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Craven Country Jamboree is an annual country music festival, held in the Qu'Appelle Valley, near Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada.
One of the grand-daddies of music festivals, there has been music on this piece of property since 1983. The original festival was called the Big Valley Jamboree, and was first established by Father Lucien Larre, as a fundraiser for his Bosco Homes for emotionally disturbed youth. A successor event, the Kinsmen Rock'N the Valley rock music festival, ran until 2004. The country music format was revived in 2005 and renamed the Craven Country Jamboree. Some of the biggest acts in country music have performed at this festival site, including Garth Brooks, George Strait, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, John Denver, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Dixie Chicks and many more. Including special guests like Willie Robertson from A&E's Duck Dynasty.[1] For most of these years, the festival was hosted by long time comedy duo, Williams and Ree, who still host the Craven Country Jamboree today.
The Craven Country Jamboree is held every summer, in July, for four days, hosting 94,000 fans over four days.[2] With two venues for live music, the main stage, and Leopold's Tavern beer garden, fans get a mixture of the biggest stars and upcoming acts in country music, as well as incredible local talent. Besides the music, the Craven Country Jamboree hosts Boy$, Bull$ and Buck$, a junior steer riding competition on Saturday and Sunday morning. Also featured is a local songwriters' circle,[3] and a hypnotist for added entertainment. Fans can also enjoy many food and retail vendors throughout the weekend.
The Craven Country Jamboree is also recognized for its philanthropical work in the province of Saskatchewan. Each year, the Craven Country Jamboree assists dozens of local charities and organizations raise over $250,000 per year.[4]
The Craven Country Jamboree is one of the last festivals in North America to forego reserved seating in favour of rush seating. Each evening, dedicated fans sit in the Gopher Run lineup, some overnight, to get the best seats in the house. Each morning, security allows 3,000 lucky fans entrance to set up their lawn chairs, which are their seats for the entire day of shows.[5]
Line Up
| Artist | Year |
|---|---|
| Aaron Lines | 2007 |
| Aaron Tippin | 1992 |
| Aaron Tippin | 1996 |
| Adam Gregory | 2007 |
| Alabama | 1992 |
| Alabama | 2016 |
| Alan Jackson | 2006 |
| Alan Jackson | 2012 |
| Alex Runions | 2015 |
| Amanda Wilkinson | 2006 |
| Amber Fleury | 1992 |
| Autumn Hill | 2016 |
| B.J. Thomas | 1986 |
| B.J. Thomas | 1992 |
| B-Stage Allstars | 2013 |
| Baillie & the Boys | 1990 |
| Bellamy Brothers | 1994 |
| Beverley Mahood | 2005 |
| Big & Rich | 2006 |
| Big & Rich | 2007 |
| Big & Rich | 2011 |
| Big House | 1999 |
| Bill Anderson | 2013 |
| Bill Engvall | 1996 |
| Bill Miller (singer) | 1993 |
| Billy Currington | 2012 |
| Billy Ray Cyrus | 2009 |
| Blackhawk | 1997 |
| Blackhawk | 2006 |
| Blake Shelton | 2015 |
| Blue Rodeo | 1989 |
| Blue Rodeo | 1996 |
| Bobby Wills | 2015 |
| Box Car Willie | 1984 |
| Brad Johner | 2007 |
| Brad Paisley | 2005 |
| Brad Paisley | 2012 |
| Brantley Gilbert | 2013 |
| Brett Barrow | 1994 |
