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Counry Thunder 2024, Bristol, Tenn., lineup announced.

Here is the news we have all been waiting for!  You heard it first when Nikki Thomas, Ben Walker and Steve Stroud made the announcement on the Morning Air Show on WXBQ Radio. Here is the lineup for Country Thunder Bristol.  The event will be held June 28-29, 2024.  You can find out everything you need to know about Tickets, Camping, Maps, General Info, and so much more by visiting Country Thunder Bristol .

This country festival always has something for everyone.  Hitmakers like Cody Johnson, Hardy and Baily Zimmerman will bring all of their current hits to the stage.  To bring back the hits we remember so well they have Trace Adkins, Lonestar and Shenandoah.  Don’t forget the newcomers!  Priscilla Block will surely light up that Bristol night.  Following her successful Block Party Tours, fans are excited to have her in Bristol.   Newcomer Emily Ann Roberts recently premiered her new video for “Devin Wears Denim” on CMT.  Other great artists you will see during the festival are Travis Denning, Josh Ross and Jake Worthington.

I need just a minute here to brag about our awesome local radio station. WXBQ Rado has won multiple ACM and CMA Awards for Best Radio Station (Small Market), and Best On-Air Personalities (Small Market) with Ben, Steve and Nikki.  The folks in Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia and Western North Carolina already know what a treasure we have in WXBQ.  And, the rest of the world can find out, too!  Head over to WXBQ.com and click on Listen Live.  Streaming 24-hours a day.

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Country Thunder Festival Announces 5 New Concerts Across the U.S. and Canada: See the Epic Lineup

I f you're a country music fan — or just a music lover — then you're in luck! Country Thunder Festival kicked off its summer festival season on April 21 with live performances by Eric Church , Lainey Wilson and Jelly Roll . But if you weren't able to catch these epic concerts, then don't worry, as five additional camping festivals are scheduled until October 2024.

Check out the dates below to see if you can catch any of these concert series.

· Saskatchewan, Canada: July 11-14 with performances by Luke Combs, Nickelback, Dallas Smith, Jackson Dean, Josh Ross, Gary Allan, Tenille Arts, Lonestar, Shenandoah, and more.

· Genoa City, Wisconsin: July 18-21 with performances by Eric Church, Nickelback, Lainey Wilson, Koe Wetzel, Bailey Zimmerman, and more.

· Alberta, Canada: August 16-18 with performances by Luke Combs, Dallas Smith, Hardy, The Reklaws, Elle King, Flatland Cavalry, and more.

· Bristol, TN: June 28-29 with performances by Cody Johnson, Hardy, Bailey Zimmerman, Trace Adkins, Lonestar, Priscilla Block, and more.

· Kissimmee, FL: on October 18- 20 with performances by Bailey Zimmerman, Jon Pardi, Nate Smith, Priscilla Block, and more that will soon be announced.

Country Thunder Music Festival began in 1996 and has since become an exciting event country music fans look forward to. Past acts have included Garth Brooks , Kenny Rogers , John Denver , Dolly Parton , Willie Nelson , Tim McGraw , Clint Black, Alan Jackson, Brad Paisley , Reba McEntire , George Strait , Taylor Swift and Kenny Chesney .

“Programming an historic event like Country Thunder can be challenging,” said Troy Vollhoffer , CEO of Country Thunder Music Festivals. “We always want to create a lineup that appeals to the widest audience possible. We know who our fans love, and we consistently bring those artists, but we also want to broaden musical horizons, and I think we achieved that this year with this lineup.”

Wilson and Jelly Roll have been making headlines for their successful careers as of late.

At the 2024 CMT Music Awards , Jelly Roll took home a slew of awards.

"What I'm emotional about is in that last year you have changed my life in a way I would have never thought my life would be changed," the singer said through tears.

"Thank you to CMT, man. I couldn't believe it y'all gave me a chance last year," he said during his second speech of the night. "I came back this year on fire, baby! I'm having one of the greatest nights of my life!"

