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Originally Posted by bnk
Someone posted several [ two ]Chicagoland county festivals recently .
They left of a big one that is County Thunder in Twin Lakes Wisconsin that draws from a large region.
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I'm well aware of Country Thunder, my girlfriend's friend group all goes every year while she prefers Pitchfork and Lolla.
I didn't mention it because it was secondary to my point that there are two significant country festivals in (urban) Chicago
city limits. You can see skyscrapers from both of them and ride a CTA bus to the gate. This idea that country music fans don't live in the city is hogwash.
But yes, Country Thunder now seems to be a reason for city girls to wear cowboy boots and get muddy, far more than it is a festival for rural dwellers to enjoy their favorite music. Country Thunder even followed the exodus of cold-hating white Chicagoans to launch a sister festival in Arizona.