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 topics list of blues festivals, list of jam band music festivals, list of bluegrass music festivals, and list of old-time music festivals. Many of the festivals take place in North America.

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Country music is a genre of American popular music that originated in Southern United States, in Atlanta, Georgia in the 1920s,[1] and It takes its roots from the southeastern genre of American folk music and Western music. The origins of country music are the folk music of mostly white, working-class Americans, who blended popular songs, Irish and Celtic fiddle tunes, traditional ballads, and cowboy songs, and various musical traditions from European immigrant communities.[2] Barn dancing and other folk dance styles would be featured at country music gatherings, and many modern festivals have continued to feature dance, rodeo, or other cultural aspects.

The term country music gained popularity in the 1940s in preference to the earlier term hillbilly music, it came to encompass Western music, which evolved parallel to hillbilly music from similar roots, in the mid-20th century. The term country music is used today to describe many styles and subgenres, and festivals may focus on Americana genres such as bluegrass, or newer genres such as country rock, country pop, or alternative country.

Festivals

Oceania
See also: Australian country music § Awards and festivals
Festival name City/Venue Country Remarks
Nambung Country Music MusterNambung Station via Cervantes, Western AustraliaAustralia24–27 October 2019 (Annual)
Boyup Brook Country Music FestivalBoyup Brook, Western AustraliaAustralia
Canberra Country Blues & Roots FestivalCanberraAustralia
Gympie MusterGympie, QueenslandAustralia
Groundwater Country Music FestivalGold CoastAustralia26–28 July 2019 (Annual - Last weekend July)
Mildura Country Music FestivalMildura, VictoriaAustralia
Swan Reach Country Music Festival[3]Swan Reach, South AustraliaAustralia
Tamworth Country Music FestivalTamworth, New South WalesAustralia
Tussock Country Music Festival[4]GoreNew Zealand
Wandong Country Music FestivalWandong, VictoriaAustralia

Europe
Festival name City/Venue Country Remarks
Piknik CountryMrągowo, PolandPoland
C2C: Country to CountryDublin, London, Glasgow, Berlin, and AmsterdamIreland, England, Scotland, Germany and NetherlandsMarch 2020 (Annual)
Harvest Country Music FestivalWestport House and Enniskillen AirportNorthern IrelandRepublic of Ireland Northern Ireland
SummerTyne Americana FestivalGatesheadEnglandJuly 2020 (Annual)
Millport Country Music FestivalMillport; Isle of CumbraeScotlandEnd of August / September (Annual)
The British Country Music FestivalBlackpoolEngland

04-06 September 2020 (Annual)

Country Bauska Bauska Latvia www.countrybauskafestival.lv

North America
Canada
United States
  • Gympie Muster in Australia
  • Wolvestock Line Dance
  • George Strait Country Music Festival in Tampa Florida
  • Taylor Swift at Cavendish
  • Wolvestock 14

See also

References
  1. Richard A. Peterson (1999-12-15). Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity. University of Chicago Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-226-66285-5.
  2. ARRP Bulletin. Vol. 53 No 1. "50 Minutes on the Road. Betsy Tower. page 50. citing Commuting in America III and Arbitron.
  3. http://www.swanreachcountry.com.au/
  4. https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1912/S00242/first-ever-tussock-country-music-festival-in-2020.htm
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