This years Country Stampede held at Tuttle Creek State Park wrapped up Sunday evening. Officials with the four-day festival consider it a success.
Wayne Rouse, Country Stampede General Manager, said the responses have been positive,” Everything I’ve heard has been really positive. If you look on our facebook page or some of the re-tweets or comments in general, it’s all been really positive.”
This years festival featured Little Big Town, Jason Aldean, Trace Adkins and Miranda Lambert.
Security is always a major issue at the Country Stampede, however this year Kurt Moldrup, Director of Festival Security, said that this years festival went smoothly, “Really it was probably one of the better ones. We had far fewer incidents.”
Moldrup went on to mention that cooler temperatures this year was probably a reason why there were fewer problems with the crowds.
The cooler temperatures were also the reason for fewer medical problems according to the festival’s head of Emergency Medical Services Larry Couchman, ” Heat compromises everything, alcohol intensifies with heat, other medical issues intensify with heat. By not having the extreme heat it’s been a pretty good weekend.”
Couchman did mention that he could think of two major incidents, one involved an individual who was severely injured while playing an alcohol related game in the campgrounds and needed a medical transport. The other involved an individual who overdosed on illegal drugs. Otherwise the number of medical calls were down from years past.
Plans for next year are already underway with Eric Church already confirmed for the 2014 Country Stampede. Rouse also mentioned that fans can expect an announcement in November that will be very exciting.