Shania Twain to headline Boots and Hearts Music Festival
Canadian country music star Shania Twain will be taking the stage at next summer's Boots and Hearts Festival in Oro Medonte.
According to Republic Live, the company that produces the festival, Twain will be making her Canadian music festival debut on August 7.
"For many of our fans and fellow artists, Shania Twain has had a big impact on what we know and love about country music," said Brooke Dunford, the director of booking for Republic Live.
"It was important to us to celebrate her success as a female in country music and beyond, with incredible female talent that is both making waves across the border and within Canada."
The company says Twain's appearance on August 7 will also feature a lineup of all-Canadian female performers.
Aside from Twain, co-headliners Sam Hunt, and Florida Georgia Line are no strangers to Oro-Medonte.
Sam Hunt made his first Canadian performance at Boots and Hearts in 2014, and Florida Georgia Line will be performing for its third time since 2015.
This announcement comes after the event was cancelled in 2020, followed by a summer of reduced capacity and other COVID-19 restrictions.
With nine months to go until Boots and Hearts kicks-off, it remains unclear if the festival will be able to return to normal.
Last month, the Ontario Government unveiled its plan to lift capacity limits in restaurants, fitness centres, and a number of other non-essential indoor settings that require proof of vaccination.
The province said capacity limits will continue to be lifted in other “high risk” settings, like night clubs, bars and strip clubs, over the coming months.
Depending on the pandemics status, the province says on January 17, restaurants, sporting facilities and casinos will be able to host patrons without checking vaccine certificates. Then in March, the government plans to remove the remaining public health measures in businesses and organizations—including masks.
A return to normality for concert goers could soon be on the horizon.
Additional artists for this summers Boots and Hearts festival are expected to be announced in the new year.
Republic Live says ticket pre-sale starts on November 24 at 10 a.m. before opening to the public on Friday.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
Grandparent scam: London, Ont., senior beats fraudsters not once, but twice
It was a typical Tuesday for Mabel Beharrell, 84, until she got the call that would turn her world upside down. Her teenaged grandson was in trouble and needed her help.
Deaths of 4 people on Sask. farm confirmed as murder-suicide
The deaths of four people on a farm near the Saskatchewan village of Neudorf have been confirmed a murder-suicide.
CRA no longer requiring 'bare trust' reporting in 2023 tax return
The Canada Revenue Agency announced Thursday it will not require 'bare trust' reporting from Canadians that it introduced for the 2024 tax season, just four days before the April 2 deadline.
Full parole granted to man convicted in notorious 'McDonald's murders' in Cape Breton
The Parole Board of Canada has granted full parole to one of three men convicted in the brutal murders of three McDonald's restaurant workers in Cape Breton more than 30 years ago.
Incident on Calgary's Reconciliation Bridge comes to safe resolution
Nearly 20 hours after a man climbed and remained perched on top of the Reconciliation Bridge in downtown Calgary, the situation came to a peaceful resolution.
Sunshine list: These were the Ontario public sector's highest earners in 2023
Ontario released its annual sunshine list Thursday afternoon, noting that the largest year-over-year increases were in hospitals, municipalities, and post-secondary sectors.
George Washington family secrets revealed by DNA from unmarked 19th century graves
Genetic analysis has shed light on a long-standing mystery surrounding the fates of U.S. President George Washington's younger brother Samuel and his kin.
'We won't forget': How some Muslims view Poilievre's stance on Israel-Hamas war
A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party's relationship with Muslim Canadians.
Why some Christians are angry about Trump's 'God Bless the USA' Bible
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is officially selling a copy of the Bible themed to Lee Greenwood’s famous song, 'God Bless the USA.' But the concept of a Bible covered in the American flag has raised concern among religious circles.