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Country Thunder keeps on rollin'

Country Thunder 2018
Shadow Hill Ranch, Twin Lakes, WI
July 19 - July 22, 2018

Luke Bryan

Dierks Bentley

Brett Young

Caption and Photos by Phil Bonyata

The rather large boot print of Country Thunder has been cast again in the not-so-dry farm fields of Twin Lakes, WI. The crowds were rather sparse during the day but filling out nicely for the last two acts of every evening. Tragically, a woman was seriously injured by a lightning strike in the campgrounds the first night of the event.

Some heavy-hitters (and not so heavy-hitters) of Country Music like Luke Bryan, Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Toby Keith and Brett Young mostly did a good job of laying some musical heat down for the audience. The drawback again this year was that there were so few female artists and old-school country stars. It seems that the average age of Country Thunder gets younger and younger every year (which might explain the lack of graying legends on stage). It appears that the massive "party" on the festival grounds and especially the campgrounds has, for many become as, if not more, important than the music itself.

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