The Rock the Country festival drew thousands to the Boyd County Fairgrounds for two days of music by Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, Nelly, Miranda Lambert, Travis Tritt, Brantley Gilbert and others. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

The Rock the Country festival drew thousands to the Boyd County Fairgrounds for two days of music by Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, Nelly, Miranda Lambert, Travis Tritt, Brantley Gilbert and others. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

The Rock the Country festival drew thousands to the Boyd County Fairgrounds for two days of music by Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, Nelly, Miranda Lambert, Travis Tritt, Brantley Gilbert and others. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

The Rock the Country festival drew thousands to the Boyd County Fairgrounds for two days of music by Jason Aldean, Kid Rock, Nelly, Miranda Lambert, Travis Tritt, Brantley Gilbert and others. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

A man is about to get tossed off the mechanical bull on Saturday at the Rock the Country festival. Crowd estimates were that 40,000 people attended on Friday night and many more than that number attended Saturday’s shows, with Kid Rock and Nelly headlining. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

American flag outfits were a common fashion at the first annual Rock the Country festival. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

Nelly brings his Country Grammar to Boyd County during the second day of the Rock the Country festival on Saturday. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)

Gavin Adcock plays on the second day of the Rock the Country music festival in Boyd County on Saturday. MIDDLE: American flag outfits were a common fashion at the first annual Rock the Country festival. (The Ironton Tribune | Mark Shaffer)