Washington’s Watershed Packs Star Power into Three Days

The fourth annual Watershed Festival at George, Washington’s Gorge Amphitheater was held this past weekend (July 31-August 2).

The Live Nation event offered a sold-out crowd of 25,000 fans performances by Florida Georgia Line and Thomas Rhett on Friday. Saturday was Carrie Underwood and Easton Corbin before Sunday’s closer, Dierks Bentley, who returned to Watershed after three years.

“I feel like year four was the best yet, but we still have work to do,” said Brian O’ Connell, Live Nation President of Country Touring.”The ‘Shedder’ experience will only continue to improve year after year. I can’t thank the artists and the ‘Shedders’ enough for supporting my crazy dream.”

Florida Georgia Line at Watershed 2015

Carrie Underwood atWatershed 2015

Dierks Bentley at Watershed 2015

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Lorie Hollabaugh

Hollabaugh, a staff writer at MusicRow magazine, has over 20 years of music business experience and has written for publications including American Profile, CMA Close Up, Nashville Arts And Entertainment, The Boot and Country Weekly. She has a Broadcast Journalism and Speech Communication degree from Texas Christian University, (go Horned Frogs), and welcomes your feedback or story ideas at lhollabaugh@musicrow.com.

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