"It's important that I stand up here tonight and represent those that are looking for second chances," he concluded.

For more information, click here: https://www.countrythunder.com.

Country Thunder Florida 2023

By Ciara Bains

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• Full name Country Thunder Florida 2023
• Dates Oct 20 - 22, 2023
• Location Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida
• Line up HARDY, Keith Urban, Cody Johnson, Bailey Zimmerman
• Tickets Purchase here

Country Thunder Florida will makes its return to Osceola Heritage Park, Kissimmee, Florida from 20th - 22nd October 2023. Headliners have been confirmed as HARDY , Keith Urban and Cody Johnson . Bailey Zimmerman has also been added to the star-studded line-up.

Joining the impressive trio of headliners will be artists such as ‘Pretty Heart’ hitmaker, Parker McCollum, along with Kip Moore, Hailey Whitters , Parmalee and more. More recently, ‘Next Girl’ hitmaker, Carly Pearce, has been confirmed as a performer at the 2023 event. Here, we'll have all the up-to-date news on line-up announcements, confirmation of weekend dates and all the latest ticket and festival pass details for 2023.

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For the full Country Thunder Florida 2023 line-up so far, see below:

Cody Johnson

Keith Urban

Bailey Zimmerman

Parker McCollum

Carly Pearce

Jo Dee Messina

Megan Moroney

Shane Profitt

Hailey Whitters

The Reklaws

Cooper Alan

Chase Matthew

The Washboard Union Festival-goers at Country Thunder Florida 2023 will be greeted with a number of sets leaning on the rockier side of the country music spectrum. HARDY's rock and metal tinged sound will complement the stylistic tendencies of artists such as Keith Urban and Kip Moore.

Country Thunder Florida held a successful event in October 2022, boasting a stacked line-up, with performing acts including Chris Young, Ashley McBryde, Morgan Wallen , Chase Rice, Jason Aldean, Lainey Wilson, Clay Walker, Maggie Rose, Tracy Lawrence, Niko Moon and more.

Country Thunder Florida is part of the Country Thunder Festival series, which also takes place in Alberta, Arizona, Bristol, Wisconsin and Saskatchewan throughout the year.

To purchase tickets, see below:

For more information and to purchase tickets for all country festivals taking place in 2023 and 2024, head here .

For more coverage of Country Thunder Florida 2023, see below:

• Cody Johnson, HARDY and More Announced for Country Thunder Florida 2023
• Bailey Zimmerman Announced for Country Thunder Florida and Country Thunder Alberta 2023
• Country Thunder Florida Adds Carly Pearce and More to 2023 Line-Up

Bailey Zimmerman Announced For Country Thunder Florida And Country Thunder Alberta 2023

Cody Johnson, HARDY And More Announced For Country Thunder Florida 2023

Country Thunder Florida Adds Carly Pearce And More To 2023 Line-Up

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Every song on Jelly Roll's Country Thunder AZ setlist from 'Halfway to Hell' to 'Save Me'

Named New Artist of the Year — and deservedly so — by the Country Music Association, Jelly Roll was an enigmatic force of nature in September, opening for fellow Country Thunder Arizona headliner Eric Church at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, where he told the crowd he’s all about “real music for real people with real problems.”

The Jelly Roll phenomenon had only gotten stronger by the time he took the stage at Country Thunder Arizona 2024 for the most anticipated headlining performance of the weekend on Saturday, April 13.

He performed "Need a Favor" and "Halfway to Hell," and the setlist was loaded with favorites stretching back to his earlier hip-hop songs for the "old-school, day-one Jelly Roll fans" in attendance.

He also honored Toby Keith and Lynyrd Skynyrd, did a Brantley Gilbert song and treated the crowd to a hit-filled medley of hip-hop songs that shaped the man he is today.

