Detroit Hoedown 2010

The Detroit Downtown Hoedown is upon us once again.  Last year Willie Nelson closed the 3 day free country music festival put on by CBS Radio and 99.5 WYCD.  This year the headliners will be Dierks Bentley (Friday), Uncle Kracker (Saturday) and The Zac Brown Band (Sunday closer).  Other standouts include Longneck Strangler (Saturday, I just like their name), Bullhonkey deluxe (Sunday, like the name) and The Orbitsuns (Sunday, the play bingo night at 4 Green Fields).

The show is located in downtown Detroit at the Hart Plaza and includes 3 stages (river, lower and upper) for all day entertainment.  Here is a link to the schedule of performances and a $3 off coupon for any hat at one of the "Gone Country" booths.

Detroit's 2009 Downtown Hoedown

How could I have missed this until now?  Free country music concerts in Downtown Detroit, this is where the party is at!  I was checking out the line up at the AmericaJr website and saw Kevin Costner is performing Friday night with a band called Modern West.  I also saw that the Zac Brown Band will be performing on Sunday night before legendary country music singer Willie Nelson ends the weekend!  Now I am not the biggest modern country music fan but other notable performers (ones that I have heard of) include Rodney Atkins, Lee Ann Womack, Phil Vassar and Josh Gracin.

This years marks the hoedown's 27th year.  There will be food and concessions there along the Detroit river front as well as good music and plenty of line dancing I'm sure.  So round up the dogies and get yourself down to the riverfront this weekend ya' here!  The hoedown will be going on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.