| Brett Eldredge | 2014 |
| Brett Kissel | 2015 |
| Brian Sklar & The Tex Pistols | 1999 |
| Bryan White | 1999 |
| Buffy Sainte-Marie | 1992 |
| BULLRUSH | 2012 |
| Cactus Brothers | 1994 |
| Carolyn Dawn Johnson | 2007 |
| Carrie Underwood | 2007 |
| Carson City | 1994 |
| Casey James | 2011 |
| Chad Brownlee | 2013 |
| Charley Pride | 1985 |
| Charley Pride | 1991 |
| Charley Pride | 1993 |
| Charley Pride | 2010 |
| Charlie Daniels | 1986 |
| Charlie Daniels Band | 2009 |
| Charlie Daniels Band | 2014 |
| Charlie Major | 1994 |
| Charlie Major | 1997 |
| Charlie Pride | 1990 |
| Chase Bryant | 2016 |
| Chris Cummings | 1997 |
| Chris Henderson | 2014 |
| Chris Young | 2016 |
| Clint Black | 1993 |
| Clint Black | 2009 |
| Codie Prevost | 2010 |
| Colette Wise | 1993 |
| Colt Ford | 2015 |
| Confederate Railroad | 1994 |
| Conrad Bigknife & Baton Rouge | 1999 |
| Conway Twitty | 1984 |
| Corb Lund and the Hurtin Albertans | 2006 |
| Craig Morgan | 2006 |
| Craig Morgan | 2015 |
| Craig Moritz | 2010 |
| Crystal Plamondon | 1993 |
| Crystal Shawanda | 2010 |
| Curtis Grambo & New Ryder | 1994 |
| Dallas Smith (singer) | 2015 |
| Dan Seals | 1990 |
| Dan Seals | 1993 |
| Dan Seals | 2006 |
| Danny Hooper | 1994 |
| Darius Rucker | 2011 |
| David Nail | 2010 |
| Dean Brody | 2012 |
| Dean Mitchell Band | 1994 |
| Deric Ruttan | 2012 |
| Diamond Rio | 1999 |
| Diamond Rio | 2010 |
| Dierks Bentley | 2008 |
| Dierks Bentley | 2014 |
| Dixiana | 1992 |
| Dixie Chicks | 2013 |
| Doc Walker | 2009 |
| Doc Walker | 2011 |
| Doc Walker | 2013 |
| Don Williams | 1989 |
| Don Williams | 1990 |
| Don Williams | 1993 |
| Don Williams | 2012 |
| Donny Parenteau | 2008 |
| Dottie West | 1983 |
| Doug Stone | 1990 |
| Doug Stone | 1993 |
| Duane Steele | 1996 |
| Duane Steele | 1999 |
| Dwight Yoakam | 1999 |
| Eddie Rabbitt | 1986 |
| Emerson Drive | 2005 |
| Emerson Drive | 2010 |
| Emerson Drive | 2012 |
| Emmylou Harris | 1988 |
| Emmylou Harris | 1993 |
| Eric Church | 2010 |
| Eric Church | 2012 |
| Eric Church | 2016 |
| Farmer’s Daughter | 1994 |
| Farmer’s Daughter | 1996 |
| Faster Gun | 1999 |
| Florida Georgia Line | 2015 |
| Forrester Sisters | 1988 |
| Garth Brooks | 1991 |
| Gary Fjellgaard | 1992 |
| Gary Fjellgaard | 1993 |
| Gary Fjellgaard | 1996 |
| Gary Morris | 1988 |
| Gatlin Brothers | 1984 |
| Geoffrey Gilmer | 1994 |
| George Canyon | 2005 |
| George Canyon | 2014 |
| George Fox | 1991 |
| George Fox | 1993 |
| George Fox | 1996 |
| George Strait | 1987 |
| George Strait | 1989 |
| George Strait | 2009 |
| Glen Campbell | 1984 |
| Glen Campbell | 2007 |
| Gloriana | 2009 |
| Gloriana | 2013 |
| Good Brothers | 1993 |
| Gord Bamford | 2006 |
| Gord Bamford | 2014 |
| Gretchen Wilson | 2007 |
| Gretchen Wilson | 2011 |
| Hank Flamingo | 1994 |
| Harry Luge | 2007 |
| Harry Luge | 2008 |
| Head Hunters | 2007 |
| High Valley | 2013 |
| Highway 101 | 1989 |
| Highway 101 with Paulette Carlson | 1996 |
| Holly Dunn | 1994 |
| Hoyt Axton | 1983 |
| Hoyt Axton | 1988 |
| Jake Owen | 2009 |
| Janie Fricke | 1985 |
| Jasmine Paige | 2010 |
| Jason Aldean | 2010 |
| Jason Aldean | 2015 |
| Jason Blaine | 2009 |
| Jaydee Bixby | 2009 |
| Jerrod Niemann | 2016 |
| Jessica Andrews | 2006 |
| Jessie Farrell | 2008 |
| Jess Moskaluke | 2014 |
| Joan Poverty | 1997 |
| Joe Diffie | 1994 |
| Joe Diffie | 2009 |
