Miranda Lambert, Cody Johnson will headline Winstock country music festival in 2023

The 29th edition of the fest in Winsted, Minn., will also feature Gabby Barrett, Jordan Davis and BlackHawk

October 12, 2022 at 8:35PM
Miranda Lambert (Mark Zaleski, Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Winstock, the first country music festival in Minnesota each summer, has announced its headliners for 2023: Miranda Lambert, one of country's most awarded and acclaimed hitmakers for the past 17 years, and Cody Johnson, a much-streamed Nashville favorite.

Lambert, the Academy of Country Music's reigning entertainer of the year, has landed at No. 1 on the country charts with seven albums and 10 singles, the latest being her duet with Elle King, "Drunk (and I Don't Want to Go Home)." Lambert, will return to Winstock in Winsted, Minn., on June 17.

Johnson, a fast-rising country star, has released two major-label albums, the chart-topping "Ain't Nothing to It" and the best-selling "Human: The Double Album." His heavily streamed single, "'Til You Can't," went to No. 1 last year. He'll headline Winstock on June 16.

Also slated for next year's festival are veterans Jo Dee Messina, Diamond Rio and BlackHawk along with newer names including Gabby Barrett, Jordan Davis and Dylan Scott.

This will be the 29th Winstock, a fundraiser for the local Holy Trinity Catholic School in Winsted.

Tickets, priced from $140 to $299, are available at winstockfestival.com.

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Jon Bream

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Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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