{"id":4580,"date":"2016-07-15T12:51:34","date_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2016-07-15T12:58:49","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T17:58:49","slug":"country-500-the-great-american-music-fest-returning-to-daytona-international-speedway-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/15\/country-500-the-great-american-music-fest-returning-to-daytona-international-speedway-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Country 500 \u2013 The Great American Music Fest returning to Daytona International Speedway in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \u00a0\u2013 Organizers today confirmed the second edition of Country 500 \u2013 The Great American Music Fest at Daytona\u2014setting the dates for May 26, 27, &amp; 28, 2017.\u00a0 A new Memorial Day tradition, the inaugural Country 500 music festival drew over 75,000 music-loving fans from across the globe to Daytona International Speedway, the \u201cWorld Center of Racing,\u201d in an unprecedented use of one of the America\u2019s great entertainment destinations.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4582\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2016\/07\/15\/country-500-the-great-american-music-fest-returning-to-daytona-international-speedway-in-2017\/devices\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?fit=3281%2C3300\" data-orig-size=\"3281,3300\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Devices&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Devices\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?fit=636%2C640\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4582\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=298%2C300\" alt=\"Devices\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=298%2C300 298w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=768%2C772 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=1018%2C1024 1018w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=50%2C50 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?resize=55%2C55 55w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quint Davis, CEO of Festival Productions, Inc., which along with AEG Live produced the Country 500 music festival, said, \u201cFor tens of thousands of fans to embrace this event so completely in year one is a testament to the tremendous appeal of the talent that performed at this year\u2019s festival and to the only-in-Daytona experience delivered by the one-of-a-kind, world-class facility that is the Daytona International Speedway.\u00a0 Fans can look forward to an even greater event next year as the Country 500 music festival builds on this success and gets ready to rock the track again in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to have Country 500 returning to Daytona International Speedway next year,\u201d Track President Chip Wile said. \u201cThe inaugural event was a tremendous success and the feedback from guests was fantastic. We look forward to 2017 and hosting another star-studded lineup of performers on Memorial Day Weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 event featured Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean, Florida Georgia Line, Kid Rock, Willie Nelson and dozens more on two stages and allowed fans to camp inside the infield of the famed speedway for the three-day celebration.\u00a0 Festival-goers were also able to get up close and personal with some of their favorite country stars at artist meet-and-greets in the Daytona garages.\u00a0 Numerous other features also contributed to the sights, sounds and all-around thrills of the first-ever Country 500 music festival.<\/p>\n<p>Information on next year\u2019s music lineup, tickets and camping and renewals will be announced in the coming weeks.\u00a0 Fans should stay connected with Country 500 music festival on Facebook, at Country500.com and #Country500 on Twitter to get the latest information on the event as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Official sponsors of the 2016 Country 500 included:\u00a0 Budweiser, the Official Beer; Toyota, the Official Vehicle Partner; Monster Energy, the Official Energy Drink; Jack Daniel\u2019s and others.<\/p>\n<p>AEG Live and Festival Productions, Inc. \u2013 New Orleans are partnering with Daytona International Speedway to produce the Country 500.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Story courtesy of Daytona International Speedway<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. \u00a0\u2013 Organizers today confirmed the second edition of Country 500 \u2013 The Great American Music Fest at Daytona\u2014setting the dates for May 26, 27, &amp; 28, 2017.\u00a0 A new Memorial Day tradition, the inaugural Country 500 music festival drew over 75,000 music-loving fans from across the globe to Daytona International Speedway, the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4582,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[65,287,16],"class_list":["post-4580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","tag-country-500","tag-daytona-international-speedway","tag-nascar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Country500_Logo_.jpg?fit=3281%2C3300","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-1bS","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4580"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4585,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4580\/revisions\/4585"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}