| Joe Nichols | 2006 |
| Joe Nichols | 2009 |
| Joe Nichols | 2014 |
| Joel Feeney | 1993 |
| Joel Feeney | 1994 |
| John Anderson | 1992 |
| John Brack | 1992 |
| John Denver | 1991 |
| John Michael Montgomery | 1994 |
| John Michael Montgomery | 2011 |
| John Michael Montgomery | 2015 |
| Johner Brothers | 1992 |
| Johner Brothers | 1993 |
| Johner Brothers | 1996 |
| Johnny Cash | 1986 |
| Johnny Paycheck | 1997 |
| Johnny Reid | 2008 |
| Johnny Reid | 2011 |
| Juice Newton | 1986 |
| K.C. Jones | 1994 |
| K.D. Lang | 1988 |
| K.T. Oslin | 1989 |
| Kacey Musgraves | 2016 |
| Kal Hourd | 2010 |
| Kathy Mattea | 1985 |
| Kathy Mattea | 1987 |
| Kathy Mattea | 1990 |
| Kathy Mattea | 1993 |
| Katie Hess | 2008 |
| Keith Urban | 2014 |
| Kellie Pickler | 2009 |
| Kenny Chesney | 2010 |
| Kenny Chesney | 2013 |
| Kenny Rogers | 1988 |
| Kenny Shaw | 1999 |
| Kentucky Headhunters | 2016 |
| Kevin Costner and Modern West | 2010 |
| Kidd Country | 1993 |
| Kidd Country | 1999 |
| Lacy J. Dalton | 1987 |
| Larry Evans (singer) | 1993 |
| Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers | 1989 |
| Laura Vinson | 1993 |
| Lindsay Ell | 2015 |
| Lisa Brokop | 1993 |
| Lisa Moen | 2015 |
| Little Texas | 2006 |
| Lonestar | 1997 |
| Lonestar | 2005 |
| Loretta Lynn | 1987 |
| Loretta Lynn | 1996 |
| Lorrie Morgan | 2007 |
| Louise Mandrell | 1986 |
| Luke Bryan | 2010 |
| Luke Bryan | 2014 |
| Marie Osmond | 1990 |
| Marilyn Faye Parney | 1997 |
| Mark Chesnutt | 1992 |
| Mark Chesnutt | 1994 |
| Mark Chesnutt | 1997 |
| Mark Chestnut | 2008 |
| Mark Koenig | 1992 |
| Mark Koenig | 1993 |
| Marley’s Ghost | 1994 |
| Martina McBride | 1994 |
| Martina McBride | 2010 |
| Marty Brown | 1992 |
| Marty Stuart | 2005 |
| Marty Stuart | 2016 |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | 1990 |
| Mary Chapin Carpenter | 1992 |
| McCarters | 1989 |
| Mel McDaniel | 1992 |
| Mel Tillis | 2005 |
| Mel Tillis | 2011 |
| Mercey | 1984 |
| Mercury Brothers | 1983 |
| Merle Haggard | 1994 |
| Michael Martin Murphy | 1989 |
| Michelle Wright | 1993 |
| Michelle Wright | 1996 |
| Midnite Express (band) | 1992 |
| Mike Reid | 1992 |
| Miranda Lambert | 2008 |
| Miranda Lambert | 2010 |
| Muzzie Braun | 1992 |
| Myrol Brothers | 1991 |
| Neal McCoy | 1999 |
| Neal McCoy | 2008 |
| Neal McCoy | 2011 |
| Neal McCoy | 2012 |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 1987 |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 2011 |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | 2014 |
| One Horse Blue | 1994 |
| One More Girl | 2012 |
| Pam Tillis | 2008 |
| Patricia Conroy | 1993 |
| Patty Loveless | 1997 |
| Paul Brandt | 1997 |
| Paul Brandt | 2005 |
| Paul Brandt | 2008 |
| Paulette Carlson | 1993 |
| Petric | 2016 |
| Phil Vassar | 2012 |
| Poverty Plainsmen | 1992 |
| Poverty Plainsmen | 1994 |
| Poverty Plainsmen | 1996 |
| Poverty Plainsmen | 2005 |
| Prairie Oyster | 1993 |
| Prairie Oyster | 1997 |
| Prescott Brown | 1994 |
| Rachel Matkin | 1997 |
| Randy Owen | 2007 |
| Randy Travis | 1987 |
| Randy Travis | 1988 |
| Randy Travis | 1996 |
| Randy Travis | 2006 |
| Rascal Flatts | 2011 |
| Ray Stevens | 1983 |
| Reba McEntire | 1987 |
| Reba McEntire | 1990 |
| Reba McEntire | 2007 |
| Red Hot Burritos | 1992 |
| Restless Heart | 1990 |
| Restless Heart | 2006 |
| Rhodes & Marshall | 1996 |
