After years of losing money for the Dorton Arena concerts during the North Carolina State Fair booking somewhat expensive national acts that didn't typically deliver strong ticket sales, this year the lineup will exclusively feature North Carolina acts and all of the shows will be free.A few acts caught our attention including local indie favorites The Love Language playing the big stage on Friday, October 23. The outdoor waterfall stage will feature Hammer No More the Fingers and The Beast among the lineup on Saturday October 24. Other acts playing the fair include the Charlie Daniels Band, Jason Michael Carroll, The Real Laww, Peter Lamb and the Wolves and many more. Check out the full lineup below.
Although all of the concerts are free, tickets will be required for floor seats at the Dorton Arena shows. Tickets will be available the day of the show only starting at 9 a.m. at the arena box office.
Dorton Arena lineup
Oct 15 - Firehouse, The Fifth
Oct 16 - The Summit Church featuring Kaimy Masse, Hank Murphy & Summit Worship
Oct 17 - Jason Michael Carroll, Luke Combs, Stephanie Quayle
Oct 18 - Orquesta GarDel
Oct 19 - Nuv Yug Presents Bollywood Night
Oct 20 - Black Sheep, Shadina
Oct 21 - Band of Oz, The Embers
Oct 22 - Wake Chapel Choir, Instrument of Praise Gospel Concert Chorale, Watts Chapel Gospel Choir
Oct 23 - The Love Language
Oct 24 - Charlie Daniels Band, Kasey Tyndall
Oct 25 - Nantucket, Sidewinder
Waterfall Stage lineup
Oct 15 - Sidecar Social Club
Oct 16 - Damascus Ridge, Youth League, Make, Johnny Folsom 4, JoCo, Johnny Orr Band
Oct 17 - Thistledown Tinkers, 21st Century Goliath, See Gulls, Hot Buttered Grits, Runaway Cab
Oct 18 - Thistledown Tinkers, Brothers Egg, The Spread, The Real Laww, Bull City Syndicate
Oct 19 - Peak City Blues Project, Pam Saulsby, Adam Pitts, Onda Band, Nick Driver Band, Diali Cissokho & Kaira Ba
Oct 20 - Erin Nenni, Outside Soul, Minor Stars, Blake Kearney Band, Chit Nasty Band
Oct 21 - 440th Army Band
Oct 22 - Breeze Band, Etheridge Sisters, Ki-Hill, Peter Lamb & the Wolves, Dark Water Rising
Oct 23 - Faith Bardill & the Back Row Saints, Must be the Holy Ghost, Tim Cifers, The Bleeding Hearts, The Roman Spring, 120 Minutes
Oct 24 - Corey Hunt Band, Suitcase, Carmonas, Hammer No More the Fingers, The Beast, Backsliders
Oct 25 - Wilton Dubois, Debonzo Brothers, Carolina Coalmine, Crucial Fiya, Pierce Edens & the Dirty Work, Wusses
1 comment:
Wow, what a change! I'll be honest I typically steer clear of the State Fair these days, but there are some shows here that could get me to buy a ticket (or a couple cans of green beans).
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