One of the nation's largest country music festivals drew tens of thousands of people to Burl's Creek Event Grounds in Oro-Medonte this weekend.
On Sunday night, the four-day Boots and Hearts festival wrapped up with a stirring performance by headliner Jason Aldean.
And fans had an unexpected surprise when Canadian star Avril Lavigne came on stage and performed with Nate Smith.
While officials haven't released details, it's estimated about 25,000 fans attended this year's event, which is a little lower than last year's festival.
Officials say they are already planning for next year's event, which will mark the 10-year anniversary of the popular event's run at Burl's Creek.
Brooke Dunford, director of booking and business development for Republic Live, couldn’t divulge which acts might be on the bill for what should be a festival for the books.
“What I can say is that it’s going to be a beautiful reunion of some of the fans’ absolute favourite artists that they’ve seen over the years,” she said. “Every year we just want to build it bigger and better and focus on some of country music’s best talent and I know we’re going to do that next year.”
-- With files from Patrick Bales
