As soon as fans stepped through the air-conditioned doors mid-afternoon to the Honky Tonk stage at the 16th annual Stagecoach Country Music Festival, the atmosphere was alive and well with the rhythm ...

Eliza Thorn had a simple request. “Y’all gotta come dance with us, goddammit!” she implored the capacity crowd at New York’s Gottscheer Hall. Almost immediately, the hardwood dance floor in front of ...

Charles Watlington and Jonny Nichols, who go by DJ Moonshine and DJ Prison Rodeo, started the event a year ago. “I’ve seen 77-year-olds dancing with 20-year-olds here,” says Watlington. “It’s amazing.