August 15 & 16, 2020 at Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau
Get your spurs shined up and turn up your favorite country tune, evenko is proud to present the newest addition to its world class festivals, in collaboration with Universal Music Canada, an urban country music jamboree that is uniquely Montreal – introducing LASSO!
The people behind OSHEAGA, HEAVY MONTREAL, ÎLESONIQ and ’77 MONTREAL have been hard at work for the last 3 years, curating what is sure to be the most exciting new music fest, destined to be the world’s premiere urban country music festival. With the newly renovated festival site at Espace 67 of Parc Jean-Drapeau ready to be unveiled, the timing is perfect to announce a twang-filled pop rockin’ country festival that will appeal to both die-hard fans and anyone looking to experience the thrill of a huge countrified party at one of the most award winning festival sites on the globe!
LASSO is the only country music festival in an urban setting, which also happens to take place on a picturesque island in the middle of the St Lawrence river accessible by a 10 minute metro ride, overlooking the inspiring skyline of the one of the world’s most celebrated music cities. Montreal has always been a hotbed of great music, and fans love country music, as evidenced by Luke Bryan’s sold out Bell Centre show where he played to a crowd of 17,000 + adoring fans. It’s no surprise that Thomas Rhett was blown away by his unbelievable reception from fans when he played this city for the first time. In fact, Montreal is consistently the 2nd highest streaming city for country music in Canada. Welcome to Montr’yall!!
LASSO promises an unparalleled experience for fans of country’s new vanguard as well as established favorites by honoring tradition while at the same time embracing the newest trends! The lineup will feature a mix of international superstars and local luminaries from the Canadian, Quebec, and Montreal country scenes. Fans will find more hot country than they can shake a stick at, but they’ll also find bluegrass, folk, old time music, mixed with everything shiny and new! In addition, there will be a big tent feel to the fest with an everyone-is-invited to the table philosophy. Everybody has some country fan in them, and LASSO is there to give people a chance to celebrate the country lifestyle while casting a vision of the future of where the country wave is heading.
This ain’t gonna be no dusty rodeo, either, LASSO promises a state of the art experience at the new renovated site on beautiful Île Sainte-Hélène with all the fixins fans have come to expect from evenko’s leading edge festivals! The priority for all evenko festivals is focused on the fan experience, and this is no exception, with state of the art sound and lights, cutting edge curation, incredible food, access to all kinds of goodies, and exceptional views of the stages and the city in the background! Plus, country music fans from all over can head to lassomontreal.com right now to tell LASSO who they want to see at the inaugural edition of the festival! By participating, they’ll even get a chance to win the very first 4-pack of tickets to LASSO 2020!
So break out your boots and hats, and circle your calendar because LASSO is coming on August 15 & 16, 2020!