'Everything I dreamed': Jelly Roll took Country Thunder Arizona to church in inspiring set

Jelly Roll 2024 setlist: Every song he did at Country Thunder Arizona

Here's every song Jelly Roll played on Saturday, April 13, at Country Thunder Arizona :

• "Halfway to Hell"
• "Dead Man Walking"
• "Son of a Sinner"
• "Should've Been a Cowboy" (Toby Keith tribute)
• "Boys in the Hood"/"Ruff Ryders' Anthem"/"Lose Yourself"/"Ms. Jackson"/"Just a Friend"
• "Son of the Dirty South" (Brantley Gilbert cover)
• "Hate Goes On"
• "Fall in the Fall"
• "Smoking Section"
• "Bottle and Mary Jane"
• "Need a Favor"
• "Simple Man" (Lynyrd Skynyrd tribute)

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The most Arizona things we saw at Country Thunder 2024, from Miss Arizona to 93 degree days

It says Arizona right there in the name, but Country Thunder Arizona had moments that felt a little more specific to our festival than any of those other Country Thunder destinations, from Saskatchewan in western Canada to Bristol, Tennessee.

It’s true, we had no formerly Phoenix-based names at the top of the bill this year, like we did in 2023 when Dierks Bentley brought it all home with a crowd-pleasing headlining set. But TikTok breakout Avery Anna recognized her high school teacher from the main stage. She’s from Flagstaff, as it turns out (but her teacher knew that). And Miss Arizona USA was there all weekend in her sash and crown.

Here's a look back at the most Arizona things we saw at Country Thunder Arizona 2024.

Country Thunder throwback: The festival's origin story and the stars that made the '90s shine

Flagstaff TikTok sensation rocks main stage

Not many artists playing Country Thunder Arizona’s main stage can legitimately point to someone in the audience and tell the crowd “Guys, this is, like, a teacher from my high school.”

But TikTok breakout Avery Anna is from Arizona, as she told us several times in the course of her performance Thursday afternoon. She even mentioned her teacher by name before the set was through, clearly thrilled to be rocking a festival crowd that included a familiar face from high school.

Anna’s mom was also in attendance.

After “Just Cause I Love You,” the ballad that made her an overnight TikTok sensation, Anna told the crowd she recorded the song in the bathtub at her mother’s house in Flagstaff during COVID. She moved to Nashville when the song went viral.

Miss Arizona USA makes the scene in her sash and crown

When first we saw  Miss Arizona USA, Candace Kanavel , during the second performance on opening day, she was in the pit with Sean McShea enjoying a crowd-pleasing cover of Taylor Swift’s “Love Song” by Halle Kearns, who introduced it by telling us “This woman raised me.”

Kanavel was wearing her Miss Arizona sash over a little knit dress while rocking her pageant crown at the time. When she took the stage a few sets later, she was wearing her work clothes. She’s a Tempe police officer — the first contestant in her line of work to compete in the Miss USA pageant.

Arizona weather was pure desert spring

A high of 93 degrees on the opening day of an outdoor festival in early April? That’s some Arizona weather for you.

And the cowboy look felt more authentic in the Arizona desert.

That sea of cowboys hats was probably no different than the scene at any country music festival, but there’s an air of authenticity to dressing like a cowboy in a state that can lay claim to having hosted the gunfight at the OK Corral and been the filming location for the John Wayne western “Stagecoach.” There’s even a western titled “Arizona,” shot in Tucson. And by “shot,” we mean “filmed,” not “gunned down in the street at high noon outside the saloon." 

Flatland Cavalry’s George Strait cover was a sweet Arizona shout out

Flatland Cavalry covered a classic that’s a strong contender for the greatest Arizona reference in a country song, “Ocean Front Property” by the great George Strait.

The song opens with a string of bald-faced lies about how little the narrator will care if you leave him.

“If you leave me, I won't miss you,” he sings. “And I won't ever take you back/ Girl, your memory won't ever haunt me 'cause I don't love you.”

