Indiana State Fair adds more performers to free stage lineup

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The Indiana State Honest has introduced a number of new live shows set to hit the Hoosier Lottery Free stage this July and August.

This yr’s free stage lineup now consists of:

• Jesse McCartney | July 30
• Travis Tritt | August 5
• Vixen & Autograph | August 20

A sequence of “Tribute Thursday” live shows that includes tribute bands performing traditional hits from Jimmy Buffett, Foo Fighters, and John Mellencamp are additionally on the calendar:

• Gone 2 Paradise | August 4
• Too Fighters | August 11
• Small City | August 18

Different free stage live shows embrace KC and The Sunshine Band and Chaka Khan.

All reveals on the free stage are free with truthful admission and seating is offered on a first-come, first-served foundation. A restricted variety of premium part entry tickets can be made out there within the close to future.

In regards to the artists

Jesse McCartney has an extended pop music profession courting again to the discharge of his first album, “Stunning Soul,” in 2004. As a songwriter, he achieved nice success with the Grammy-nominated “Bleeding Love” for Leona Lewis. His fifth full-length album, “New Stage,” is due out later this yr.

Travis Tritt has offered greater than 30 million albums since beginning his nation music profession three a long time in the past. Tritt has two Grammy awards, 4 CMA awards, accepted an invite to affix the Grand Ole Opry and is a part of a bunch of nation performers known as “The Class of ’89,” which incorporates Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson.

Vixen & Autograph: Vixen is a Minnesota rock band shaped in 1980. Its eponymous first album, launched in 1988, reached No. 41 on the charts. Their most up-to-date album, “Reside & Be taught,” got here out in 2006. Autograph is a glam metallic band from California finest recognized for his or her hair metallic anthem, “Flip Up the Radio.”

Gone 2 Paradise brings the final word Jimmy Buffett expertise alive for music lovers of all ages, together with the trustworthy followers of Jimmy Buffett generally known as “Parrot Heads.” Singer Frank Paul and his band have made a number of TV appearances and performed venues together with Chicago’s Navy Pier.

Small City is a John Mellencamp tribute band composed of Hoosier natives. Small City doesn’t pattern any previous information or use any pre-recorded tracks — all the things followers hear is strictly what can be heard at an actual John Mellencamp present.

Too Fighters are a Foo Fighters Cowl band out of Chicago. Their mission is to pack greater than twenty years of Foo Fighters recollections into one set, honoring the band’s finest songs, moments, historical past, tales, and enjoyable.

The Indiana State Honest runs July 29 – August 21 and can be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. Go to the state truthful’s web site for extra data.