Craven Country Jamboree

Craven Country Jamboree is an annual country music festival, held in the Qu'Appelle Valley, near Craven, Saskatchewan, Canada.

One of the grand-daddies of music festivals, there has been music on this piece of property since 1983. The original festival was called the Big Valley Jamboree, and was first established by Father Lucien Larre, as a fundraiser for his Bosco Homes for emotionally disturbed youth. A successor event, the Kinsmen Rock'N the Valley rock music festival, ran until 2004. The country music format was revived in 2005 and renamed the Craven Country Jamboree. Some of the biggest acts in country music have performed at this festival site, including Garth Brooks, George Strait, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, John Denver, Conway Twitty, Johnny Cash, Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson, Dixie Chicks and many more. Including special guests like Willie Robertson from A&E's Duck Dynasty.[1] For most of these years, the festival was hosted by long time comedy duo, Williams and Ree, who still host the Craven Country Jamboree today.

The Craven Country Jamboree is held every summer, in July, for four days, hosting 94,000 fans over four days.[2] With two venues for live music, the main stage, and Leopold's Tavern beer garden, fans get a mixture of the biggest stars and upcoming acts in country music, as well as incredible local talent. Besides the music, the Craven Country Jamboree hosts Boy$, Bull$ and Buck$, a junior steer riding competition on Saturday and Sunday morning. Also featured is a local songwriters' circle,[3] and a hypnotist for added entertainment. Fans can also enjoy many food and retail vendors throughout the weekend.

The Craven Country Jamboree is also recognized for its philanthropical work in the province of Saskatchewan. Each year, the Craven Country Jamboree assists dozens of local charities and organizations raise over $250,000 per year.[4]

The Craven Country Jamboree is one of the last festivals in North America to forego reserved seating in favour of rush seating. Each evening, dedicated fans sit in the Gopher Run lineup, some overnight, to get the best seats in the house. Each morning, security allows 3,000 lucky fans entrance to set up their lawn chairs, which are their seats for the entire day of shows.[5]

