Country music stars Jack Ingram and Jake Owen will headline grandstand concerts at the Kosciusko County Community Fair July 7-8.
Fair board member Mike Loher announced the entertainment schedule for the fair Monday. Ingram and Owen are both nominated for Academy of Country Music Top New Male Vocalist this year.
"There are three nominations, and we've got two of the three booked for our fair," Loher said.Ingram also was nominated for Country Music Television Music Awards Open Country Video of the Year for his video "Measure of a Man."
Owen performed at the CMT Awards Monday night.
Amy Marshall and Fort Wayne band North River Agents are scheduled to open for Ingram and for Owen, playing a different set for each show.
Tickets for the concerts cost $7. Pre-sale tickets will be available May 1 and can be purchased at the fair office at the fairgrounds and online at kcfair.org
Louis-Dreyfus and Dilling Mechanical Contractor are the sponsors for the July 7 concert. The Dr. Dane and Mary Louise Miller Foundation and Symmetry Medical are the sponsors for the July 8 concert.
The grandstand entertainment schedule for the fair is as follows:
July 7: Amy Marshall and North River Agents opening for Jack Ingram - 7 p.m.
July 8: Amy Marshall and North River Agents opening for Jake Owen - 7 p.m.
July 9: Demolition Derby - 7 p.m.
July 10: North Central Antique Tractor Pull - 2 p.m.
July 11: Stock Truck Pull - 7 p.m.
July 12: National Truck Pullers Association Super Semi Pull, Super Modified Pick-Ups Pull - 7:30 p.m.
In other news, the fair board approved a $6,141 bid from G&G Hauling and Excavating, Warsaw, to blacktop the parking area at the Shrine Building. The board also voted to change meeting times to 7:30 p.m. from May to September.
