FULL ARTIST LINEUP
BRAD PAISLEY (USA) – KANE BROWN (USA) – MORGAN EVANS
JIMMIE ALLEN (USA) – BRELAND (USA) – BLANCO BROWN (USA)
MACKENZIE PORTER (CAN) – NIKO MOON (USA) – TENILLE TOWNES (CAN) LINDSAY ELL (CAN) – LEE KERNAGHAN – TROY CASSAR-DALEY
CASEY BARNES – RESTLESS ROAD (USA) – JAMES JOHNSTON
ABBY ANDERSON (USA) – BRAD COX – BROOKE McCLYMONT & ADAM ECKERSLEY KAYLEE BELL (NZ) – LACI KAYE BOOTH (USA) – CORNELL & CARR
RACHAEL FAHIM – HURRICANE FALL – SOUTHBOUND xo – MELANIE DYER
CHARLIE COLLINS – IMOGEN CLARK – SINEAD BURGESS – LINDSAY RIMES
AMY SHEPPARD – SAMMY WHITE – GEORGIA STATE LINE
DJ GRIZZLY ADAMS – DEE JAYE BUX
HOSTED BY STORME WARREN & MIKE CARR
CMC ROCKS QLD 2022 – WILLOWBANK, IPSWICH
WEDNESDAY 21st*, THURSDAY 22nd*,
FRIDAY 23rd, SATURDAY 24th & SUNDAY 25th SEPTEMBER 2022
*Campers entrance only
With the announcement in October last year that CMC Rocks QLD was returning after a two year hiatus to Willowbank, Ipswich between 21st to 25th September 2022, country music fans let out an almighty cheer. Tickets for the festival SOLD OUT on the day they went on sale, proving the thirst for Australia’s premiere international country music festival remains as strong as ever.
Potts Entertainment, Chugg Entertainment and Frontier Touring revealed the starstudded list of headliners for CMC Rocks QLD last year. US superstar BRAD PAISLEY, US country/pop phenomenon KANE BROWN and Aussie favourite MORGAN EVANS all received an incredible response. Today CMC Rocks QLD reveals the full festival lineup, a 30 strong bill of international and local country music talent.
Joining internationals Brad Paisley and Kane Brown are 2021 CMA ‘New Artist of the Year’ winner Jimmie Allen (USA), ‘My Truck’ singer and genre bender BRELAND (USA), ‘trailertrap’ country / hip hop artist Blanco Brown (USA), Canadian singer / songwriter / actress MacKenzie Porter, off the back of his 2020 US Country #1 ‘Good Times’ Niko Moon (USA) will be returning to CMC Rocks QLD as will 2021 Canadian Country Music Awards ‘Female Artist of the Year’ winner Tenille Townes. Following her blazing 2019 appearance Lindsay Ell (CAN) will be returning alongside CMC Rocks debutants and Kane Brown collaborators Restless Road (USA) and rising Texan singer / songwriter Abby Anderson (USA). New Zealand’s Kaylee Bell with her smash hit ‘Keith’ will also be returning and Nashville newcomer Laci Kaye Booth (USA) will hit the CMC stage for the first time.
Flying the Australian flag along with headliner Morgan Evans will be the ARIA Hall Of Famer and Australian country icon Lee Kernaghan, 2021 ‘Best Country Album’ ARIA Award and 37 time Golden Guitar winner Troy Cassar-Daley, country crossover star Casey Barnes, #1 single ‘Raised Like That’ hit maker James Johnston, APRA Award winner Brad Cox andsuperstar husband and wife duo Brooke McClymont and Adam Eckersley. Rounding out the Aussie contingent are Cornell & Carr, Rachael Fahim, Hurricane Fall, Southbound xo, Melanie Dyer, Charlie Collins, Imogen Clark, Sinead Burgess, Lindsay Rimes, Amy Sheppard, Sammy White and Melbourne artist Georgia State Line. DJ Grizzly Adams and Dee Jaye Bux will also be on hand to keep booties shaking long into the night.
Chairman of Chugg Entertainment, Michael Chugg said“CMC Rocks QLD 2022 is set to become one of our biggest events yet. With the full lineup now locked in and full of top shelf local and international talent, it’s going to be one big 5 day party. I can’t think of a better way to celebrate our 15th anniversary.”
Due to some ticket holders from 2020’s postponed event unable to attend CMC Rocks QLD 2022, a limited number of tickets will now be put on sale at 12pm AEST Monday 4 April. Fans need to be quick before they are all snapped up! Please note CMC Rocks QLD 2022 camping is all sold out.
Australia’s most significant country event, CMC Rocks has over the years hosted world-class sets from international music icons like Tim McGraw, Toby Keith and Alan Jackson to Lady A, Faith Hill, Taylor Swift, The Chicks, Florida Georgia Line and Luke Bryan. Complemented each year by an array of Australia’s most prolific stars and exciting up-and-comers, including Morgan Evans, Lee Kernaghan and Troy Cassar-Daley, all featuring at this years event, as well as the like of Travis Collins, The McClymonts, Busby Marou and more, CMC Rocks never fails to deliver the very best of country music to local music fans.
CMC Rocks QLD is supported by the Queensland Government through Tourism and Events Queensland and features on the It’s Live! in Queensland events calendar.
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