Line Up

Artist Year
Aaron Lines2007
Aaron Tippin1992
Aaron Tippin1996
Adam Gregory2007
Alabama1992
Alabama2016
Alan Jackson2006
Alan Jackson2012
Alex Runions2015
Amanda Wilkinson2006
Amber Fleury1992
Autumn Hill2016
B.J. Thomas1986
B.J. Thomas1992
B-Stage Allstars2013
Baillie & the Boys1990
Bellamy Brothers1994
Beverley Mahood2005
Big & Rich2006
Big & Rich2007
Big & Rich2011
Big House1999
Bill Anderson2013
Bill Engvall1996
Bill Miller (singer)1993
Billy Currington2012
Billy Ray Cyrus2009
Blackhawk1997
Blackhawk2006
Blake Shelton2015
Blue Rodeo1989
Blue Rodeo1996
Bobby Wills2015
Box Car Willie1984
Brad Johner2007
Brad Paisley2005
Brad Paisley2012
Brantley Gilbert2013
Brett Barrow1994
Brett Eldredge2014
Brett Kissel2015
Brian Sklar & The Tex Pistols1999
Bryan White1999
Buffy Sainte-Marie1992
BULLRUSH2012
Cactus Brothers1994
Carolyn Dawn Johnson2007
Carrie Underwood2007
Carson City1994
Casey James2011
Chad Brownlee2013
Charley Pride1985
Charley Pride1991
Charley Pride1993
Charley Pride2010
Charlie Daniels1986
Charlie Daniels Band2009
Charlie Daniels Band2014
Charlie Major1994
Charlie Major1997
Charlie Pride1990
Chase Bryant2016
Chris Cummings1997
Chris Henderson2014
Chris Young2016
Clint Black1993
Clint Black2009
Codie Prevost2010
Colette Wise1993
Colt Ford2015
Confederate Railroad1994
Conrad Bigknife & Baton Rouge1999
Conway Twitty1984
Corb Lund and the Hurtin Albertans2006
Craig Morgan2006
Craig Morgan2015
Craig Moritz2010
Crystal Plamondon1993
Crystal Shawanda2010
Curtis Grambo & New Ryder1994
Dallas Smith (singer)2015
Dan Seals1990
Dan Seals1993
Dan Seals2006
Danny Hooper1994
Darius Rucker2011
David Nail2010
Dean Brody2012
Dean Mitchell Band1994
Deric Ruttan2012
Diamond Rio1999
Diamond Rio2010
Dierks Bentley2008
Dierks Bentley2014
Dixiana1992
Dixie Chicks2013
Doc Walker2009
Doc Walker2011
Doc Walker2013
Don Williams1989
Don Williams1990
Don Williams1993
Don Williams2012
Donny Parenteau2008
Dottie West1983
Doug Stone1990
Doug Stone1993
Duane Steele1996
Duane Steele1999
Dwight Yoakam1999
Eddie Rabbitt1986
Emerson Drive2005
Emerson Drive2010
Emerson Drive2012
Emmylou Harris1988
Emmylou Harris1993
Eric Church2010
Eric Church2012
Eric Church2016
Farmer’s Daughter1994
Farmer’s Daughter1996
Faster Gun1999
Florida Georgia Line2015
Forrester Sisters1988
Garth Brooks1991
Gary Fjellgaard1992
Gary Fjellgaard1993
Gary Fjellgaard1996
Gary Morris1988
Gatlin Brothers1984
Geoffrey Gilmer1994
George Canyon2005
George Canyon2014
George Fox1991
George Fox1993
George Fox1996
George Strait1987
George Strait1989
George Strait2009
Glen Campbell1984
Glen Campbell2007
Gloriana2009
Gloriana2013
Good Brothers1993
Gord Bamford2006
Gord Bamford2014
Gretchen Wilson2007
Gretchen Wilson2011
Hank Flamingo1994
Harry Luge2007
Harry Luge2008
Head Hunters2007
High Valley2013
Highway 1011989
Highway 101 with Paulette Carlson1996
Holly Dunn1994
Hoyt Axton1983
Hoyt Axton1988
Jake Owen2009
Janie Fricke1985
Jasmine Paige2010
Jason Aldean2010
Jason Aldean2015
Jason Blaine2009
Jaydee Bixby2009
Jerrod Niemann2016
Jessica Andrews2006
Jessie Farrell2008
Jess Moskaluke2014
Joan Poverty1997
Joe Diffie1994
Joe Diffie2009
Joe Nichols2006
Joe Nichols2009
Joe Nichols2014
Joel Feeney1993
Joel Feeney1994
John Anderson1992
John Brack1992
John Denver1991
John Michael Montgomery1994
John Michael Montgomery2011
John Michael Montgomery2015
Johner Brothers1992
Johner Brothers1993
Johner Brothers1996
Johnny Cash1986
Johnny Paycheck1997
Johnny Reid2008
Johnny Reid2011
Juice Newton1986
K.C. Jones1994
K.D. Lang1988
K.T. Oslin1989
Kacey Musgraves2016
Kal Hourd2010
Kathy Mattea1985
Kathy Mattea1987
Kathy Mattea1990
Kathy Mattea1993
Katie Hess2008
Keith Urban2014
Kellie Pickler2009
Kenny Chesney2010
Kenny Chesney2013
Kenny Rogers1988
Kenny Shaw1999
Kentucky Headhunters2016
Kevin Costner and Modern West2010
Kidd Country1993
Kidd Country1999
Lacy J. Dalton1987
Larry Evans (singer)1993