| Rick Tippe | 1997 |
| Ricky Skaggs | 1988 |
| Ricky Skaggs | 1996 |
| Ricky Skaggs | 2015 |
| Ricky Van Shelton | 1989 |
| Ricky Van Shelton | 1993 |
| Rita MacNeil | 1992 |
| Rock ‘N’ Horse Band | 1992 |
| Rodney Atkins | 2009 |
| Rodney Crowell | 1990 |
| Rodney Crowell | 1992 |
| Ronnie Dunn | 2011 |
| Ronnie Milsap | 2007 |
| Ronnie Milsap | 2012 |
| Roy Orbison | 1983 |
| Ryan Laird | 2011 |
| Samara Yung | 2015 |
| Sara Evans | 2008 |
| Sarah Beth Keeley | 2011 |
| Sawyer Brown | 1991 |
| Sawyer Brown | 1996 |
| Sawyer Brown | 2006 |
| Sawyer Brown | 2013 |
| Scott King (Canadian singer) | 1993 |
| Scotty McCreery | 2013 |
| Shane Yellowbird | 2009 |
| Sheila Deck | 1999 |
| Sheila Deck | 2009 |
| Shevy Smith | 2007 |
| Small Town Pistols | 2013 |
| Stephanie Thompson | 1997 |
| Steve Fox | 1999 |
| Steve Holy | 2012 |
| Steven Lee Olsen | 2016 |
| Straight Clean & Simple | 1992 |
| Sugarland | 2008 |
| Sugarland | 2011 |
| Susan Graham (Canadian singer) | 1996 |
| Suzanne Gitzi | 1996 |
| Sweethearts of the Rodeo | 1988 |
| Sweethearts of the Rodeo | 1991 |
| Sylvia Tyson | 1984 |
| Tami Hunter | 1997 |
| Tammy Wynette | 1985 |
| Tanya Tucker | 1984 |
| Tanya Tucker | 1986 |
| Tanya Tucker | 1993 |
| Tanya Tucker | 2005 |
| Taylor Swift | 2009 |
| Tennessee River Boys | 1987 |
| Terri Clark | 2012 |
| Terry Kelly | 1997 |
| The Band Perry | 2012 |
| The Bellamy Brothers | 1984 |
| The Bellamy Brothers | 2009 |
| The Bellamy Brothers | 2015 |
| The Cruzeros | 1996 |
| The Desert Rose Band | 1990 |
| The Gatlin Brothers | 2008 |
| The Good Brothers | 1983 |
| The Good Brothers | 1999 |
| The Higgins | 2010 |
| The Judds | 1990 |
| The Moffatts | 1992 |
| The Oak Ridge Boys | 1985 |
| The Oak Ridge Boys | 2008 |
| The Oak Ridge Boys | 2010 |
| The Porch Boys | 1999 |
| The Poverty Plainsmen | 1999 |
| The Road Hammers | 2007 |
| The Swon Brothers | 2016 |
| The Roys | 2012 |
| Thomas Rhett | 2014 |
| Thomas Wade | 1997 |
| Tim Hicks | 2014 |
| Tim McGraw | 2005 |
| Tim McGraw | 2013 |
| Toby Keith | 2008 |
| Tom T. Hall | 1988 |
| Tommy Hunter | 1984 |
| Tommy Hunter | 1985 |
| Tommy Rogers & Headin’ West | 1993 |
| Tommy Rogers & Headin’ West | 1994 |
| Trace Adkins | 1999 |
| Tracy Byrd | 1994 |
| Tracy Lawrence | 1994 |
| Tracy Lawrence | 2011 |
| Travis Tritt | 1991 |
| Travis Tritt | 2006 |
| Trick Pony | 2006 |
| Trick Ryder | 2005 |
| Underground Outlaws | 1994 |
| Uncle Kracker | 2011 |
| Wayde Hayes | 1997 |
| Waylon Jennings | 1985 |
| Wes Mack | 2015 |
| William Lee Golden | 1993 |
| Williams & Ree | 1983 |
| Williams & Ree | 1984 |
| Williams & Ree | 1985 |
| Williams & Ree | 1986 |
| Williams & Ree | 1992 |
| Williams & Ree | 1993 |
| Williams & Ree | 1997 |
| Williams & Ree | 2005 - 2015 |
| Willie Nelson | 1986 |
| Wynonna | 1993 |
| Wynonna | 1994 |
| Yankee Rose (band) | 1992 |
| Zac Brown Band | 2016 |
See also
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://www.cravencountryjamboree.com/?s=3
- ^ "Saskatchewan - Craven Country Jamboree - Top Event in Saskatchewan, Canada". www.topeventscanada.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ^ "Craven demonstrates its charitable side". Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ^ "Craven Country Jamboree in full swing | News Talk 650 CKOM". ckom.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.