WE Fest is an annual three-day country music festival held the first weekend in August at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States.
The festival was started by Jeff Krueger in August 1983 and was held in a barn to approximately 9,000 people.
Camping is now available with sites near the venue and some lakeside camping.
The WE Fest logo was created by John Roley in 1982 in Bloomington, Minnesota, at Jeff Krueger's attic apartment on Old Shakopee Road. Jeff wanted to call the Festival The US Fest. That logo was actually Steve Wozniak's Festival in California. By suggestion from Roley, Krueger called the festival WE in '83 Festival, then More in '84 and Alive in '85. This is how the WE Fest became a project.
Alabama was the first band ever to perform at WE Fest. Since then, many other famous country singers and bands have taken the stage including Jason Aldean, Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Merle Haggard, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger Miller, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, Kid Rock, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Tanya Tucker, Keith Urban, Tammy Wynette, Trisha Yearwood and much more.
In 2007, the attendance reached a record high of 83,000 people over the weekend at the themed Heaven in '07 concert.
In 2014, WE Fest was acquired by Townsquare Media.
In 2016, over 150,000 attended WE Fest.
Video WE Fest
See also
- List of country music festivals
- Country music
Maps WE Fest
References
External links
- WE Fest official website
- WE Fest Information in Detroit Lakes
- The History of WE Fest Documentary produced by Pioneer Public Television
- WE Fest: Behind the Scenes Documentary produced by Pioneer Public Television
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