Boots and Hearts Music Festival: Straight From the Festival Grounds With Owen Riegling, Sarah Vanderzon, Hailey Benedict AND MORE!
- Author
- Front Porch Music
- Published
- Tue 12 Aug 2025
- Episode Link
- https://frontporchmusic.ca/on-the-porch-boots-hearts-live/
This week’s episode of On The Porch with Front Porch Music is a little extra special. We packed up our mics and headed straight to Oro-Medonte for Boots and Hearts Music Festival!
If you’ve been, you know the weather here never plays nice. This year was no different ... Friday brought storms, and the weekend turned into two of the hottest days of the summer so far. But hey, that’s all part of the festival magic, right? Mud, sweat, country music ... and more sweat.
Boots and Hearts 2025 brought some major talent to the stage, including Bailey Zimmerman, Cameron Whitcomb, Hardy, Sam Hunt, The Band Perry, and so many more.
One of our favourite parts of the weekend is always the Emerging Artist Showcase. A chance to hear the future stars of Canadian country before they take over the airwaves. This year’s winner? School House, an incredible band from Ottawa who blew the crowd away.
In this episode, you’ll hear from some of our favourite Canadian friends, including:
- Tyler Joe Miller
- Zach McPhee
- Kelsi Mayne
- Jessie T
- Hailey Benedict
- Owen Riegling
- Last year’s EAS winner Sarah Vanderzon
We also caught up with this year’s showcase talent: Jade Hilton, Annika Catharina, Amanda Couture, Lake Porter, Sean Michael Ryan, and of course, School House.
From backstage stories to the chaos of festival weather, this episode is packed with the sounds and stories of Boots and Hearts 2025. Grab a cold drink, crank it up, and join us on the festival grounds — no sunscreen required.
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On The Porch with Front Porch Music is a Front Porch Production and hosted by Logan Miller and Jenna Weishar. On The Porch with Front Porch Music is produced by Jason Saunders.
The theme song for this podcast was written, produced, and performed by Owen Riegling.
This Week's Emerging Artist
This week, we have Adinah Vine, a country artist from Ontario, sharing her song "What If We Run Out Of Gas?". Available now wherever you get your music.
