Sri Lanka’s and South Asia’s longest running charity concert for children, Country Roads, returns in 2023 for its ‘most wanted’ show to date. This year’s musical extravaganza will feature the bright lights and panoramic cityscape of Colombo as its backdrop. Held on Saturday, October 7, at the picturesque Virticle by Jetwing,Colombo 2, the 35th anniversary Country Roads concert for children.
Feizal Samath, President of concert organiser Country Music Foundation (CMF), said: “We are looking forward to this event being held after a lapse of five years due to unavoidable circumstances.”
The 35th anniversary edition of the Country Roads concert for children will be supported by Official Venue, Virticle by Jetwing, and Official Airline, SriLankan Airlines, as well as its other partners, Jetwing Colombo Seven, Cargills, LOLC, and Firefly.
Fan favourites the Mavericks from Germany and Astrid Brook from the UK will once again return to headline the 2023 concert. Joining them on stage will be local legends Cosmic Rays, as well as the Country Revival Band with Feizal and Jury. Sending a message to his Sri Lankan fans, Dirk (from the Mavericks Germany) said: “2018 was the last time we were here in your beautiful country with the Mavericks band. Then Corona came and with it a long break. I missed you very much during this time. It has now been 5 years since my last visit to Sri Lanka.
A lot has changed. The sponsorship that has always made this trip possible for us is gone. But we didn’;t just want to end this tradition, which we have learned to love so much since 1992.
That’s why we are retraveling to Sri Lanka this year entirely at our own expense, because it’s an offer of the heart for us. We very much hope that it won’t be the last Maverick performance in Sri Lanka. We hope that this unique journey will continue, that there will also be a Country Roads concert in the years to come.”
