Lakeshake 2017 Opry Circle

For Country Lakeshake 2017, The Grand Ole Opry® brought its popular Circle Throwdown series to Chicago for the three-day festival on June 23 – 25. The festival took place at Huntington Bank Pavilion on Northerly Island. Located in the US99 zone of the festival, artists performed an acoustic format on a replica of the famed circle of wood from center stage at the Opry House.

Festival-goers were treated to pop-up performances from country artists: Craig Campbell, Adam Craig, Smithfield, Mo Pitney and Michael Ray among others behind the Opry’s signature microphone stand in a special area of the festival programmed by US*99, Chicago’s Hottest Country.

There was no schedule, so you never knew who you were going to get to see at a moment’s notice! Front Row Music News was able to catch most of the artists on Days 1 & 2.