A Hanson-branded beer. A barbecue-and-country combination in the heart of food-crazed Chicago. Wade Bowen and Micky and the Motorcars in headlining spots. These are three selling points some organizers of country and roots-music festivals are pointing to this summer to showcase their events as the market flirts with saturation across …
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J. Cole will once again bring his Dreamville Festival to Raleigh, North Carolina, next month — and this time, he’s enlisted SZA, Nicki Minaj, and Chris Brown to join him as headliners at the 2024 fest. Taking place April 6 and 7 at Raleigh’s Dorothea Dix Park, the fourth annual …
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When the Key Western Fest kicks off Tuesday in Key West —the third music festival in as many weeks centered around the town’s Coffee Butler Amphitheater —it’ll feature a lineup that is unique among its country music peers. The bill is an all-women showcase of predominantly Nineties country stars. “I’m …
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Bourbon & Beyond is going above and beyond for its sixth annual installment. The Kentucky music festival will return to Louisville later this year with headlining performances from Zach Bryan, Tyler Childers, Neil Young, and Dave Matthews Band. Beck, Maren Morris, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Cody Jinks, and My Morning Jacket …
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A new Latino music festival is headed to Napa Valley. On Monday, BottleRock announced the stacked lineup for its first-ever Festival La Onda, which will be headlined by Maná, Fuerza Régida, Alejandro Fernandez, and Junior H. The event is set for June 1 and 2 in Napa Valley. The festival’s …
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Herbie Hancock, John Paul Jones, and Laurie Anderson are among the artists set to perform at the 2024 Big Ears festival. On Tuesday, the Knoxville, Tennessee-based fest announced its stacked lineup of legends. The festival is set to be held in downtown Knoxville from March 21 through March 24 with …
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The one thing country fans all want is for Post Malone to record and release a country music album. For now, we’ll settle for the next best thing: Posty crooning his way through a set of country covers at the 2024 Stagecoach Festival. Set for April 26 through 28 at …
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Over the last few years, the Gulf Coast Jam, a multi-day concert blowout held every spring in Panama City Beach, Florida, has become one of country music’s leading festivals, pulling in headliners like Miranda Lambert, Luke Bryan, Florida Georgia Line, Kane Brown, and Kenny Chesney. But recently, festival producer Rendy …
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It’s early Saturday evening and contemporary bluesman Cedric Burnside — the grandson of the great R.L. Burnside — is sitting on a large rock along the banks of the French Broad River. A hot mid-summer sun falls behind the Blue Ridge Mountains cradling his current location in Asheville, North Carolina. …
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The families and friends of Brandy Escamilla and Josilyn Ruiz, the engaged couple that was killed at Beyond Wonderland at Washington’s Gorge Amphitheatre over the weekend, continue to grapple with the tragedy of losing their loved ones. On Saturday night, Escamilla and Ruiz — who lived in Seattle but were …
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