Boxcar Country Festival

11/13/2025

10/16/2025

BOGO 40% OFF all Boxcar Country Festival merch - available in-store and online.

📍 Stop by the Village or shop from home at area506.ca

09/17/2025

Celebrating International Country Music Day with a look back at some of the artists who’ve taken the Boxcar stage 🤠🎶

09/11/2025

Big news for The Martin Boys! See three Boxcar alum on the stage at Imperial Theatre next week.

08/26/2025

We want to send a HUGE thank you to our whisky partners for helping us take the Boxcar experience to the next level this year 🥃✨

Thanks to them, your ticket included free samples - and from the feedback, they were a hit!

Show some love to Fireball Whisky, Gibson's Finest Canadian Whisky, Canadian Club, and for our non-alcoholic friends, Yip Cider + Olé Cocktail Co. ❤️

Partnerships like these make events like Boxcar possible. We’re so grateful, and we can’t wait to see you all again!

08/25/2025

If you've been a 506 festival-goer over the years, you probably already know how much we love our partnership with United Way serving Saint John, Kings and Charlotte.

Thanks to the generosity of our festival bartenders (who volunteer their time and donate their tips!), and YOUR support at the bar during Boxcar Country Festival and AREA 506 Festival, we’ve now contributed $120,000 to local United Way programs.

This past Friday, we had the pleasure of presenting this year’s cheque to Kate-Lynn and Emily - a milestone we’re incredibly proud of. From all of us at AREA 506: thank you for helping us give back where it matters most - right here at home ❤️

08/22/2025

💥BIGGEST FAN GIVEAWAY💥

James Barker Band is hitting the Imperial Theatre on September 18 with special guest Kalsey Kulyk - and we’ve got TWO Box Seats to give away! 🎟️✨

Both James Barker Band and Kalsey lit up the Boxcar stageat Boxcar 2023 (check out the photos!), and now they’re teaming up for one unforgettable night at the Imperial.

Here’s how to enter:
✅ Follow Boxcar Country Festival + Imperial Theatre
✅ Tag your country concert bestie in the comments (1 comment = 1 entry)
✅ Drop your favourite James Barker Band song for a bonus entry 🎶

Entries close Monday, August 26 at 11:59 PM ADT. Winner will be contacted via DM on Tuesday, August 27.

Good luck, y’all! 🤠🎉

08/21/2025

Stage ➡️ merch booth ➡️ our hearts ❤️

Much love to The Martin Boys and all the artists who make spontaneous meet & greets happen. You’re the real MVPs.

08/17/2025

Now that we’ve finally caught our breath, we owe a HUGE thank you to Beer Daddy BBQ for holding it down at this year’s Boxcar Country Festival! We learned the secrets of smoking meat, ate some out-of-this-world BBQ, and got to work with an incredible crew 🙌🏻

Shoutout to Corey, the Beer Daddy BBQ team, Junior And The Kid, LEWISBBQmfg, Foster Feasts, MacLeods Meat Locker, Bird's Hill Wagyu, and everyone behind the scenes who helped bring the ultimate BBQ experience to life. We couldn’t have done it without you! ❤️

Make sure to visit Beer Daddy BBQ in Hampton this month, and don’t miss their big move to Sussex this fall!

08/11/2025

We want to take a moment to thank all the people who make Boxcar possible. If you had a good time this year, make sure to give them a high five and thank them for their support because events like Boxcar don’t happen without it 🫶🏼

Envision Saint John: The Regional Growth Agency, Tourisme Nouveau-Brunswick , Government of Canada, Alcool NB Liquor, Atlantic Lottery / Loto Atlantique, Cooper Equipment Rentals, Delta Hotels by Marriott Saint John, Dillon's Small Batch Distillers, Emera New Brunswick, Gil-Son Construction Limited, Happy Dad, J.D. Irving, Limited, Leisure Time Sales, The Northern Creative, Saint John Toyota, Country 94, Brunswick Credit Union, CIBC, Crosby's Molasses, The Estey Group, JTR Services, Larry's Crane Rental, Long Bay Brewery, Loyalist City Towing 2012, O.C. Maillet Transport Ltd., Moosehead Breweries, Port Saint John, Sunly Energy, Yip Cider, Foghorn Brewing Company, Picaroons Brewing Company, Fireball Whisky, Gibson's Finest Canadian Whisky, Canadian Club, Culligan, Town of Quispamsis, Aluma Systems, Music / Musique NB, Imperial Theatre, Subway, Saint John Energy

08/09/2025

These outfits deserve their own encore. Here's who caught our eye at Boxcar 2025 ✨

08/08/2025

We believe the little moments - the pop-ups, surprises, and interactive experiences - are what turn a good weekend into a great one. This year’s activations? They raised the bar.

Thank you to every vendor and partner who brought their best to Boxcar. It showed ❤️