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers1989
Laura Vinson1993
Lindsay Ell2015
Lisa Brokop1993
Lisa Moen2015
Little Texas2006
Lonestar1997
Lonestar2005
Loretta Lynn1987
Loretta Lynn1996
Lorrie Morgan2007
Louise Mandrell1986
Luke Bryan2010
Luke Bryan2014
Marie Osmond1990
Marilyn Faye Parney1997
Mark Chesnutt1992
Mark Chesnutt1994
Mark Chesnutt1997
Mark Chestnut2008
Mark Koenig1992
Mark Koenig1993
Marley’s Ghost1994
Martina McBride1994
Martina McBride2010
Marty Brown1992
Marty Stuart2005
Marty Stuart2016
Mary Chapin Carpenter1990
Mary Chapin Carpenter1992
McCarters1989
Mel McDaniel1992
Mel Tillis2005
Mel Tillis2011
Mercey1984
Mercury Brothers1983
Merle Haggard1994
Michael Martin Murphy1989
Michelle Wright1993
Michelle Wright1996
Midnite Express (band)1992
Mike Reid1992
Miranda Lambert2008
Miranda Lambert2010
Muzzie Braun1992
Myrol Brothers 1991
Neal McCoy1999
Neal McCoy2008
Neal McCoy2011
Neal McCoy2012
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band1987
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band2011
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band2014
One Horse Blue1994
One More Girl2012
Pam Tillis2008
Patricia Conroy1993
Patty Loveless1997
Paul Brandt1997
Paul Brandt2005
Paul Brandt2008
Paulette Carlson1993
Petric2016
Phil Vassar2012
Poverty Plainsmen1992
Poverty Plainsmen1994
Poverty Plainsmen1996
Poverty Plainsmen2005
Prairie Oyster1993
Prairie Oyster1997
Prescott Brown1994
Rachel Matkin1997
Randy Owen2007
Randy Travis1987
Randy Travis1988
Randy Travis1996
Randy Travis2006
Rascal Flatts2011
Ray Stevens1983
Reba McEntire1987
Reba McEntire1990
Reba McEntire2007
Red Hot Burritos1992
Restless Heart1990
Restless Heart2006
Rhodes & Marshall1996
Rick Tippe1997
Ricky Skaggs1988
Ricky Skaggs1996
Ricky Skaggs2015
Ricky Van Shelton1989
Ricky Van Shelton1993
Rita MacNeil1992
Rock ‘N’ Horse Band1992
Rodney Atkins2009
Rodney Crowell1990
Rodney Crowell1992
Ronnie Dunn2011
Ronnie Milsap2007
Ronnie Milsap2012
Roy Orbison1983
Ryan Laird2011
Samara Yung2015
Sara Evans2008
Sarah Beth Keeley2011
Sawyer Brown1991
Sawyer Brown1996
Sawyer Brown2006
Sawyer Brown2013
Scott King (Canadian singer)1993
Scotty McCreery2013
Shane Yellowbird2009
Sheila Deck1999
Sheila Deck2009
Shevy Smith2007
Small Town Pistols2013
Stephanie Thompson1997
Steve Fox1999
Steve Holy2012
Steven Lee Olsen2016
Straight Clean & Simple1992
Sugarland2008
Sugarland2011
Susan Graham (Canadian singer)1996
Suzanne Gitzi1996
Sweethearts of the Rodeo1988
Sweethearts of the Rodeo1991
Sylvia Tyson1984
Tami Hunter1997
Tammy Wynette1985
Tanya Tucker1984
Tanya Tucker1986
Tanya Tucker1993
Tanya Tucker2005
Taylor Swift2009
Tennessee River Boys1987
Terri Clark2012
Terry Kelly1997
The Band Perry2012
The Bellamy Brothers1984
The Bellamy Brothers2009
The Bellamy Brothers2015
The Cruzeros1996
The Desert Rose Band1990
The Gatlin Brothers2008
The Good Brothers1983
The Good Brothers1999
The Higgins2010
The Judds1990
The Moffatts1992
The Oak Ridge Boys1985
The Oak Ridge Boys2008
The Oak Ridge Boys2010
The Porch Boys1999
The Poverty Plainsmen1999
The Road Hammers2007
The Swon Brothers2016
The Roys2012
Thomas Rhett2014
Thomas Wade1997
Tim Hicks2014
Tim McGraw2005
Tim McGraw2013
Toby Keith2008
Tom T. Hall1988
Tommy Hunter1984
Tommy Hunter1985
Tommy Rogers & Headin’ West1993
Tommy Rogers & Headin’ West1994
Trace Adkins1999
Tracy Byrd1994
Tracy Lawrence1994
Tracy Lawrence2011
Travis Tritt1991
Travis Tritt2006
Trick Pony2006
Trick Ryder2005
Underground Outlaws1994
Uncle Kracker2011
Wayde Hayes1997
Waylon Jennings1985
Wes Mack2015
William Lee Golden1993
Williams & Ree1983
Williams & Ree1984
Williams & Ree1985
Williams & Ree1986
Williams & Ree1992
Williams & Ree1993
Williams & Ree1997
Williams & Ree2005 - 2015
Willie Nelson1986
Wynonna1993
Wynonna1994
Yankee Rose (band)1992
Zac Brown Band2016

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