Big Valley Jamboree! July 29th – Aug 1st

I’m not necessarily the biggest country music fan but the crowd at BVJ creates an atmosphere that could make 72 straight hours of Nickelback bearable. Greenman suits with cowboy hats, bikini girls in cowboy boots, and dudes sporting daisy duke cutoffs keep the people watching aspect alone enough to visit BVJ. We had a great set-up right on the path to the main entrance and brought a little Mexican flavor of our own to the mix.

In the wake of the huge storm that hit last year’s BVJ spirits were still high. Amazing Grace was played and fans paused for a moment of silence to mark the death of the Lloydminister mother of two who was crushed when the stage collapsed under high winds. Fears were stirred up again this year as huge storm clouds and wind rolled in just as Miranda Lambert was about to hit the stage Friday evening. The concert was shut down as patrons hid from the rain but he rest of the weekend was beautiful sunny skies and some of the best weather I’ve seen at Big Valley.

To round of a great weekend Keith Urban put on an awesome show to a very excited crowd. For a forty something year old the guy he still makes the young girls go nuts. The out door beer gardens filled with two steppers and you could tell that the holiday Monday was going to see it’s fair share of long naps.

Tags: alberta, music festival, party

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