Country Thunder set to rock Saskatchewan despite extreme heat

Saskatchewan’s biggest euphony show is astir upon america arsenic Country Thunder will return complete nan Craven vale successful conscionable a fewer hours.

This year’s lineup includes artists for illustration Dallas Smith, Josh Ross, Luke Combs and successful a departure from nan state genre, Nickelback.

The determination to grow much into nan stone abstraction is thing Country Thunder CEO Troy Vollhoffer said could beryllium a preview of things to travel complete nan adjacent fewer years.

“We’re going successful that direction,” he said talking astir nan stone genre. “It’s proven correct now that nan aforesaid personification who listens to state listens to classical rock. And I’m not calling Nickelback classical because they are decidedly existent but it’s exciting.

“It’s a small twist that we’re trying to alteration things up a small spot and make it exciting.”

While nan euphony kicks disconnected Friday, camping for those looking to get an early commencement connected nan statement has opened up.

Mike Dacey is 1 of those fans fresh to get started. He started going to Country Thunder backmost successful 1983 pinch his dad.

“I person been coming ever since isolated from for a mates of years successful nan 90s erstwhile I had kids,” he said. “I don’t statement arsenic difficult anymore arsenic I’m getting older now but it will still beryllium a getting to watch different group do it.”

Nicole Benton is simply a comparative newcomer to Craven arsenic this twelvemonth marks her 4th travel out.

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“I americium really looking guardant to Luke Combs,” Benton said. “We travel for nan euphony and nan party, and we person made tons of friends done nan years.”

As for really nan sites are looking? Saskatchewan has been nary alien to dense rainfall complete nan past month, but pinch nan sun yet appearing this week, things look to beryllium drying up.

“We’ve sewage an astonishing tract unit that has worked pinch each kinds of upwind and it has been raining but luckily nan sun has dried astir of that up and they’ve sewage it looking really great,” Megan Benoit, nan Country Thunder integer head said. “They’ve been moving connected nan campgrounds and main thoroughfare successful nan show vessel truthful everything is looking very green.”

With nan lukewarm temperatures, organizers are reminding fans to travel prepared pinch sunscreen, a chapeau and tons of other water.