Hall County Fair

$32 plus fees

Available at Ticketmaster or Fonner Park Business Office – 700 East Stolley Park Rd., Grand Island, NE, 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday thru Friday

If the question were asked, “Who forged the genre that is known today as ‘modern country music’?,” only a tiny group of country immortals could step forward to share the spotlight.  One, out of that select handful, would be Merle Haggard.  Merle wasn’t in the delivery room on the morning country music was born; it simply seems like he was.  And you won’t hear anybody refer to him as the father of country music.  But many will swear he’s at least its godfather. (more …)

John Conlee is a lot like the songs of which he sings.  He lives a domestic life with his wife Gale and three children, Rebecca, Jessica and Johnny.  During the past two decades, John Conlee has achieved a level of success that he has sustained by simply being himself and by making records that the listening public can relate to.  He is a gifted entertainer, but he’s not into the glitz and hype of the entertainment world.  He’d rather spend his “off the road” time working on his 32 acre farm outside of Nashville or engaging in his woodworking and gunsmithing hobbies. (more …)