Boots and Hearts Music Festival facts for kids
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| Genre | Music festival |
| Location(s) | Burl's Creek Event Grounds, Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada |
| Years active | 2012-19, 2022-23 |
| Founded by | Stan and Eva Dunford, Shannon McNevan |
| Capacity | 45,000+ |
| Website | Official website: http://bootsandhearts.com/ |
The Boots and Hearts Music Festival is a huge country music and camping event. It's held every year at the Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada. This festival is put on by Republic Live Inc. and is owned by Stan and Eva Dunford.
Since it began in 2012, Boots and Hearts has grown a lot. It is now Canada's largest country music festival. It's also the second largest music festival in North America. Only the CMA Music Festival is bigger.
Boots and Hearts has won many awards. It received the "Festival of the Year" award from the Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) in 2014, 2015, and 2016. It also won the "Festival of the Year" award at Canadian Music Week in 2015. In 2019 and 2020, it was nominated for "Festival of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music Awards.
The festivals planned for 2020 and 2021 were cancelled. This happened because of the worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
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Boots and Hearts: A Brief History
The Boots and Hearts festival started in 2012. It was first held at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. Stan and Eva Dunford own the festival through their company, Republic Live Inc. The idea for the festival came from Stan’s nephew, Shannon McNevan.
The festival quickly became very popular. It grew too big for the Motorsport Park. So, the owners bought land specifically for large festivals. The festival then moved to its current home. This is the Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario.
Past Festival Performers
Many famous country music stars have performed at Boots and Hearts. Here are some of the main performers from past years:
2012 Headliners
Alabama, Big & Rich, Carrie Underwood, Kid Rock, Lionel Richie, Sheryl Crow, Tim McGraw
2013 Headliners
Jason Aldean, The Band Perry, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Miranda Lambert
2014 Headliners
Toby Keith, Lee Brice, Luke Bryan, Hunter Hayes, Blake Shelton
2015 Headliners
Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett, Dallas Smith, Justin Moore
2016 Headliners
Blake Shelton, Tim McGraw, Dierks Bentley, Jake Owen, Sam Hunt, Chase Rice
2017 Headliners
Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, Brantley Gilbert
2018 Headliners
Florida Georgia Line, Alan Jackson, Thomas Rhett, Billy Currington, Dallas Smith, Brett Young
2019 Headliners
Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Cole Swindell, Maren Morris, Kip Moore, Kane Brown
2020 and 2021 Events
- The festival was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021. This was due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
2022 Headliners
Shania Twain, Florida Georgia Line, Jake Owen, Lindsay Ell, Russell Dickerson, Dustin Lynch
2023 Headliners
Tim McGraw, Keith Urban, Nickelback, Tim Hicks
See also
- List of country music festivals
- List of folk festivals
