December 9, 2016, Oro-Medonte, Ontario – Republic Live, organizers of the Boots and Hearts Music Festival,announced today that Luke Bryan will be a headliner for the 2017 event. Two-time ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, Luke Bryan, returns after headlining Boots and Hearts in 2014 and joins previously announced headliner, Keith Urban, at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte, Ontario from August 10th to 13th, 2017.

Luke Bryan performs at Boots and Hearts in 2014 photo by Trish Cassling

Passes for the 2017 festival are now available at the Tier 1 Price of $229.99, only at http://bootsandhearts.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3111a92085b0be57a1d997dc9&id=d06d512452&e=641e95c565

“After Luke Bryan’s impressive performance at Boots and Hearts in 2014, fans were adamantly requesting for him to make a return,” says Brian Kehoe, Director of Marketing, Republic Live. “We know his 2017 live performance is going to be one that country fans will not want to miss. We’re rounding up a killer lineup for Canada’s largest country music festival and can’t wait to reveal what else we have in store for the party of the summer!”

About Luke Bryan
Since the debut of his first album in 2007, Luke has placed 17 singles at No.1 and sold nearly eight million albums. His fifth studio album, Kill The Lights, which is now certified Platinum, debuted at No. 1 on both the Billboard Top 200 (his third to do so) and Top Country Albums charts, closed out 2015 as the best-selling country album of the year and the 10th biggest selling album on the all-genre Billboard Top 200 Year-End list. Last month, Luke was honored at an industry party at the Country Music Hall of Fame to commemorate his recent string of 7 consecutive No.1 hits which have sold over 7 million tracks and more than 600 million total combined streams.  His Kill The Lights album has now sold 3.5 million tracks with over 400 million streams. Luke, a two-time ACM and CMA Entertainer of the Year, co-hosted the Academy of Country Music Awards this year for the fourth consecutive year.

About Boots and Hearts
Boots and Hearts is an annual camping and country music festival event run by Republic Live Inc. It will take place at the custom-designed festival grounds, Burl’s Creek Event Grounds, August 10th– 13th, 2017. Founded in 2012, Boots and Hearts has featured world-renowned artists like Tim McGraw, Kid Rock, Carrie Underwood, Jason Aldean, Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Luke Bryan, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Thomas Rhett and more! The festival offers multiple stages, a variety of activations, an on-site farmers market and more to 45,000+ festival goers over the course of the weekend. Boots and Hearts was awarded the CCMA (Canadian Country Music Association) ‘Festival of the Year’ Award in 2014, 2015 and 2016, as well as the Canadian Music Week ‘Festival of the Year’ in 2015 with a repeat nomination in 2016.  Get your tickets now for Boots and Hearts, August 10th – 13th 2017 at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds with headliners Luke Bryan and Keith Urban http://bootsandhearts.us11.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=3111a92085b0be57a1d997dc9&id=be32730ee8&e=641e95c565

Cover photo by Scott Burns Images for Sound Check Entertainment