoor festival setting, so fans can come together for an unforgettable experience.

History

The inaugural Twin Cities Summer Jam was held July 18-20, 2019. Tickets went on sale March 18, 2019. The festival was announced in August, 2018. Tim McGraw was the first performer tied to Twin Cities Summer Jam. KFAN radio personality and country rocker

Chris Hawkey Christopher Allen Hawkey (born December 25, 1970) is a country music artist who is a member of the Minneapolis band Rocket Club and is the vocalist of the Chris Hawkey Band. He lives in the Twin Cities and also produces and co-hosts a sports rad ...

teamed up with festival promoter Jerry Braam to organize the festival. Hawkey is scheduled to perform on Friday. It was announced that the 2022 festival would be the last one due to construction of an outdoor music amphitheater in the festival location.

2022

Twin Cities Summer Jam took place in July 2022. Scheduled artists included: Thursday, July 21:Hairball, Fabulous Armadillos, Anderson Daniels Friday, July 22: Kane Brown, Nelly, Kidd G, Callista Clark, Restless Road Saturday, July 23: Blake Shelton, Trace Adkins, Elvie Shane, 38 Special, Mason Dixon Line

2021

Dates for the 2021 (rescheduled 2020 dates) Summer Jam were Thursday, July 22rd through Saturday, July 24th. Artists that played on the main stage include: * Thursday: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Kip Moore, Tim Montana, 32 Below *Friday: Carrie Underwood, Brett Young, Blanco Brown, Ian Munsick, Chris Kroeze *Saturday: Zac Brown Band, Ashley McBryde, Niko Moon, Fabulous Armadillos, Shane Martin Local artists Street Talk, Jake Nelson Band, Johnny O'Neil, Hell Burnin' Sinners, Anderson Daniels, and Girls Night Out played on the K102 Stage.

2020 (postponed to 2021)

Dates for the 2020 Summer Jam were Thursday, July 23rd through Saturday, July 25th. Artists that were scheduled to perform included: *Thursday:

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and

Nelly Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. (born November 2, 1974), better known by his stage name Nelly, is an American rapper, singer, actor and entrepreneur. He embarked on his music career with the hip hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed to Universal ...

*Friday:

Zac Brown Band Zac Brown Band is an American country music band based in Atlanta, Georgia. The lineup consists of Zac Brown (lead vocals, guitar), Jimmy De Martini ( fiddle, vocals), John Driskell Hopkins (bass guitar, guitar, baritone guitar, banjo, ukulel ...

and

Third Eye Blind Third Eye Blind is an American rock band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1993. After years of lineup changes in the early and mid-1990s, the songwriting duo of Stephan Jenkins and Kevin Cadogan signed the band's first major-label recor ...

*Saturday:

Carrie Underwood Carrie Marie Underwood (born March 10, 1983) is an American singer. She rose to prominence after winning the fourth season of ''American Idol'' in 2005. Her single "Inside Your Heaven" made her the only country artist to debut atop the ''Bill ...

The 2020 festival was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with some of the artists returning for 2021.

2019

The festival's first announced lineup featured headliners Rascal Flatts on Thursday, July 18; Aerosmith on Friday, July 19; and Tim McGraw on Saturday, July 20. The lineup included pop, rock, and

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artists and bands. The lineup, ordered as advertised on the festival's website, is as follows: *

Aerosmith Aerosmith is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Boston in 1970. The group consists of Steven Tyler (lead vocals), Joe Perry (musician), Joe Perry (guitar), Tom Hamilton (musician), Tom Hamilton (bass), Joey Kramer (drums) and Brad Whi ...

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 ...

Rascal Flatts Rascal Flatts is an American country music band founded in 1999. The band members were Gary LeVox (lead vocals), Jay DeMarcus (bass guitar, background vocals), and Joe Don Rooney (lead guitar, background vocals). DeMarcus is LeVox's second cousi ...

REO Speedwagon REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The ...

Buckcherry Buckcherry is an American rock band from Anaheim, California, formed in 1995. The band released two albums, ''Buckcherry'' (1999) and ''Time Bomb'' (2001), before dissolving in 2002. Buckcherry's first album ''Buckcherry'' was DreamWorks first a ...

Soul Asylum Soul Asylum is an American alternative rock band formed in 1981 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their 1993 hit "Runaway Train (Soul Asylum song), Runaway Train" won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. The band was originally called Loud Fast Rule ...

* Hobo Johnson and The Lovemakers *

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* Elvie Shane * Christina Taylor *

Pepsi Rising Star Competition

In, 2019, Pepsi sponsored a performance competition where musicians and bands auditioned via submitted video for the chance to perform at the festival. Six finalists were named and competed for three final spots at

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on June 29, 2019. The finalists were country singer Todd Hurst, rock band Lake Avenue, pop singer Russ Parish, country singer Erin Grand, rock duo Exactlyno, and pop group Briggsy Pop. Grand, Lake Avenue, and Parrish won the competition in the country, rock and pop categories, respectively.

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