There are a lot of people here in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia who are closely following this story. Lauren Alaina has been put on vocal rest by her doctors, and had to cancel weekend shows in Cincinnati and Detroit. She was to open for Sugarland at Riverbend Music Center in Cincinnati on Aug. 3, [...]

Here is is – You’ve already seen it – but now…it’s official. An 11 a.m. press conference held at the fairgrounds, officially announced this year’s entertainment. Here is your 2012 Appalachian Fair Entertainment Line-up: Monday, Aug. 20 Jake Owen Tuesday, Aug. 21 Uncle Kracker Wednesday, Aug. 22 Tenth Avenue North (Christian Band) Thursday, Aug. 23 [...]

The Appalachian Fair has a press conference scheduled for July 10, 2012, when it will officially announce this year’s entertainment lineup.  Of course it never takes that long for the general public to pick up rumors, hints, and rumblings about who might be on stage at the fair in August. It looks like what we’ve [...]

I don’t much ‘confirmed’ news to share with you all tonight, but in addition to what I do know for sure, I’m tossing in a few of the ‘here’s what we’re starting to hear about our summer fair entertainment’. First of all, I do know for sure that Rogersville, Tenn., will have Eli Young Band [...]

Trick Pony was a long time ago. I saw them – Keith and Ira and Heidi – at the Appalachian Fair in Gray, Tenn. In fact, I have one of Ira’s towels – thanks for tossing that out into the crowd, Ira. I’m not usually the world’s best catcher, but I got that one. I [...]