Country Fever Preparations Underway

Country Fever starts Thursday, and the work to get ready is going strong. But part of the work at the site won't be done by this weekend. Country Fever is in Mayes County, just north of Pryor. It has

Monday, June 4th 2007, 10:04 am

By: News On 6

Country Fever starts Thursday, and the work to get ready is going strong. But part of the work at the site won't be done by this weekend. Country Fever is in Mayes County, just north of Pryor. It has come a long way in the last five years, attracting more people and bigger acts. The News On 6â€™s Emory Bryan reports some of the work going on at the site of Country Fever is really aimed at getting ready for another, bigger festival later this summer.

The giant field that's most of the seating for Country Fever has been mowed, the big tents are up and workers are putting in extra hours to get things done in time for Thursday's opening night. The organizers hoped to be ready sooner, but the weather was a setback.

"The rain has been a little tough on us as we've been making these improvements. So, it's been challenging, but we've got good weather coming up this weekend and everything is going to dry out" said Rob Miller of Country Fever.

The site is a 440 acre field that's become of the biggest gathering spots in the whole state. Last year's Country Fever, with Carrie Underwood on the stage, helped encourage the promoters to take on another festival that has turned out to be even more popular.

All this work to get ready for Country Fever is really just the opening act for Rocklahoma. It's a month later and promoters believe it could attract twice as many people.

"Well the rock, we've got our Friday headliner is Poison, then on Saturday is Vince Neil from Motley Crue, and then on Sunday it's Twisted Sister in their only concert date of 2007,â€ said Miller.

In all, 23 nationally recognized rock bands will come here for Rocklahoma, but first, the biggest Country Fever ever, with as many as 80,000 people spread over four days.
Rolling Stone calls Rocklahoma one of the top 10 rock festivals of the summer. And because of attention like that, they're expecting a lot of people. In fact, promoters claim they've sold tickets on every continent except Antarctica.

Watch the video: Country Fever Paves The Way For A New Music Festival

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