Festival Fever: A Taste of Country Music Festival, 6/13-15/13

Hunter Hayes hits the stage at Hunter Mountain in Hunter this summer…

Yes, the fast-rising country music newcomer will be one of the featured performers at the Taste of Country Music Festival, a new three-day fest that will take over the ski center from June 13-15, just one week after Warren Haynes’ annual Mountain Jam fest.

Among the nearly dozen performers who have been announced for a Taste of Country are the fests’ headliners – Willie Nelson & Family, Trace Adkins and Lady Antebellum.

Here are the ticket prices:
THREE-DAY, ALL-FEST PASS: $150 in advance; $170 at the gate
TWO-DAY PASS (FRI. & SAT. ONLY): $130 in advance; $150 at the gate
THURSDAY ONLY: $49 in advance; $59 at the gate
FRIDAY ONLY: $79 in advance; $89 at the gate
SATURDAY ONLY: $99 in advance; $109 at the gate

VIP tickets and camping are also available.

Here’s the schedule of who’s playing when at the inaugural Taste of Country music fest:

THURSDAY, JUNE 13
MAIN STAGE
6:30pm: LoCash Cowboys
8pm: Parmalee
9:45pm: Willie Nelson & Family
LATE NIGHT STAGE
11:45pm: Weston Burt
12:45am: Hop City Hellcats

FRIDAY, JUNE 14
MAIN STAGE
1:30pm: Rachel Farley
3pm: Blackberry Smoke
4:30pm: Craig Campbell
6pm: Justin Moore
7:30pm: Montgomery Gentry
9:45pm: Trace Adkins
LATE NIGHT STAGE
11:45pm: Austin Webb
12:45am: Dakota Bradley

SATURDAY, JUNE 15
MAIN STAGE
1:30pm: Dustin Lynch
3pm: Gloriana
4:30pm: Joe Nichols
6pm: Hunter Hayes
7:30pm: Billy Currington
9:45pm: Lady Antebellum
LATE NIGHT STAGE
11:45pm: Lisa Matassa
12:45am: Katie Armiger

ADDITIONAL UPCOMING FESTIVALS FOR 2013:
10×10 Upstreet Arts Festival @ various locations, 2/14-24/13
Snoe.down @ Killington Ski Resort, Killington & Rutland, 3/21-24/13
Move Music Festival @ various locations, Albany, 4/26-27/13
Mountain Jam @ Hunter Mountain, Hunter, 6/6-9/13
Solid Sound Festival @ MASS MoCA, North Adams, 6/21-23/13