{"id":629924,"date":"2026-09-19T21:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629924\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T21:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T21:26:11","slug":"canadian-country-music-awards-take-over-sasktel-centre-in-saskatoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/629924\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Country Music Awards take over SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Canada’s best country stars have gathered in Saskatoon for the Canadian Country Music Awards, kicking off at the SaskTel Centre this weekend.<\/p>\n

Hopeful winners and performers are walking the red carpet, getting ready for the culmination of Saskatoon’s Country Music Week.<\/p>\n

Among the nominations Saskatchewan brings Jess Moskaluke, originally from Langenburg, who is up for both Female Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for her single, I Ain’t Country.\u00a0<\/p>\n

WATCH | Sask. Artists getting ready for CCMAs:\"\"<\/p>\n

Artists say country is cool again as CCMAs kick off in Saskatoon<\/p>\n

Saskatchewan country artists are taking centre stage at the Canadian Country Music Awards in Saskatoon, at a time when global streams for the genre are booming.<\/p>\n

Prince Albert’s 23-year-old Josh Stumpf is nominated for Fans’ Choice and Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and Saskatoon’s Bart McKay is up for Record Producer of the Year.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"JoshPrince Albert’s Josh Stumpf is nominated for Fans’ Choice and Breakthrough Artist of the Year at just 23 years old. (Alex Kozroski\/CBC)<\/p>\n

Even more representation will hit the stage with performances from the Hunter Brothers, Kalsey Kulyk, and Tenille Arts.<\/p>\n

Referred to as Canada\u2019s biggest night in country music, this awards show marks the first return of the CCMAs to Saskatoon in nine years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629925,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[93,61,60,278],"class_list":["post-629924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629924"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629924\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}