It won't be just any night.
It will be Manitoba's biggest celebration of country music. Add in that it's the 10th anniversary, and it will be a night to remember.
The Manitoba Country Music Awards are set for Saturday night at the Club Regent Event Centre in Winnipeg.
Several incredible musicians from the Parkland have been nominated for awards on Saturday, including Kate's Outlaw of Dauphin. The band featuring Levi Winters, Kyle and Dylan Neault, and Steven Lukey has been rocking the stage for 10 years. After the COVID pandemic, the talented group kicked things back up into high gear in 2022.
"It's been fun. It's always been a hobby, we've always been buddies, and we love to ride our motorcycles together," said Winters. "We all like music. We have a great group of guys. Our families all back it as well, which makes it easy."
This year, the band has been nominated for group of the year, roots artist group of the year, emerging artist of the year, album of the year (Longrider Religion), and fans' choice entertainer of the year.
Levi is also nominated for all-star guitarist, and Levi and Kyle joined forces to create the masterpiece Longrider Religion, which is up for song of the year.
Winters told CKDM he's grateful that the band has been nominated for so many prestigious awards.
"It's pretty awesome, we're pretty excited about it. We were hoping to get nominated for one or two," ended Winters. "To see that many pop up and us be a part of it, that's incredible. Just being nominated is an accomplishment."
Levi and the band will perform on Saturday night in front of what is expected to be a sell-out crowd. As of Wednesday morning, a very limited number of tickets remain available. Get them here.
Now, let's take a look at who else from the Parkland is set for a special day on Saturday.
JR Charron (Binscarth) has been nominated for male artist of the year, song of the year (Land of the Free), music video of the year (Different Goods), interactive duo/group of the year, and fans' choice entertainer of the year.
Desiree Dorion (Dauphin) has been nominated for female artist of the year, indigenous country music award, song of the year (DRY), interactive artist duo/group of the year, and album of the year (Remember Your Name).
Jerry Sereda (Ethelbert) has been nominated for male artist of the year, indigenous country music award, and album of the year (Backroad Billionaire).
Austin Ryder (Roblin) has been nominated for emerging artist of the year, music video of the year (Spin), and single of the year (Spin).
Ryan Keown (Roblin) has been nominated for male artist of the year and music video of the year (I Know You Like That).
Kendra Kay (Elkhorn) has been nominated for female artist of the year and song of the year (Old Fashioned Kind Of Love).
Nelson Little (Winnipegosis) has been nominated for roots artist duo/group of the year.
Rylan Knaggs (Alonsa) has been nominated for all-star guitar of the year.
CKDM afternoon show host Kimberley Dawn has been nominated for female artist of the year and the indigenous country music award.
730CKDM has once again been nominated for radio station of the year.
