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Tourism Awards. The Village will host a program of country-themed, family-friendly experiences, including experiential activities, food trucks, and the vendor mar- ket throughout the weekend. The Saint John waterfront will come alive on Thursday, July 25th, when three-time Platinum, two-time Gold-cer- tified album, ten-time Gold single, and sixteen-time top- ten radio headliner Brett Kissel hits the stage. Support- ing Kissel is Tenille Arts, a country girl, born and raised in the small prairie town of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, who picked up the guitar and penned her first song at age 13 and has been performing nonstop ever since, Trust us the country music industry has taken notice, voting Tenille as one of the CRS New Faces and named CMT’s Next Women of Country Class in 2021. Tenille’s music has tallied over 130 million lifetime streams and has a digital audience of over 500,000. Other supporting acts for Thursday are Ben Chase, Brent Mason Band, and the Mainlanders a Country band based out of Moncton, NB to kick things off. The party continues Friday night with headliner High Valley, with their signature sound of positive-minded, bluegrass-tinted country. A strong international ap- peal has earned them more than 500 million streams

WHEN: June 28th & June 30th, 2024 WHERE: Saint John Waterfront | Saint John, NB,Canada WHY: Boxcar Country Music Festival is back for its sophomore year on the Saint John waterfront — now with THREE nights that will again feature an exciting lineup of top Canadian country music artists support- ed by New Brunswick fan favourites and other home- grown talents. The Boxcar Country Music Festival will take place in the space adjoining the AREA 506 Waterfront Con- tainer Village – the winner of The VIA Rail Canada Innovator of the Year Award at the 2022 Canadian

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