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It’s been just over two years since the pandemic silenced live music in Ottawa venues and slowly this week fans trickled back as the curtain lifted on the first country tour to pass through the nation’s capital with Meghan Patrick’s Wild as Me Tour featuring Kris Barclay

With over 1 million streams on Apple Music and Spotify to date, Kris has been hitting the road (when it was open) Hard. Opening for such artists as Brett Kissel, The Road Hammers, Gord Bamford and Dean Brody – he gained enough attention (and acclaim) to nab a spot in the 2018 Boots and Hearts Music Festival, where he was voted by fans as the wildcard entry into the Emerging Artist Showcase.

Eight years into Boots and Hearts and the lineup this weekend has us incredibly excited. After a high octane kick-off on Thursday night Friday was primed to jump into high gear with plenty of amazing talent to keep the party going until well into Saturday morning.

Presented by 1000 Islands RV – Life is a short, live it well – The longest part of every year is the week of August leading up to our annual summer country music party at Boots and Hearts. The wait finally came to an end last night as Kris Barclay, the Cadillac Three and Chase Rice hit the front porch stage for the annual Boots and Hearts kick-off party.

It’s been quite a week for festival organizers going from losing a headliner to the very real threat that severe weather could silence the music at the fifth anniversary of Festival Country de Lotbinière.

Round Two of The Dreams Take Flight charity event took place at The Lone Star Loft, 1211 Lemieux Street, Ottawa, Ontario with Matt Dips of Country 101.1 Mc’ing another round of Country Music and fun with Bryan Snider opening followed by Kris Barclay and Brea Lawrenson. The goal of this night was to help make dreams come true for some of the region’s most deserving kids by sending them on a once in a lifetime trip to Walt Disney World with Dreams Take Flight.

After a massively successful debut event in 2018, Dreams Take Flight Ottawa is taking out the cowboy boots and plaid shirts once again for Country Dreams Part II taking place at the Lone Star Loft on May 4!

Chase Rice, Michael Ray, Tim Hicks, Carly Pearce, Mitchell Tenpenny, LANCO & More Will Join Headliners Jason Aldean, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris and Cole Swindell

The Canadian country music community is embracing their “like family” reputation as they come together to support one of their own in Toronto on March 3. An Opry-style benefit concert for Runaway Angel singer Cadence Grace, Country Kicks Cancer’s Ass will take place at the Rock ‘N’ Horse Saloon with a handful of country music’s best taking the stage in support of this talented artist. Featuring performances by Jessica Mitchell, Eric Ethridge, Leah Daniels, Genevieve Fisher, Kris Barclay and many more, tickets are available now.

The largest country music festival in Quebec today unveils the program for its 5th edition, which will take place from June 13 to 15 in Saint-Agapit, near Quebec city.