WE Fest
WE Fest is an annual three-day country music festival held the first weekend August at the Soo Pass Ranch in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, United States. The festival was started by Jeff Krueger in August 1983 and was held in a barn to approxmently 9,000 people. Since then, concert goers can choose to camp at different campsites during the festival. Today, it is now one of the biggest country festivals with camping in the nation.
Alabama was the first band ever to perform at WE Fest. Since then, many other famous country singers and bands have took the stage including Jason Aldean, Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Eric Church, Florida Georgia Line, Rascal Flatts, Vince Gill, Merle Haggard, Faith Hill, Toby Keith, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roger Miller, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Charley Pride, Brad Paisley, Kid Rock, Blake Shelton, George Strait, Taylor Swift, Tanya Tucker, Keith Urban, Tammy Wynette, Trisha Yearwood and much more.
In 2007, the attendance reached a record high of 83,000 people over the weekend at the themed "Heaven in '07" concert.