Country music fans are sharing their real feelings about the Boots and Hearts 2020 lineup on social media, hours after it was announced.

This is the ninth year of the festival, being held at Burl’s Creek Event Grounds from Aug. 6 to 9.

Country acts Eric Church, and Dan + Shay and Alessia Cara — both with Grammy wins under their belts — are headlining the event.

"In today’s music landscape, fans are exposed to multi-genre playlists and cross-genre singles as a means to discover new artists,” Boots and Hearts co-founder Eva Dunford said. “We are proud to have pop powerhouse Alessia Cara, one of Canada’s top female artists, share the main stage with award winning duo Dan + Shay, whose recent singles have been both country and pop charttoppers.”

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But not everyone is liking the news.

“It’s like they are purposely trying to rid of boots and hearts lol this is by far the worst lineup,” April-Dawn Hall wrote on the Boots and Hearts Country Music Festival Facebook page. “If they thought last year’s attendances sucked, they are in for a hard punch in the face this year.”

“Absolutely terrible the worst line up ever. They had empty fields last year, this year the whole park will be empty,” Lisa Russell wrote on the Facebook page.

And Chris Campana also chimed in: “They might as well grow some corn in those fields at Burls this year hahahaha! worst lineup yet, don’t get me wrong there are awesome artists there this year but not enough to sustain four days worth. gunna be a huge wakeup call for them when they have open fields every night. Hopefully next year they crack down and get someone other then Alessia Cara to headline haha just terrible lol.”

Other fans speculated the lineup is the result of big country music acts attending the Country on the Bay music festival in Thunder Bay from July 24 to 28. Names like Toby Keith, Terri Clark, High Valley, Hunter Brothers, The Roadhammers and Madeline Merlo have been announced for that venue.

Boots and Hearts spokesperson Stephanie Hynes was asked about the negative feedback.