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Gone Country: Jamestown about so much more than music
The one-day festival features multiple stages, with organizers expecting about 3,000 attendees and saying it has raised millions for cancer support.
- Gone Country Jamestown opens today, Saturday, July 11, at a North Langley farm, headlined by the James Barker Band to raise funds for cancer research.
- Founded 15 years ago by co-founders Chris and Jamie Ruscheinski, the annual charity project relies on hundreds of volunteers working throughout the year to support cancer patients.
- Organizer Karen Lee Batten coordinated a new 60-foot "mega" stage for this year's festival, while a second "Outpost" stage at the opposite end of Jamestown offers lower-key musical programming.
- An expected 3,000 attendees will watch performers including the Bargain Shoppers Club, JoJo Mason, Morgan Griffiths, and Nette Genereux alternate sets with Squamish's Dakota Pearl throughout the afternoon and evening.
- Batten emphasized the concert serves as vital support for those affected by cancer, noting every participant has been touched by the disease and contributes to the cause.
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Sharing a beer after a charity concert on Vancouver Island earlier this year, country music artist JoJo Mason – who’s done a lot of work with Gone Country through the years – invited the fundraiser’s co-founders Chris and Jamie Ruscheinski back stage. Little did the twin brothers and Langley philanthropists know that invitation would lead to booking that event’s headliners – the James Barker Band – to the top billing at this Saturday’s (July 11’…
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