Big country is returning to the Gorge for the second annual Watershed Festival Aug. 2-4.
The event will bring some of country music’s biggest names to the scenic eastern Washington venue. Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Lee Brice, Terri Clark, Kip Moore, Thompson Square and Chris Young are some of the artists scheduled to appear. There festival will also feature late-night entertainment with the “World Famous Late Night Honky Tonk” by Shooter Jennings and Blackberry Smoke. Three-day festival passes cost $149 and camping packages start at $110. Tickets go on sale March 15th.
The festival, curated by Live Nation’s Brian O’Connell, who is president of Live Nation’s country division and five-time winner of the CMA for promoter of the year. Last year’s event, which featured headlining sets by Miranda Lambert, Dierks Bently and Blake Shelton, was also put together by O’Connell. In 2012 the festival cost $90 for three-day passes.