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REV Country Music Festival | June 29

Mae Estes, AIMP’s 2024 Rising Artist-Writer of the Year winner will be performing in Shelton at the REV Country Music Festival, June 29, 5:30 PM.

County music fans won’t want to miss this line up of rising stars at the first annual REV Country Music Festival held at the Ridge Motorsports Park in Shelton, WA. Held in conjunction with one of the largest and fastest superbike racing events in the Northwest, MotoAmerica.

Martin hails from Logansport, LA, and worked on an oil rig before pivoting to music. Much of his musical catalog details his difficult life experiences — addiction, attempted suicide, brain injury and relapse.

The REV Country Music Festival takes place Saturday, June 29, doors open at 4:30 PM with show times from 5:30 - 9:00 PM. A stand-alone event, the Ridge has invited four bands for one night only: Bryan Martin, Restless Road, Ashland Craft, and Mae Estes.

Martin hails from Logansport, LA, and worked on an oil rig before pivoting to music. Much of his musical catalog details his difficult life experiences — addiction, attempted suicide, brain injury and relapse.

Bryan Martin, has written a diverse catalog of over 3000 songs. Bryan's youth was checkered with difficulty and addiction and his recent album, Poets & Old Souls (2023), is a collection of deeply personal and introspective songs that showcase his growth and evolution. “We Ride” is on Poets & Old Souls and reached No. 12 on the Heatseekers Albums chart.

Restless Road received their big break on X-Factor – second time around –making it to the semi-finals in their invite back from Simon Cowell, and later going on to have a minor hit with 2023's "Last Rodeo," the title track from their debut album of the same name. Throughout 2023, Restless Road kept up a steady schedule of singles, landing a Billboard Country Airplay hit with "Last Rodeo." The song proved to be the title track of their debut album, which came out that November. A lengthy set of 18 tracks, Last Rodeo made it to number 42 on the Country Albums chart.

Ashland Craft also debuted on network TV as a contestant on The Voice Season 13 and a member of Team Miley. After turning three chairs, she chose Miley as a coach, with whom she advanced to the Top 12. A true, lifelong music lover, Craft discovered her honky-tonk spirit and cut her teeth singing Country and Rock covers at a hometown bar in South Carolina, and counts Def Leppard, Gretchen Wilson, Chris Stapleton, Bonnie Raitt, and John Mayer, among her eclectic musical influences. Ashland is included in the headliner line up for the 2024 Watershed Festival.

Mae Estes, AIMP’s 2024 Rising Artist-Writer of the Year winner will be performing in Shelton at the REV Country Music Festival, June 29, 5:30 PM.

AIMP’s 2024 Rising Artist-Writer of the Year winner is one of the key Country females to watch, being named to CMT’s Next Women of Country Class of 2024, Mae Estes got her start at age 7 in the middle of an Arkansas rodeo arena, singing the national anthem. Mae Estes hasn’t stopped singing since. In 2019, Estes began releasing music and signed her first publishing deal in 2020. She’s since racked up more than 13 million streams across platforms and over 1M views on YouTube, independently and organically building a quickly-growing fan base with her “plain-spoken truth” (The Boot). In 2022, “Thinkin Bout Cheatin’” became the first release from her debut EP as well as her first video feature on CMT.