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Chicago Country Music Festival

View Map425 E. McFetridge Dr. (Soldier Field Parkland), Chicago
Tel: (312) 744-3315
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Editorial Review of Chicago Country Music Festival

Date: October 11-12, 2008

Cost: Free

Organizer: City of Chicago

What to expect: Loads of country music comes to town, this time in a new location (just outside Soldier Field).

Why to go: Taylor Swift! She's the most talented 19-year-old we know. Well, except for all those basketball players.

The lineup:

Main Stage
Saturday
1 p.m.: The Randy Kohrs Band
3 p.m.: Rissi Palmer
5 p.m.: Luke Bryan
7 p.m.: Gretchen Wilson

Sunday
1 p.m.: Chuck Wicks
3 p.m.: The Lost Trailers
5 p.m.: Lady Antebellum
7 p.m.: Taylor Swift

Americana Stage
Saturday
noon: Devin & The Straights
2 p.m.: The Freeway Rangers
4 p.m.: Justin Townes Earle
6 p.m.: Tift Merrit
8:30 p.m.: Son Volt

Sunday
noon: Sunnyside Up
2 p.m.: Wade Bowen
4 p.m.: Eli Young Band
6 p.m.: Cross Canadian Ragweed

Best Buy Honky Tonk Stage
Saturday
noon: Robbins & Wheeler
2 p.m.: The Lawrence Peters Outfit
4 p.m.: Yard Fulla Cars
6 p.m.: Danny Everhart Band
8:30 p.m.: Telluride

Sunday
noon: Megan Nicole
2 p.m.: Jason Brown
4 p.m.: Janesville
6 p.m.: Heartsfield

Centerstage Reviewer: Ben Rubenstein

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Hours

11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Saturday; 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Sunday

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