Bert Kreischer believes that current music festival lineups are influenced primarily by marketability and influencers rather than strict genre adherence.

“It's almost like, well, what sells? What what brings influencers?”

Cameron Whitcomb identifies his own musical style as belonging to the alternative country genre.

“We've been saying Oh, we've been throwing the alternative around.”

Evan Honer views musical genres as broad and fluid rather than restrictive.

“I kind of never looked at it like any sort of genre. I just really like writing songs.”