A 2026 date has been set, so tickets for Gone Country: Jamestown Edition should go on sale within the month.
The cancer fundraising concert, founded and still organized by the philanthropic Langley twins Jamie and Chris Ruscheinski, has existed in one form or another for more than 20 years. It first starting off with a few music events in their backyard in honour of their mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, and their fundraising efforts just grew from there.
“Together, we’ve raised millions to fight this bullshit disease,” Chris said.
Last year, after more than a decade of summer concerts in Cloverdale – with 7,000 of the boys’ closest friends coming out annually – the event was rebranded and moved out to a more intimate setting on a rural Langley farm, brewery, and the Jamestown old-west themed movie set.
Despite not being able to accommodate as many people, the 2025 funrdraiser still managed to sell out and raise a “whopping” $625,000.
This week, the twins have reaffirmed their return to that same venue, but with some changes to the site plan, and also announced,a change of date.
Last year’s evening fundraiser was held in early June. This year, it’s been backed up into July. Saturday, July 11, to be specific.
“This gives us a much better chance of having great weather. We were lucky last year, but holy hell it was hot!” Chris noted on social media.
“We are working hard to ensure all the pieces are in place to ensure the original Gone Country feel is back this year and this new date allows for so many more of our Twins Cancer Fundraising (TCF) volunteers to be available to make all those changes come to life.”
He noted the TCF elves plan on launching tickets in early December and noted that Karen Lee Batten of KLB Entertainment is hard at work scheduling all the performances, not to mention work by all the other TCF volunteers on behind the scenes preparations.
“Thank you all for supporting us idiots and our fight against cancer,” he concluded.
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