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The 11th annual Beaumont Blues and Roots Festival took place in Beaumont Alberta the weekend of June 15-17.  Known as “Canada’s biggest little music festival”, it is the country’s longest running all Canadian content music festival, highlighting the best in all music genres, not just blues and roots, including pop, folk, rockabilly and country music.  While the festival has always included a fairly even split between male and female artists, this year is the first time they have scheduled an all female Friday, headlined by Serena Ryder.

The Sam Roberts Band headlined the 11th Annual Beaumont Blues & Roots Festival Saturday with a marathon set.  Known as “Canada’s biggest little music festival”, the festival has always featured a 100% Canadian line up with about 50% being female artists.

“You still got it!” shouted one wildly apperceive fan after The Pursuit of Happiness blasted Westfest with a whole lotta’ Love Junk last night outside of Tom Brown Arena.

So Montebello’s Amnesia Rockfest 2017 was amazing! Another great lineup of talent, reaching all corners of the globe, and encompassing a variety of styles. Again another 100,000 or so people descend on this wickedly beautiful little village, and they run amuck. Music is coming from every corner and can be heard for miles. Artists from Germany, Mexico, and all over the United States and Canada take the stage, as dust rises from the dirty boots of thousands of punk rockers and metalheads, and I got to witness it all from a very unique vantage point.

So Tebey is about to embark on his First Come, First Served tour that kicks off in Ontario on October 13th at the Music Hall in Oshawa. This tour is fueled by the fine folks over at Coors Banquet Beer. And how appropriate would it be to release a killer new single “Old School” just before you hit the road.  And to cap it all off how about a video re-capping the incredible summer of music.   Check it out.  And be sure to catch Tebey at any of the upcoming shows.  We may just have a few VIP Experiences up our sleeves so stay TUNED!

So it has been a red hot summer thus far in terms of Festivals we have covered since June 1st.  Not just hot shows but the weather has been smokin’ for most of them.   I though I might take a shot at a mid summer festival recap and just do a quick review on where we have been so far in this jam filled summer of 2016.

So CMT Canada / Corus Entertainment jumped into the world of Festivals this past weekend full force with CMT Music Fest.  The inaugural event took place in Kitchener,home of the OHL Kitchener Rangers and then venue in which the big party was taking place Bingamens.   For those of you that haven’t been lucky enough to attend Octoberfest in the KW area Bingamans has hosted some pretty epic parties in the past.   Maybe not to this scale but this one was BIG.

We caught up with CMT Music Fest artist Andrew Hyatt and wanted to know a few things before he hit the stage on July 8th when he opens for Eric Church and Kip Moore in Kitchener, Ontario for CMT Music Fest’s inaugural party.