The Chicago Country Music Festival will be held in Grant Park this weekend, October 3-4, 2009. Headlining this year’s Chicago Country Music Festival is Miranda Lambert! The Chicago Country Music Festival is known to deliver some of the best country performers just north of Nashville. Last year’s event attracted more than 100,000 people to hear Gretchen Wilson and Taylor Swift perform.
This year, the Chicago Country Music Festival will feature three stages, a dance tent, farmers market, art fair and a Kids Corral. The free fest opens daily from 11am to 9:30pm in Grant Park.
Following is the entertainment lineup for the Petrillo Music Shell, Best Buy Honky Tonk Stage and The Americana Stage. 
Saturday, October 3
- Petrillo Music Shell: Jamey Johnson at 6:00 PM
- Petrillo Music Shell: Miranda Lambert at 7:30 PM
- Best Buy Honky Tonk Stage: The Kimberly Wolff Band (11 AM), Hazzard County (12:30 PM(, Lucky Town (2 PM), Southern Exposure (3:30 PM) Coy Taylor Band (5:00 PM)
- The Americana Stage: The Nashville Wreckers (noon), Musikanto (2:00 PM), CMA Songwriters' Seris featuring Lee Ann Womack, Bob DiPiero, Dean Dillon and Scotty Emerick (4:00 PM), Or, The Whale (6:00 PM) and Joe Pug (8:00 PM)
Sunday, October 4
- Petrillo Music Shell: The Flatlanders featuring Joe Ely, Jimmie Dale Gilmore & Butch Hancock at 6:00 PM
- Petrillo Music Shell: John Rich at 7:30 PM
- Best Buy Honky Tonk Stage: Mark Stary & the Whisky Roses (11:00 AM), The August (12:30 PM), The White Saddle Band (2:00 PM), Geoff Elvee (3:30 PM and Dan Whitaker & The Shinebenders (5:00 PM)
- The Americana Stage: Urban Twang (noon), Special Consensus (2:00 PM, Tom Schraeder & His Ego (4:00 PM), Colin Gilmore (6:00 PM) and Alejandro Escovedo (8:00 PM)
- The Mayor's Office of Special Events encourages the use of Chicago's public transportation for all large festivals.
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