Activity will pick up at the Selo Ukraina site beginning tomorrow when the gates for Dauphin's Countryfest open at 10 am.
This is the 35th anniversary of the festival, which is opening its gates a day later this year due to there being no performances on Thursday night.
Countryfest Board chair Duane McMaster says it should be a seamless entry to the grounds for festival goers.
"If they placed their order far enough in advance that they already have their wristbands in the mail, then entry into the site will be really easy. Ever since we went to the RFID system a few years back, the gates go really quickly. It used to be that you had to sit in line for three, four, or five hours to get into the site. Now we get everyone in really good and quick there."
There are sure to be some people arriving early with hopes of being the first ones to access their campsite.
However, McMaster is not anticipating as big of a lineup as in some past years.
"It used to be with us not opening until 2 pm, people would start lining up early. But the Province of Manitoba has stated that you are not allowed to park on the highway shoulder overnight. So, I do not anticipate the lineup being really horrible because you are not allowed to actually line up on the highway. You can line up in our driveway, but once the driveway is full, you can not park on the highway overnight. You have to go back into town and drive back out in the morning."
Day one of performances is Friday.
