TORONTO, ON – The Cavendish Beach Music Festival, presented by Bell, has announced multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winner Chris Stapleton as the first headliner for the 2023 festival.

Atlantic Canada’s largest multi-day outdoor music festival will kick off on Thursday, July 6th, 2023 and run until Saturday, July 8th when Stapleton will take the stage. Additional performers will be announced leading up to the festival.

“After a sell-out year and a successful return of the festival in 2022, we are excited to be sharing plans for the 2023 festival already. Chris Stapleton is an artist our fans have been asking for and we couldn’t be more thrilled to welcome him to Cavendish Beach next summer,” said Ben Murphy, CEO of Cavendish Beach Music Festival.

Chris Stapleton performs at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. Photo: Renée Doiron

Kentucky-born Chris Stapleton is a multiple Grammy, CMA and ACM Award-winner and one of the most respected and beloved musicians. This past fall, Stapleton released his critically acclaimed new album, Starting Over—a record that examines life’s simplest joys and most serious struggles. Once again recorded at Nashville’s legendary RCA Studio A with Grammy Award-winning producer Dave Cobb, Starting Over won Album of the Year at the 56th ACM Awards and landed on several “Best of 2020” lists including NPR Music, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Esquire, Vulture, The Tennessean and The New York Times, who praises, “lands precisely where country meets Southern soul: with grit, details, clarity and ache.” Moreover, The Associated Press declares, “a sure-footed masterpiece…one of the year’s finest albums” and GQ proclaims, “mixes beautifully stark song writing with blues, country, and rock melodies, allowing Stapleton’s sturdy, propulsive vocals to carry the show.”

His fourth studio album, Starting Over follows Stapleton’s quadruple Platinum breakthrough solo debut, Traveller, as well as his two #1 albums from 2017: From A Room: Volume 1 (certified Platinum) and From A Room: Volume 2 (certified Gold). Adding to an already triumphant year, Stapleton returned to the stage this summer with his extensive “All-American Road Show” tour including stops at New York’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Washington State’s Gorge Amphitheatre and University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field among several others.

Two-time award-winner of the Canadian Country Music Association Festival / Event of the Year and nominee for the East Coast Music Association Festival / Event of the Year, Cavendish Beach Music Festival has quickly grown to become Atlantic Canada’s largest multi-day outdoor music festival. Located in the picturesque coastal resort community of Cavendish, P.E.I, Cavendish is turned into the hottest, most star-studded spot in the region every July, attracting over 60,000 country music fans each year. Past festival performers have included Luke Combs, Eric Church, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban, Taylor Swift, Brad Paisley, Toby Keith, Tim McGraw, Brett Eldredge, Lady Antebellum, and country legends Ricky Skaggs, Alabama, Reba, and pop sensation Shawn Mendes.

Festival tickets and camping passes are now on sale. Weekend passes start at $199+taxes and service fees and are available via cavendishbeachmusic.com.