Jason Aldean, Def Leppard to headline new music festival coming to Winnipeg next summer
Def Leppard and Jason Aldean will headline a new live music festival coming to Winnipeg in summer.
The rock band and the country artist will headline the Thunder Stadium Concert Series, which will be held in the Princess Auto Stadium in July, True North Sports + Entertainment and the Winnipeg Football Club announced Monday.
Kevin Donnelly, senior vice-president of True North Sports + Entertainment, said the festival will feature the first stadium shows held at the venue in eight years.
“The Thunder Stadium Concert Series is built to last,” Donnelly said.
“The plan is to make this an annual festival that Winnipeggers, Manitobans and folks across the entire region can plan on.”
The festival will be split into two nights catering to rock and country music fans.
Def Leppard will headline the Rocking Thunder night of the festival on July 9, which will also feature fellow Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Foreigner and Canadian group Toque.
The Country Thunder night on the 10th will be led by Aldean, with Tyler Hubbard from the multi-platinum duo Florida Georgia Line and up-and-coming artists Nate Smith and Madeline Merlo.
Single-day tickets and two-day passes will be on sale to the general public on Friday. Jets, Bombers, Valour FC and Manitoba Moose season ticket holders will be able to buy them starting Tuesday.
Economic Development Winnipeg said it expects the festival will have a $1.8-million economic impact.
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