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Main articles: Country music and List of 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, and list of bluegrass music festivals. Many of the festivals take place in North America.

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. “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

See also: Category:Country music festivals
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Oceania

See also: Australian country music § Awards and festivals
Festival name City/venue Country Remarks
Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival Canberra Australia
Gympie Muster Gympie, Queensland Australia
Mildura Country Music Festival Mildura, Victoria Australia
Tamworth Country Music Festival Tamworth, New South Wales Australia January
Wandong Country Music Festival Wandong, Victoria Australia

Europe

See also: Category:Country music festivals in Europe
Festival name City/venue Country Remarks
C2C: Country to Country Dublin, London, Glasgow, Berlin, and Amsterdam Ireland, England, Scotland, Germany and Netherlands Annual
Harvest Country Music Festival Westport House and Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Highways Festival Royal Albert Hall, London England Annual – May
Piknik Country Mrągowo, Poland Poland Annual

North America

Canada
United States
  • Gympie Muster in Australia
    Gympie Muster in Australia
  • Wolvestock line dance
    Wolvestock line dance
  • George Strait Country Music Festival in Tampa, Florida
    George Strait Country Music Festival in Tampa, Florida
  • Taylor Swift at Cavendish
    Taylor Swift at Cavendish
  • Wolvestock 14
    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.