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Calgary Stampede: Nashville North

Stampede dates: July 9-18, 2010

Wrtten by: Mark Ruthenberg

Nashville North provides free on-grounds country entertainment. You'll find it in the big tent in the middle of the Midway, and after noon you can hear it from a distance. Nashville North has seating and standing room for several thousand people, and has beer coolers around the outside wall. There's a dance floor in the middle, so you can dance to your favorite artists. Be prepared for line-ups to get in (sometimes as early as 4 pm), and if a major recording artist is featured that day, the tent may be filled to capacity early!

The info below is for 2009 Stampede, and will be updated for 2010 in May when the information has been provided by the Calgary Stampede.

This event is free with your gate admission. Adults 18+ only (which is the Stampede's way of saying booze is served and smoking is allowed). Generally headline acts(top of the list, below) perform two shows: 9 pm, and 10:30 pm. Country's rising acts (end of list, below) perform at various times during the day. Appearance times and dates are subject to change.

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• Friday, July 3 at 9 PM - ADAM GREGORY
  Edmonton-born 23 year old Adam Gregory has been writing and performing for a decad, with hit singles "Horseshoes", "No Vacancy" and "Big Star" and opening shows for the likes of Alan Jackson, Keith Urban and Lonestar. This is Adam's second appearance at Nashville North.
  
  
• Saturday, July 4 at 9 PM - DERIC RUTTAN
  Deric Ruttan's 2004 debut CD yielded 5 Top Ten singles, including the hits, "When You Come Around", "Shine", and "Take The Wheel", and he has written Dierks Bentley's debut "What Was I Thinkin'" which was a #1 Billboard hit.
  
  
• Saturday, July 5 at 9 PM - SHANE YELLOWBIRD
  This Hobemma-born graduate of fine arts from Red Deer College has two Top 10 radio hits and videos. In 2007, Yellowbird won the coveted "Chevy Rising Star" award and also earned a $50,000 Chevy truck, ironic in that his biggest hit to-date was "Pick-up Truck".
  
  
• Monday, July 6 at 9 PM - AARON PRITCHETT
  His 2008 fourth album "Thanks" followed his three previous releases with hits "Hold My Beer", "The Weight", "New Frontier", "My Way, which earned him Juno nominations in 2007 and 2009. .
  
  
• Tuesday, July 7 at 9 PM - GEORGE FOX
  This Cochrane, AB native with hits "Angelina", "Goldmine", "No Trespassing", "Mustang Heart" is a Canadian country music superstar, with his first appearance at Nashville North . He has a new album "With All Due Respect".
  
  
• Tuesday, July7 at 8 PM - KENTUCKY HEADHUNTERS
  Playing a hybrid of honky-tonk, blues, and Southern rock with hits like 1989's "Pickin' On Nashville", "Dumas Walker" and "Oh, Lonesome Me." The band has had several albums and tours since, and this is their second appearance at Nashville North.
  
  
• Wednesday, July 8 at 9 PM - CRYSTAL SHAWANDA
  Raised on a reservation on Manitoulin Island, and signed to a record deal in 2006. Crystal's debut album, Dawn Of A New Day, featured the fat-climbing single "You Can Let Go". This will be Crystal's second consecutive year at Nashville North.
  
  
• Wednesday, July 9 at 9 PM - JASON BLAINE
  Hit singles "Flirtin' With Me", "Rock In My Boot" and "My First Car" got Pembroke, Ontario native nominated for 2006 Canadian Country Music Association's Rising Star. He had a recent hit with "Good Day To Get Done".
  
  
• Thursday, July 10 at 9 PM - JOE DIFFIE
  With 17 Top Ten hits (including #1 his "John Deere Green", "Pickup Man", "Bigger Than The Beatles", "Third Rock From The Sun") , nine albums (two went platinum). T's this Oklahoma native's first Stampede appearance.
  
  
• Saturday, July 11 at 9 PM - GORD BAMFORD
  His 2007 'Honkytonks and Heartaches' album earned him Juno and CCMA nomination for hit singles "Blame It On That Red Dress", "Stayed 'Til Two", Postcard From Pasadena" and "Little Guy" and a nomination for 2008 CCMA Rising Star.
  
  
• Sunday, July 12 at 9 PM - EMERSON DRIVE
  This Canadian earned Grammy nomination in 2008 and won "2008 Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals", and an ACM nomination for "Top Vocal Group". Their recent hits include "Good Man" and "Moments.
  
  

Daily Afternoon & Evening Entertainment

Other acts, entertain in Nashville North from noon until the headliners, and perform again, right afterwards: