Ohio Stadium was Country Central for a night as Buckeye Country Superfest 2025 drew fans to see co-headliners Jelly Roll and Kane Brown with a slate of opening acts that included breakout stars Megan Moroney and Vincent Mason.
Some concertgoers showed up early to pre-game at the Tailgate Fan Fest, which was open to the public. Held outside the stadium, the daylong party kicked off the morning of Superfest, with food, drinks, photo ops, merch tables and performances by Lanie Gardner, Austin Snell, George Pippen and Ian Harrison.
And then, on with the show!
Dispatch photographer Samantha Madar braved the sweltering heat, snarled traffic and elbow-to-elbow crowd for shots from the fest that brought tens of thousands to Columbus to see and hear their favorite country superstars. Check out the best pictures she captured throughout the day.
This year mark’s the 10th anniversary of the first Buckeye Country Superfest. The inangural festival was held in June 2015 and featured powerhouse country acts like Kenny Chesney, Blake Shelton, Keith Urban and Rascal Flatts.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Buckeye Country Superfest 2025: See Jelly Roll, Vincent Mason and our pics from the fest
Reporting by Belinda M. Paschal, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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