This past weekend Brad and I, along with our friends, Kate & Ryan and Tami & Jeff went to Country Fest 2013 in Cadott, Wisconsin. I'd never heard of it (or the town) and none of us had been to Country Fest before, but we all decided to get tickets and go! How can 3 days of country music concerts not be a good idea??
What is Country Fest, you ask? Country Fest is 4 days (Thursday - Sunday) of Country Music concerts- almost all day! In the middle of a field. In the middle of no-where. It was fabulous! Brad and I are die-hard country music fans, so this was awwwwwesome! Seriously, I was counting down the days till we left. Here is the line up for all of the concerts!
I mean...come one...Holy cow!! This line up is awesome! Miranda Lambert, Thompson Square, Brantley Gilbert, Gloriana, Hunter Hayes, Montgomery Gentry, Little Bog Town, Toby Keith, Jake Owen, Jason Aldean...*squeals*
Since we were going to be there for 3 nights, we decided to get a hotel and not camp. Ick. I'm cool with camping, but not for 4 days and 3 nights! Our hotel was in a city near by, so we were able to avoid a lot of traffic and crowds. We stocked up on tailgating/grilling food, brought a small grill, lawn chairs, and of course our hats and boots #duh. We all met at Jeff and Tami's house Thursday morning, packed the truck full, and all 6 of us piled in.
It took us about 5 hours to get to our hotel. We veerry quickly unloaded, changed, and headed out to see Thompson Square! And yes, despite having health/vocal issues recently, Thompson Square was there and they were fantastic. Brad really likes Brantley Gilbert, so he was pretty happy to see him in concert and he did not disappoint! Miranda Lambert is one of my favorites, so when she got on stage, my eyes were glued. Unfortunately, after about 3 songs the wind started blowing so hard that we couldn't hear that well. Then it started raining. We ran for the truck and headed home. Boo. Next time Miranda, next time.
Friday and Saturday's concerts were really good too. I don't have one bad thing to say! Other than the fact that we all had to work Monday morning, so we missed the Sunday night concerts. Oh well. 3 full days of country concerts made it worth it!
While we were at Country Fest we: tailgated, saw some interesting people, rode a mechanical bull, jumped off a 3 story platform onto a big blown up "pillow" (I did a back flip, twice - on video - see below), ate fair food (I had a funnel cake! - be proud), met some new people, used porta potties (ew), laughed...a lot, made some awesome memories, and enjoyed all the country music we could! We can't wait until next year!
Thursday Night
Thursday Night's Line up: Thompson Square, Brantley Gilbert, & Miranda Lambert
Friday Night
Friday Night Line Up: Gloriana, Hunter Hayes, & Montgomery Gentry (My camera died, so we didn't get any pictures of the concerts! Boo...)
Saturday Night
Back flip off the tower! First Kate jumping then me flipping off! Woo!
We had soooo much fun and made tons of fabulous memories. That's what life's about. In fact, we had so much fun...we've decided to make this an annual trip ~ yeeeaah Country Fest 2014!!
1 comment:
Super jealous! That's in my neck of the woods but it didn't work out to go this year. And I saw Thompson Square this weekend when they opened for Luke Bryan this weekend and you couldn't even tell he was sick! Glad you had fun :)
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