Fans begin set up for a weekend of country music at Country Thunder
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The gates are open, and people are rolling in to get the best spot at this year’s Country Thunder music festival in Craven, Sask.
The gates are open, and people are rolling in to get the best spot at this year’s Country Thunder music festival in Craven, Sask.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the festival, and people are more than excited.
“I’ve been coming for 20, 30 years now,” said Kelly Kotzer, a long-time Country Thunder fan. “I love country music and it is a great price.”
Kotzer and many others arrived early Wednesday to set up camp for the weekend. She said outside of the music, camping is her favourite part.
“We’ve made lots of friends here and it’s the same people every year,” Kotzer said. “It’s so much fun and (there’s) so much to do.”
“We come out as a large group and just hang out and have fun,” said eight-year festival veteran Dnita Huck. “We have a hoedown and do some dancing.”
And while at times camping can get hectic, Huck said with the introduction of reserved spots a few years back, things have calmed down a little bit.
“We never really have a problem out here,” she explained. “There haven’t been any fights in our area so we just have fun.”
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