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Festival season is officially underway in Saint John, N.B.
Thursday night the second annual Boxcar Country Music Festival kicked off at the Area 506 Container Village, headlined by Brett Kissel. The three-day festival will have High Valley headline on Friday while The Reklaws will put a bow on the event Saturday night.
While the gates didn’t open to country music fans until 3 p.m., Maritimers were at the Conatiner Village early.
“I only did one day last year and I was kicking myself in the butt for it, so I’m doing all three this year,” says Lorna MacPhee of Hampton. “(Thursday) was my first time ever seeing Brett Kissel live and he didn’t disappoint.”
“I’m excited,” says Crystal Miller, who travelled down from Truro, N.S., for a weekend of country music. “High Valley’s awesome in concert.”
Martha Mclean said the opening night was fantastic, and she will be back in the crowd to see High Valley Friday.
“It’s nice that I can bring my teenage daughter to this …
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