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After a two-year hiatus, the festival returns July 28-31 with a lineup that also features Chris Janson, Billy Currington, HARDY, Randy Houser, Kip Moore, Jo Dee Messina and other country-music artists.

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The festival lineup was announced Tuesday (March 15) by , and tickets go on sale starting Thursday, March 17, at 10 a.m. on .

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McGraw, a three-time Grammy Award winner, will return to the Rockin River stage 17 years after playing in Merritt, during Merritt Mountain Music Festival.

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Elsewhere in B.C. this summer, John Fogerty and Tom Cochrane with Red Rider are among the artists booked to perform at , a two-day festival at Laketown Ranch in Lake Cowichan, July 22-23. Passes and camping will go on sale March 18 and 10 a.m. at . The Live Nation-presented festival will also feature performances by Wide Mouth Mason, Big Sugar, Keb香蕉视频直播� Mo香蕉视频直播� and others.

Fogerty will headline his own concert at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Sunday, July 24, as part of a Canadian tour.

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