Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town and Toby Keith to play Santa Rosa’s Country Summer Music Festival

Country music superstars Florida Georgia Line, Little Big Town and Toby Keith will headline the fifth annual Country Summer Music Festival, set for June 15-17, 2018, at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds in Santa Rosa, it was announced Thursday.

Three-day passes, starting from $239, are on sale now at www.countrysummer.com, the fairgrounds box office at 1350 Bennett Valley Road, and 800-514-3849, with individual day pass sales to be announced in January.

Last year, Country Summer drew more than 30,000 fans from 34 states and four countries.

The festival's gates will open at noon each day, with live music starting at 1 p.m.

Florida Georgia Line is the first and only country act to receive the Recording Industry Association of America's certification for the duo's single “Cruise,” with more than 10 million copies sold.

Toby Keith was named songwriter-artist of the decade by the Nashville Songwriters Association International, and Little Big Town was named vocal of the year in 2017 at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

The idea for the festival dates back to 2013, when Impact Entertainment and Amaturo Sonoma Media Group, owner of Froggy 92.9 and other local radio stations, co-produced a sold-out Florida Georgia Line concert at the Sonoma County Fair. Inspired by that success, the two companies founded the Country Summer event the following year.

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