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Country Thunder goes 'Higher': Creed to headline 2026 festival
American rock band Creed will headline the 2026 edition of Country Thunder Saskatchewan, along with Riley Green and Lainey Wilson. The festival, which runs from July 9 to 12, is crossing genres, yet a...
Nov 20, 2025 American rock band, Creed, will headline the 2026 Country Thunder festival in Craven. (Creed/X)
Police kept busy, campers clean up as Country Thunder festival ends
Police were kept busy with 156 callouts during the Country Thunder festival at Craven this past weekend, Saskatchewan RCMP said on Monday. In a news release, RCMP said officers charged four people wit...
Jul 14, 2025 Campers dump the water out of their kiddie pool while packing up on Monday. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
'Craven Block Parents' giving lost Country Thunder fans a safe walk home
Laura Gray is no stranger to Country Thunder festival-goers wandering into her campsite - and she doesn't mind at all. From the gravel road outside her trailer, passersby can see a sign proclaiming th...
Jul 10, 2025 Laura Gray drew the “Craven Block Parents” sign to welcome lost campers several years ago. (Gillian Massie/ 980 CJME)
LISTEN: Country Thunder music festival roars into Craven this weekend
The biggest country music festival in Saskatchewan kicks off this week in Craven. Early-bird campers started setting up their sites on Wednesday morning for the Country Thunder music festival, with th...
Jul 09, 2025 The three big headliners for the weekend are Jason Aldean on Friday, Bailey Zimmerman on Saturday and Def Leppard on Sunday. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)
Def Leppard to headline Country Thunder 2025 in Craven
Legendary rock group Def Leppard will headline the 2025 edition of Country Thunder Saskatchewan, along with Jason Aldean and Bailey Zimmerman. The festival, which runs from July 10-13 in Craven, is cr...
Nov 15, 2024
Sask. woman wins one-millionth fan at Country Thunder
Country Thunder did the math and welcomed its one-millionth fan to the festival this year. Darby Klassen was the lucky winner, a four-time Country Thunder attendee from Central Butte. "I was speechles...
Jul 17, 2024 Darby Klassen walked away with a massive prize as Country Thunder's one-millionth fan: premium tickets for life, a guitar signed by the artists and a prize pack worth $20,000. (Country Thunder/submitted)
Saskatchewan RCMP respond to 147 calls at Country Thunder
Saskatchewan RCMP officers had their fill of Country Thunder as they responded to 147 calls during the music festival in Craven. A total of 33 people were taken into custody with six Criminal Code Cha...
Jul 16, 2024 Country Thunder 2024 concluded with a few visits from the Saskatchewan RCMP. (980 CJME)
Country Thunder's Craven site cleaner than usual, volunteers say
Volunteers were hard at work under the sun on Monday, picking up after Sunday's wrap-up of the Country Thunder Music Festival in Craven. Organizers estimate the annual festival saw about 25,000 people...
Jul 15, 2024 Volunteers at this year's festival said campers seemed to respect the rules about cleaning up after themselves. (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Flamingos, spin-the-wheel, bean bag toss and more at Country Thunder
Party go-ers will do anything to make their campsite the place to be. The crew at Jenn Lemioer, Terri Johnson and her son JC Johnson's campsite are no exception. "We like our guests to come and play a...
Jul 12, 2024 Jenn Lemioer (right), JC Johnson (left) and Terri Johnson (centre) are ready to party all weekend long with their loved ones and flamingos at Country Thunder. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Sexual Assault at Country Thunder Saskatchewan Campground
On the first official night of the Country Thunder Saskatchewan Music Festival, a woman was sexually assaulted by an unknown male while walking between campsites at around 3 a.m. according to RCMP. Re...
Jul 12, 2024 According to Lumsden RCMP they are "actively investigating this incident and have engaged Saskatchewan RCMP’s Forensic Identification Services, General Investigation Section and Police Dog Services to assist." (980 CJME)
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