It’s all just a setup, of course, for a singalong chorus of “And now if you'll buy that, I've got some ocean front property in Arizona/ From my front porch, you can see the sea.”

Did they play it because they found themselves in Arizona? Doubtful. It sounded way too good to think they'd learned it just for this performance.

Scottsdale’s Hippie Chicks brought weed to Country Thunder

For their first year at Country Thunder, the Hippie Chicks sold THC and CBD gummies, ice cream and liquid kratom shots ranging from $10-$15.

The inspiration for the Scottsdale company came to owner Mike Halsam four years ago. As a chiropractor, he saw a lot of older female patients who were scared to try marijuana. They were nervous to go to a dispensary; they didn’t know what to get or how much to take.

“So our goal was to try and make that process easier,” Halsam said. “We found women who are in the cannabis industry or use cannabis on a regular basis and we tell their story on the back of this box. All the women on our packaging are real people.”

— Dina Kaur

Local music rocks the second stage

There was plenty of Arizona talent on the Copperhead Road Stage, tucked behind the food court, from the Parker Jenkins Band to Last Train to Juarez, Nathan Dean & The Damn Band, the Country Line, Shari Rowe, Jacob Morris, Lacey Rashea & The Young Guns and Alec Taylor Band.

If Jelly Roll knows one thing about the state of Arizona…

Jelly Roll frequently punctuated his sentence with the word Arizona followed by an exclamation point in the course of his profoundly moving, truly entertaining set .

He also acknowledged our natural affinity for cowboy music by way of introducing “Should’ve Been a Cowboy.”

"We lost a legend this year when we lost Toby Keith," he said. "As I was walking onstage, I said, 'I tell you what, I don't think there's a better place to honor Toby Keith than from right here. And if I know one thing about the state of Arizona, ya'll love some cowboy music, don't ya?"

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St Petersburg and Moscow 6-Day Grand Tour

• 2 days of professional guide service in each city (English, Spanish, French languages are available)
• 1 day of a/c vehicle with driver in Moscow ( 8 hrs)
• 1,5 days of a/c vehicle with driver in St.Petersburg (12 hrs)
• Arrival & departure transfers in both cities
• Visa Support (if required)
• Rail ticket Moscow - St Petersburg (economy+ class)
• Entry/Admission - Saint Basil's Cathedral
• Entry/Admission - Armoury Chamber
• Entry/Admission - Moscow Metro
• Entry/Admission - The State Hermitage Museum
• Entry/Admission - Peter and Paul Fortress
• Entry/Admission - Catherine Palace and Park
• Entry/Admission - Peterhof State Museum Preserve
• Food and drinks
• Accommodation (can be arranged individually upon request)
• Your driver will meet you holding a sign with your name on it and/or the logo of ULKO Tours, so you will be able to easily recognize it.
• Sheremetyevo - A.S. Pushkin international airport, Khimki, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 141400
• Moscow Domodedovo Mikhail Lomonosov Airport, Gorod Domodedovo, Moscow Oblast, Russia
• Vnukovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia
• Not wheelchair accessible
• Children must be accompanied by an adult
• For children 2-6 there is a flat fee of 75 USD per child. Children under 2 are FREE if they do not occupy a seat on the train. Please inform your tour provider if you have any children in your party.
• A current valid passport is required on the day of travel
• Passport name, number, expiry and country is required at time of booking for all participants
• A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
• No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
• Travelers should have a strong physical fitness level
• This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
• If you cancel at least 7 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee.
• If you cancel between 3 and 6 day(s) in advance of the scheduled departure, there is a 50 percent cancellation fee.
• If you cancel within 2 days of the scheduled departure, there is a 100 percent cancellation fee.

