Country will take centre stage at Frontier Days 2020
The country sounds of the 90s will have the audience clapping and singing along during the grandstand entertainment at 2020 Frontier Days.
The headlining trio of Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw, and Collin Raye will be featured on the Frontier Days stage on Saturday, June 27 during a Roots and Boots themed night of music.
Tippin enjoyed a series of hits from his 1992 platinum album Read Between The Lines, including the chart topping There Ain’t Nothin’ Wrong with the Radio, and the top 10 singles I Wouldn’t Have It Any Other Way and My Blue Angel. He also reached the top of the charts in 1994 with the single Lookin’ Back at Myself, with the ballad That’s As Close As I’ll Get to Loving You, and the 2000 song Kiss This.
Kershaw is a multi-platinum selling artist with six gold and three platinum albums. He has released 11 songs which have reached the top 10, including number one songs She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful and Love Of My Life!
Raye was also a chart favourite artist in the 90s thanks to 24 top 10 records, plus a total of 16 number one hits which includes On the Verge, One Boy, One Girl, What the Heart Wants, Every Second, That Was a River, Anyone Else, and If I Were You.
The concert will also feature Saskatchewan’s own Kalsey Kulyk. Hailing from Hudson Bay, Kulyk had a love of music at a young age and competed in hundreds of talent shows and competitions. She endured a battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma but that fuelled her desire to perform that much more. She won the Canadian Country Music Association’s Discovery Artist Program as well as ole’s “On the Spot” competition. This earned her a publishing and record deal, and she launched her career in Nashville. She released her self titled debut seven song EP this past spring.
The 82nd edition of Frontier Days runs on Wednesday,
June 24 to Saturday, June 27.
The Swift Current Ag and Ex also announced a series of additional entertainment offerings for this summer.
The Uncanny Carnival will provide daily grounds entertainment. Based on the classical carnival sideshows from the early 1920s, the audience can immerse themselves in the old-timey circus performances, hand acrobatics, comedy, and high skills acts.
There will also be an electronic themed addition to Frontier Days this year. A new Frontier Pavilion will be set up where there will be the Chinook School Division High School Sumobot Tournament, a Kilobots robot battles, interactive demonstrations, DOT Autonomous farm equipment, vendors selling household robots, along with the SKL Gaming Zone where players will be invited to try to beat the world record holder in Mario Kart. Wednesday, June 24
There will be a western themed night of grandstand entertainment during the opening night of Frontier Days 2020.
Guns of the Golden West will bring back the golden age of cowboys with stagecoach rides, interactive shooting demonstrations, plus a Wild West Show. Guests will have an opportunity to speak to these colourful characters.
The opening night also boasts an AFB Freestyle Bullfighting Competition and mini bronc riding hosted by Travis James Rank Minipony Ltd.
Cabaret Fun
There are a pair of weekend Frontier Days cabarets scheduled this year.
The Friday Cabaret features Elektrik Mayhem, a local band with country roots. Saturday’s Cabaret brings to the stage the popular Men Without Shame, a high energy, guitar driven classic rock group.
Parade Time
The 2020 Frontier Days Parade theme is Spirit of the West - Past and Present. The Kiddies Day Parade will be held on Wednesday, June 24, with the main parade set for Saturday, June 27.
CCA Rodeo
The top talent in the Canadian Cowboys’ Association will be in action during three rodeo performances during Frontier Days. Rodeo fans can enjoy CCA performances at 7 p.m. on both Thursday, June 25 and Friday, June 26, along with a wrap up performance on Saturday, June 27 at 1 p.m. New to the line-up of rodeo events will be Break-away Roping.
Schedule Highlights
June 24, 7:30 a.m. - WW Smith Burning of the Brand Pancake Breakfast.
June 24, 4 p.m. - Kiddies Day parade.
June 24, 7 p.m. - Wild West Show, Extreme Bull Fighting & Mini Bronc Riding.
June 25, 7 p.m. - Canadian Cowboys Association Rodeo.
June 26, 7 p.m. - Canadian Cowboys Association Rodeo.
June 26, 9:30 p.m. - Beer Gardens tent featuring live music by Electric Mayhem.
June 27, 10 a.m. - Frontier Days Parade.
June 27, 9 a.m. - CCA Rodeo Slack.
June 27, 1 p.m. - Canadian Cowboys Association Rodeo.
June 27, 8 p.m. - Grandstand Concert Kalsey Kuluk.
June 27, 9:30 p.m. - Grandstand Concert Roots & Boots featuring Aaron Tippin, Sammy Kershaw and Collin Raye.
June 27, 10:45 p.m. - Cabaret featuring Men with out Shame (Beer Gardens Tent).
June 27, 11 p.m. - Fireworks.
Tickets go on sale March 13 at the Step into Spring Trade Show. Stay tuned for ticket blitz information.
Full details are available at www.swiftcurrentex. com.