Watershed Music Festival

Watershed Music Festival is an annual country music festival held at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington. Produced by Live Nation, the first event was held August 3-5, 2012.^[1] The main attractions of the festival are the multiple stages of live music, featuring a mixture of country music superstars, newcomers and local country acts.

History

The inaugural festival was produced by Brian O’Connell, president of Live Nation’s country division and six-time winner of the Country Music Association award for 'Promoter of the Year'.^[2]

When discussing the festival to Billboard Magazine, O'Connell said: "Watershed is an idea that we have been kicking around for a number of years. The Pacific Northwest is a real special place in our country. I've been doing shows up there at the Gorge for years, and Jeff Trisler, my partner at Live Nation and I got to talking about it, and we finally made the call six to eight months ago. I think it will be one of the most unique festivals that we have. We're not trying to be anything more than Watershed. It's going to have its' own unique signature. It's got the beauty of the Gorge, and the Columbia River. It's something that can't be duplicated anywhere else."^[3]

Lineups

2016

Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Keith Urban

2015^[4]

Carrie Underwood Chris Young Clare Dunn Dierks Bentley Easton Corbin

Florida Georgia Line Frankie Ballard Gary Allan Hunter Hayes Jana Kramer

Joe Nichols Mark Chesnutt Michael Ray Parmalee Sam Hunt Thomas Rhett

2014

Lady Antebellum (Friday), Tim McGraw (Saturday), Jake Owen (Sunday)

2013

Luke Bryan Toby Keith Brad Paisley Thompson Square Chris Cagle

Kip Moore Chris Young Lee Brice Shooter Jennings Terri Clark

Blackberry Smoke Drake White Chase Rice Neal McCoy Maggie Rose

2012

Friday, August 3

Dierks Bentley Dwight Yoakam Kix Brooks Johnny Reid

Steve Holy The Lost Trailers Dee Jay Silver’s Late Night Honky Tonk Supersuckers Country

Brent Amaker Cale Moon County Line

Saturday, August 4

Miranda Lambert Tracy Lawrence Sara Evans Uncle Kracker Thomas Rhett

Johnny Reid Jon Pardi Aces Up Guns of Nevada

Dusty 45’s Dee Jay Silver’s Late Night Honky Tonk The Ryan Larsen Band Paulina Jayne

Sunday, August 5

Blake Shelton Brantley Gilbert Thompson Square Thomas Rhett

Reckless Kelly Vince Mira One More Girl

Dusty 45’s Morgan Frazier Rae Soloman Lock Stock & Barrel

See also

• List of country music festivals
• Country music

References

1. "Live Nation Announces Inaugural Watershed Music Festival Planned For The Gorge Amphitheatre On August 3-5". TheStreet.com. The Street. Retrieved 14 June 2013. |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
2. Hay, Travis. "Watershed festival brings Bently, Shelton & Lambert to the Gorge". Guerilla Candy. Guerilla Candy. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
3. Dauphin, Chuck. "Watershed Festival: Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert to Kick Off New Event". Billboard. Billboard.com. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
4. "LINEUP". Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links

• Media related to Watershed Music Festival at Wikimedia Commons