• Shari F 0 contributions 1.0 of 5 bubbles Don't Believe Them The same thing happened to us as with Daniel S (Aug 2022 review). They took our $400 deposit and when Covid hit and our cruise was cancelled they were the only ones who did not provide a refund. They said the same thing "we used the money for other tours". Instead of holding the deposit in escrow they were robbing Peter to pay Paul. They claim we can use it for a future tour so we can't get a reimbursement from travel insurance. Read more Written October 26, 2022
• L9558EXdaniels 0 contributions 1.0 of 5 bubbles Don’t believe their terms and conditions They basically stole our money. Paid in advance for a tour in September 2020 that had terms and conditions stating that if the cruise didn’t run they would give us a full refund. I spent well over a year asking for that refund only to have them declare they had spent our money on other tours and couldn’t refund us. Then they made it difficult to claim the money on our insurance by refusing to state they were never giving our money back. Avoid at all costs! Read more Written August 10, 2022
• Harry M 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Hermitage 4 hour tour. Ekaterina my tour guide for my Hermitage Museum trip was brilliant! The taxi I called didn't arrive and I was half an hour late but I managed to phone Ekaterina and she waited patiently in the cold for me to arrive. She is mind of information and very knowledgeable about the history of St Petersburg and spoke perfect English. I would have been lost without her assistance and she even arranged for a taxi to pick me up and take me back to the hotel. I would recommend this tour 100% ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐👍 Read more Written September 29, 2021
• MikeReedWords 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles A fantastic private tour of the city We had a wonderful tour of St Petersburg with Marina. She was a wonderful guide: friendly, cheerful and hugely knowledgable. She collected us promptly at our hotel and we spent a full day discovering the key sights of the city – a perfect introduction that we could never have managed alone. She told us a huge amount about the city, its history and its place in the wider story of Russia. The tour was built around us and what we wanted to do, and Marina and the excellent driver helped make sure we got back a little early as we were heading out for the evening. A magical day! Read more Written February 19, 2020
• abhiami 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Good insight into St Petersburg We booked a 6 hr guide for a private tour of St Petersburg. Our guide Julia was informative, attentive and also looked after our 7 year old . We had a great tour learning the Russian history related to Petersburg. Would highly recommend it. Read more Written January 1, 2020
• EmilyRoseLa 0 contributions 3.0 of 5 bubbles 5 stars for the guide! Our guide was wonderful, knowledgeable, and very sweet. She knew so much about the imperialists and could answer our questions as well as give us a summary of what we were seeing, how it fit into history and the timeline of the royals, and lots of interesting, funny anecdotes! This company however is unorganized. They gave us a meeting point and then gave our guide another meeting point, so we were both waiting on opposite sides of the river at the appointed time and we lost about a half hour of the tour while getting things sorted. I tried calling the number (we had a Russian SIM card and everything) but there was no answer. We ended up finding another tour guide from ULKO Tours who was with a different group and asking him to call a contact person. In the end it sounds like there was some internal misunderstandings due to a change in employees, but that didn't give us our half hour back. Again, the tour guide herself was wonderful and if this company has sorted its issues, I would highly recommend it! Read more Written December 10, 2019
• boogiecat 0 contributions 3.0 of 5 bubbles Very touristy - appalling behavior from large tour group The performers are undeniably talented but this is definitely an experience geared toward foreign tourists. There was a very large tour group from another country at the show and some of those individuals were openly arguing during the performance in their native language which ruined some of it. There was also some dreadful behavior during the break for snacks with people leaving used glasses and half-eaten food on the tables where the food was being served from which was terribly unsanitary. I don't blame the folk show for the bad behavior but Americans or Western Europeans beware. Other reviews had hinted at the problems with the large tour groups and I didn't realize how bad it would be. The Russian performers deserve 5 stars -- excellent, so talented. The foreign tourists visiting Russia - 0 stars for appalling behavior. Read more Written November 14, 2019
