Final Four State Fair Concerts Announced

The Missouri State Fair is bringing in some prominent artists to the Grandstand this year. The final four nights of concerts in the Missouri State Fair Grandstand have been announced.

The Beach Boys will entertain audiences on the State Fair Grandstand stage on Wednesday, Aug 18. As The Beach Boys mark more than half a century of making music, the group continues to ride the crest of a wave unequalled in America’s musical history. With more than five decades of touring under their belts, The Beach Boys have performed more concerts than any major rock band in history.

Two Missouri natives will take the Grandstand Stage on Thursday, Aug 19. GRAMMY award winning Rhonda Vincent and her band The Rage will be joined by opener Leroy Van Dyke. Vincent began her professional music career at the age of five, singing with her family’s band, until she struck out on her own. With the release of her debut album Back Home Again, The Wall Street Journal crowned her the New Queen of Bluegrass.

Van Dyke, from rural Pettis County, Mo, is known around the world as an entertainer, recording artist, radio and television star, actor and auctioneer. He has performed for over five decades and recorded over 500 songs, including his popular “Auctioneer” and “Walk On By,” a record that stayed in the charts an incredible 42 weeks.

Three artists will perform on Friday, Aug 20 – Colter Wall with Tim Montana and Charley Crockett. Wall’s recent album Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs is an ode to the themes and labors of western life. It includes the album’s title track along with his cover of “Cowpoke.” Country-rock singer-songwriter Montana’s song “This Beard Came Here to Party,” was the theme song of the Boston Red Sox as they fought to win a World Series championship and his song “Asphalt Throwdown” is being used by Fox Sports for its NASCAR telecasts.

South Texas native Crockett recently released his eighth album, Welcome to the Hard Times, described as an immersive experience in sound that carries us back in time.

Hank Williams, Jr. will wrap up the 2021 State Fair Grandstand line up on Saturday, Aug 21. His extremely impressive resume has spawned 70 million albums sold worldwide, six platinum albums, 20 gold albums, 13 No. 1 albums and 10 No. 1 singles, along with numerous accolades for entertainer of the year, a GRAMMY and being inducted in to the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Country Music Hall of Fame. His songs include “Texas Women,” “All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down),” “Born to Boogie,” “A Country Boy Can Survive,” among many others.

Grandstand tickets go on sale to the public starting at 9am, Tuesday, June 29 through Etix, and all concert seats are reserved. Concert and event tickets do not include Fair admission. For more information and artist announcements go to the Grandstand website .

KPGZ News - Brian Watts contributed to this story