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Caption: Boots and Hearts
Country Music Festival 2017. Canada #14
Caption: The Boots and Hearts Music Festival is a multi-day country music and camping fiesta. It is held annually at the Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario, Canada. Since its inception in 2012, Boots and Hearts has quickly grown to become Canada's largest country music festival and considered the second largest music festival in North America behind only the CMA Music Festival.
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Caption: The festival is super organised, and caters for up to 45,000. All transactions are done thru RFID technology in wristbands. Passes are checked as you enter the parking, you pass through a security checkpoint before tapping into the event.
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Caption: The initial queues on opening night at the GA gates were super long do we used our VIP passes to bypass them and breezed through the expedited entry point.
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Caption: VIP provided a few extra bonuses such as our own area with food, drink, washrooms, front row stage access and SiriusXM Barn.
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Caption: Opening night was all held out front of the main stage. The GA area had several bars, large food van area, the merchandise area plus the 2nd stage - the front porch.
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Caption: Opening night included a battle of the emerging bands all fighting for a Sunday afternoon main stage gig and the winners title and prizes. It was a little more relaxed and less crowded.
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Caption: Love and Theft
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Caption: Getting busier.
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Caption: Doc Walker
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Caption: Friday we were in the VIP area enjoying the interviews and intimate gig's with some of the artists - Dan & Shay up in the SiriusXM Barn
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Caption: Frankie Ballard
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Caption: Frankie Ballard
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Caption: The weather got a little crazy at this point and the show was put on hold, but Keith wasn't going anywhere nor were we!
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Caption: Dan & Shay were due to play before Keith but were rained out, so he got them up with him.
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Caption: A little bit of rain wasn't stopping the show once it got started.
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Caption: Dan & Shay on the Front Porch
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Caption: Saturday saw clearer weather and more awesome bands rocking out.
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Caption: Chad Brownlee
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Caption: Eli Young Band
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Caption: Brantley Gilbert
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Caption: Sunday the weather was glorious and the crowds were packing in with Luke Bryan the headline act of the week and due to close out the festival. Delta Ray was awesome.
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Caption: Cold Creek County.
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Caption: Brett Eldridge
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Caption: The man himself making calls on audience members phone to unsuspecting friends.. who hung up - Classic!
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Caption: Boots and Hearts 2017, a story by Emma White.
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** All video and photos taken on HTC mobile phone **