• kwanleon 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Private guided tour in St. Petersburg We spent two day with this tour company, both days they show up on time, very profesional, nice and friendly, never rush for time. I highly recommend this tour is you going to St. Petersburg. Read more Written November 13, 2019
• WendyChen528 0 contributions 4.0 of 5 bubbles Excellent Response Time We organized a couple of private tours with this company over the emails, and they have been extremely responsive and professional in dealings with us. Read more Written October 24, 2019
• tustinfarm 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles St. Petersburg Day Tour Natalya (tour guide) met my wife and I on board our ship at 9:30 am and directed us to a comfortable, four-door sedan driven by Sergei. We visited the St. Peter and Paul Cathedral and the Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in the morning and then had a delightful lunch with Natalya and Sergei at the Vodka Room No. 1 restaurant. In the afternoon, we visited the Russian Ethnographic Museum and the Faberge Museum. Natalya personally guided us to and through the churches and museums and was very informative. We the enjoyed the friendliness of both Natalya and Sergei and their willingness to answer all of our questions about daily life in Russia. We returned safely to our ship by 5:30 pm. Our day tour of St. Petersburg was one we will fondly remember! Read more Written October 22, 2019
• Juan J 0 contributions 3.0 of 5 bubbles just fine language problems ti find good fluent speakers in other tongue than English. This made the tour somewhat heavy for us. Even thought Riga is a brilliant beautiful city to tour around Read more Written October 18, 2019
• barb m 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles AMAZING Our guide Elena, was amazing. We couldn't have asked for a more informative, pleasant, helpful guide. We would most certainly recommend ULKO Tours to anyone thinking of visiting St. Petersburg on a cruise. We saw so much and enjoyed the Russian meals that were added to our tour and all at a much better price than through the cruise line. Thank you for sharing your city with us. Read more Written October 17, 2019
• BKE9 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Choose your own adventure! With your ideas and this company’s expertise, this will be the best tour you’ve ever taken!!(Especially if you have Julia as your guide and Artem as your driver) This company impressed us long before the tour. Anton in the office answered my countless questions via email beforehand. They also make sure they have all the paperwork in place for you. We had an overview of the city our first day in St. Petersburg(different company) and wanted to focus on every day living for our choice day. Our list included the subway, a grocery store, schools and getting outside of the city. What made Julia different from other guides we’ve had is that she tried to get to know us so she could accommodate our wishes. We had a few gaps and she was able to fill them perfectly. Better yet, she also let us get to know her. Julia is a wealth of information but we didn’t feel like we’ve been to a college lecture. She allowed for questions and conversation along the way. The other thing we appreciated was that our guide and driver were in sync. We had been with tours where the guide and driver didn’t agree on the route to be taken and it was very uncomfortable. Artem was an excellent driver. Rush hour traffic, bathroom stop...? No problem! When it was all over, my sister said to me “I like Julia so much I’d love to have her come visit and stay with me in the US.” I felt the same way. We left feeling we had a friend in St. Petersburg. Read more Written October 16, 2019
• osm8601 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Lovely night It was such a pleasure to find this musical performance in St. Petersburg. We were able to enjoy various forms of music during the tour. Highly recommended if you like to listen to classical music. Read more Written October 15, 2019
• Departure65727247107 0 contributions 5.0 of 5 bubbles Excelleur with ULKO and Lisa Our experience with ULKO tours in Russia was our second tour with ULKO. We booked through Viator in Berlin and it was an ULKO tour as well. We were extremely pleased with both tours. Small groups and excellent tour guides. Our 2-day St Petersburg Russia tour with guide Lisa was so very educational and her knowledge very advanced. The sites were well timed and the 2 Russian lunches were authentic and very good. Our experience left us with a very good overview of St Petersburg and Russia's history. We were on NCL Getaway and we watched large NCL excursions loading buses while 14 of us took our ULKO tour. Processing through Customs was smooth with our ULKO trip vouchers. We highly recommend using ULKO for your Baltic excursions. Berlin/Sachsenhausen was also of very high quality. There isn't much time to stop for any local souvenir shopping so plan on your tour being mostly busy and site filled. Read more Written October 14, 2019

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