Country Jam (Colorado)


Country Jam is an annual music festival in the Western Slope of Colorado, United States, which started in 1992. It is the largest country music and camping festival in the state.[1]

Country Jam is a four-day "rain or shine" event. The festival is held at the Country Jam Ranch, a 240-acre (0.97 km2) ranch and music festival concert venue located near Loma, Colorado, 21 miles northwest of Grand Junction.[2][3] Many attendees stay in the festival's campground area.

The festival is estimated to have an $11 million annual impact on the local economy, according to a study by Colorado Mesa University[4]

Country Jam previous lineups have included some of the biggest names in country music.[5][6][7][8]

In the 2017 festival, Old Dominion debuted three new songs, reported Taste of Country, which also said few artists "do a sing-along like Old Dominion. "Said Nobody," "Beer Can in a Truck Bed" and their version of Sam Hunt's "Make You Miss Me" (co-written by Ramsey) filled the Grand Valley as the sun went from yellow to a deep orange."[9]

The 2019 festival featured Alabama and others.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colorado's Country Jam rolls out daily lineup for 2018 with Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert and more". The Know. February 27, 2018.
  2. ^ "Country Jam -- Grand Junction, Colorado". Country Jam. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
  3. ^ "Grand Junction's 28th Country Jam | 2019 June Country Music Festival in Grajnd Junction, CO". www.uncovercolorado.com.
  4. ^ "Country Jam good for business". KJCT.
  5. ^ Colorado, Daily staff reportnewsroom@vaildaily comVAIL CO. "Country Jam 2012 set for June 21-24 outside of Grand Junction". {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Release, Press (June 22, 2017). "Nearly 92,000 Attend the 26th Annual Country Jam "Colorado's Biggest Country Music Party"".
  7. ^ Markert, Brittany. "Country Jam returns to Colorado's Grand Valley June 18-21".
  8. ^ "Country Jam Attendee Shoots Himself In Apparent Accident". Billboard.
  9. ^ "Example news article about 2017 happenings". Taste of Country.
  10. ^ "Country Jam Colorado". JamBase.

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