Looking for that special Christmas gift for the country music lover in your life?

Don’t despair, Dauphin’s Countryfest has released its main stage line up just in time for the holiday shopping season.

In no particular order, Josh Ross, Jordan Davis and John Michael Montgomery will headline the three nights of the Play Now Main Stage  entertainment.

Davis is an American singer/songwriter who is considered one of the top talents to emerge in country music in recent years. Fans will be familiar with his hit singles “Singles You Up’, “Take It from Me”, “Slow Dance in a Parking Lot’, “Almost Maybes’, “Buy Dirt’, “What My World Spins Around’ and “Next Thing You Know”.

A Canadian singer/songwriter, Ross draws his influence from a wide range of acts from Guns N’ Roses and Metallica to country-rock outlaw Steve Earle.

Ross has been on the music charts with singles such as “First Taste of Gone”, “On a Different Night”, “Trouble”, “Ain’t Doin’ Jack”, and “Single Again”.

Montgomery is an American country music singer boasting a long career and an even longer list of hits.

“Our Friday headliner is one of the newer up and coming acts. We’ve got a little more established act on Saturday night and then, of course, we have our throwback or retro Sunday theme,” Countryfest president Duane McMaster said, adding fans of Montgomery will be interested to know that Countryfest will be his final Canadian performance.

“We have been informed that he’s not going to come to Canada again, this will be it for him. So if you want to see him in concert without having to cross the border, then you’ll have to come to Countryfest this year.”

Read more in this week’s Dauphin Herald.