The festival was slated to start in two days with Red Clay Strays, Lainey Wilson and Kane Brown.
John Hall, Brandon Coleman and Andrew Bishop of The Red Clay Strays perform at Billboard Country Live held at Category 10 on June 04, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Only two days before it was set to kick off, Country Thunder Alberta in Calgary has been cancelled.
Headliners for the June 26-28 festival were The Red Clay Strays, Kane Brown and Lainey Wilson, with the bill also including Cameron Whitcomb, Tyler Hubbard, Ian Munsick, Mark Chesnutt, Noeline Hofmann and Elizabeth Nichols, among others.
