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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)
Summer safety on the minds of Blackmore and Sask. RCMP
With summer weather hitting in full force this week, safety is on the mind of the Saskatchewan RCMP. The RCMP has been busy stepping up safety-related enforcement aimed at impaired drivers and water s...
Jul 12, 2024
More than 900 Country Thunder support staff keeping festival safe
The heat wave blanketing most of the province isn't stopping this party. The Country Thunder Music Festival is underway, with all regular safety precautions in line. Belinda Mitchell is the health and...
Jul 11, 2024 TEAM Response Community Services Corporation has been providing the medical and fire teams for years at County Thunder. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Country Thunder fans ready to party: set up goes smoothly in Craven
The gates at County Thunder are open and ready to welcome campers for the biggest country music festival in the province. Campers eagerly set up their sites without a problem. Tina Newman's camper has...
Jul 10, 2024 Tina Newman painted her dad as an emu on her camper for Country Thunder. Newman and her friend are the two "wise owls" beside the emu. (Nicole Garn/980 CJME)
Country Thunder CEO recalls Toby Keith's stopover in Regina
Troy Vollhoffer was thinking back Tuesday to the time country music superstar Toby Keith savoured two of Regina's tastiest traditions in 2015. "We were coming up on our tour bus, just crossing the bor...
Feb 06, 2024 Toby Keith (centre), shown here during a concert in 2019, died Feb. 5 after a battle with stomach cancer. (Sanford Myers/AP file photo)
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