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Country Summer Music Festival is back with a bang in 2023, with Eric Church, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Brothers Osborne unveiled as headliners. 

They will be taking the stage at the Santa Rosa venue in Sonoma County, California, much to festival-goers' delight.

Holler will have all the up-to-date coverage and ticket details for Country Summer Music Festival 2023 here.

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Joining the headlining trio will be Lee Brice, Tyler Farr, The Cadillac Three, Tenille Townes, Matt Stell, Ashland Craft and more. 

The dates for the three-day festival, which is presented by Bud Light, have been confirmed as June 16-18 2023.

Eric Church certainly marks a crowd-pleasing addition to the line-up, with the North Carolina native continuing to be one of the biggest names in country music.

Church returns to the popular summer celebration following a memorable performance at the 2021 instalment.

The 2022 Country Summer Music Festival featured a range of high-profile artists, with the headlining triumvirate consisting of Kelsea Ballerini, Blake Shelton and Chris Young. Joining them were acts such as Russell Dickerson, Justin Moore, Lainey Wilson and more.

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Many artists get started when they’re younger, but Eric Church had a regular gig performing at a local bar in his hometown by the time he was a senior in high school. Despite that, he first went on to study at Appalachian State University before deciding that Nashville was where he ultimately needed to be. 

After moving to Music City post-graduation, Church began writing for other artists before catching the eye of Capitol Nashville. His debut album, Sinners Like Me, was released in 2006 and began a steady output with Carolina (2009), Chief (2011), and The Outsiders (2014) and Mr. Misunderstood (2015) following in quick succession. In 2021, he released his seventh studio LP, Heart & Soul, which was a triple album set.

His third album Chief earned Church the ACM Award and CMA Award for Album of the Year in 2011. He also won the ACM Award for Top New Solo Vocalist.

Around that time, Church founded the charitable organization Chief Cares, which helps underprivileged families in Tennessee and Church’s home state of North Carolina.

Famously, Church’s penchant for big, lively performances got him kicked off Rascal Flatts’ tour in 2006. He regularly went over his allotted time and was warned repeatedly to stop. Eventually, Rascall Flatts traded Church for newcomer Taylor Swift. At the time, Church joked that Swift should send him her first gold record for the increased exposure she got. She eventually did, writing him, “Thanks for playing too long and too loud on the Flatts tour. I sincerely appreciate it. Taylor.” 

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Church is a country singer who began writing for other artists before catching the eye of Capitol Nashville and had a quick succession after

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The country duo Brothers Osborne – John (guitar) and T.J. (vocals) – grew up playing music with their family, but that almost didn’t translate to a professional career. 

They both landed in Nashville after graduating high school two years apart, but they pursued other projects in an attempt to develop solo careers. But their power ultimately lay in playing together, and eventually they began performing as a duo at some of Nashville’s smaller venues. 

That push drew the attention of EMI Records Nashville, which signed John and T.J. in 2012. With that opportunity, they continued performing, releasing singles and recording a self-titled EP in 2014, all of which lead to their debut album Pawn Shop in 2016 and two big accolades. Thanks to John’s electrifying guitar playing and T.J.’s growling baritone, Brothers Osborne was named Vocal Duo of the Year by the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association in 2016 and 2017.

Brothers Osborne followed their early critical success with 2018’s Port Saint Joe and 2020’s Skeletons, albums which showcased their penchant for blurring country with southern rock. 

In 2021, T.J. made headlines when he opened up to TIME Magazine about being gay. The announcement made him the first country artist signed to a major label to come out. 

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Brothers Osborne grew up playing for fun, but they found themselves years later and their reunion blossomed into a successful southern rock country band.

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Hailing from Alberta, Canada, Tenille Townes stormed onto country music lovers’ playlists in 2018 with ‘Somebody’s Daughter’, a perceptive, soul-stirring rebuttal to the often superficial and much-maligned depictions of women that pervaded the so-called ‘Bro-Country’ wave of the 2010s.

The sparse, intimate track was the first single to be released by Tenille Townes after signing to Columbia Nashville, with ‘Somebody’s Daughter’ earning the budding singer-songwriter coveted 2019 Canadian Country Music Association Awards for Single, Song and Video of the Year. In the same year, Townes took home the prestigious gong for Female Artist of the Year.

‘Somebody’s Daughter’ ended up appearing on Tenille Townes’ 2020 album, 

, which showcased Townes’ ear for a killer hook along with her evocative storytelling ability. The latter in particular was highlighted on the deeply moving and quietly simmering ‘Jersey On The Wall (I’m Just Asking)’, which found Townes questioning God following the death of a young student. The affecting ballad was inspired by a performance in a New Brunswick high school, after which Tenille Townes learned that a 17-year-old basketball player and valedictorian had been killed in a car crash.

It went on to earn Tenille Townes her second No. 1 single on the Billboard Canada Country chart, and provided the perfect springboard for Townes’ acclaimed 

 project, which arrived in April 2022. The seven-track offering featured fan-favourites such as the Breland-assisted ‘Shared Walls’, ‘Same Road Home’, ‘Villain in Me’ and ‘When You Need It’ with Wrabel.

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Hailing from Alberta, Canada, Tenille Townes stormed onto country music lovers’ playlists in 2018 with ‘Somebody’s Daughter’, a perceptive, soul-stirring rebuttal to the much-maligned depictions of women that pervaded the so-called ‘Bro-Country’ wave of the 2010s.

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Country Summer Music Festival 2023: Line-Up, Dates and Tickets

Maxim is a Country Music Journalist and Holler’s News Editor based in London, UK. 

After gaining a Masters with Merit from the University of Oxford, he wrote 

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During lockdown, Maxim created the Happiness x Music Project and co-founded Mindful Melody magazine in 2020, both of which explored the intersection between music and wellbeing. H

e’s written for publications such as Country Music People and has served as Music Editor of the Cherwell Newspaper and Phaser Magazine, during which time he set up Phaser’s first podcast series. 

Over the past few years, Maxim has interviewed some of his favourite artists, including Kelsea Ballerini, HARDY, Riley Green, Bailey Zimmerman, Midland, Ernest, Molly Tuttle and more. 

Since joining Holler towards the end of 2022, he has expanded the news output and introduced new article formats such as Lyrics & Meaning pieces, Exclusive Q&As and Album Hub Pages. 

Maxim enjoys staying on the pulse of the latest releases, and is a country aficionado and avid listener of anything by Morgan Wallen, Luke Combs, Lainey Wilson, George Strait, Florida Georgia Line, Niko Moon, Megan Moroney and Zach Bryan, as well as keenly covering Post Malone’s transition into country music. 

Above all, Maxim considers himself Kenny Chesney’s No. 1 fan.

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