Country Jam (Colorado)
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Country Jam was an annual music festival in the Western Slope of Colorado, United States, which started in 1992. It has been "temporarily" paused for 2026. It is/was the largest country music and camping festival in the state.[1]
Country Jam was a three-day (previously four) "rain or shine" event. In 2024 there were no Thursday performances due to perceived lightning risk. 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
[edit]- Country Jam USA, in Wisconsin
References
[edit]- ^ "Colorado's Country Jam rolls out daily lineup for 2018 with Florida Georgia Line, Miranda Lambert and more". The Know. February 27, 2018.
- ^ "Country Jam -- Grand Junction, Colorado". Country Jam. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
- ^ "Grand Junction's 28th Country Jam | 2019 June Country Music Festival in Grajnd Junction, CO". www.uncovercolorado.com.
- ^ "Country Jam good for business". KJCT.
- ^ 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) - ^ Release, Press (June 22, 2017). "Nearly 92,000 Attend the 26th Annual Country Jam "Colorado's Biggest Country Music Party"".
- ^ Markert, Brittany. "Country Jam returns to Colorado's Grand Valley June 18-21".
- ^ "Country Jam Attendee Shoots Himself In Apparent Accident". Billboard.
- ^ "Example news article about 2017 happenings". Taste of Country.
- ^ "Country Jam Colorado". JamBase.