The Old Town Music Festival kicked off summer concert season in SoCal in a big way last weekend featuring acts like The Band Perry and Billy Ray Cyrus. The brand new event celebrated the return of country music concerts for tons of fans who came from LA, San Diego, and even out of state to see the stellar lineup. The festival was presented by the Stampede known as Southern California's largest country music dance venue. The festival was held at the Stampede in Temecula with two stages and tons of fun events throughout the day. The day opened with local singer Daniel Bonte who got the crowd pumped up with some original hits as well as some 90s classics. The main stage outside was surrounded by food trucks and fun photo op stations for guests to enjoy throughout the day. Inside, there were more local bands playing live music throughout the day on the smaller stage. There were also line dancing lessons offered on the dancefloor and drinks and bull riding. For fans of Billy Ray Cyrus's song "Old Town Road" the line dancing lesson to the song was a highlight. After learning the steps guests danced to the song while it was being performed live later in the evening.
The up and coming girl band Honey County performed next bringing some color and sparkle to the stage. TO learn more about what they've been up to you can read my pre-show interview with them here. They performed their TikTok famous hit "Got it From My Momma" as well as premiered a new song they had been working on. They also sang some of their songs that had been used on the TV show Yellowstone and the single they premiered last year "Cry Wolf". I caught up with the band backstage. I hadn't seen them in person since the Stagecoach festival before the pandemic. You can see our full interview in my Day 1 recap video on YouTube!
Afterwards country singer Tyler Farr gave the crowd a rock and roll performance and got everyone pumped for the night ahead. Brandi Cyrus came out to open for her dad and got the crowd going with her DJ skills.
Billy Ray Cyrus gave a great performance and sang his throwback hit "achy breaky heart" to the excited crowd. He also sang his new song "Old Town Road" and several other songs from his early career.
Finally The Band Perry closed out the show giving the crowd a great performance. They sang their hit song "Comeback Kid" telling the audience "I know this year has been tough for a lot of you, but we are here tonight and we made it through so this song is for all of us because we are all Comeback Kids tonight!"
After the show guests stuck around for more line dancing inside The Stampede and everyone enjoyed the chance to party and dance again!
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