ENTERTAINMENT

Gary Blackburn

Santa Cruz, California based celebrated singer songwriter, Gary Blackburn, brings together his smooth vocals, and stylized guitar picking to his original compositions in the Country, Rock, Folk, Blues genres. Blending old school with contemporary, Gary will weave a memorable musical performance of songs that tell stories of love, forgiveness, and the paths that we choose. Gary performs his original compositions that include songs off his CD,” Streak of Gray.” With a wellrounded repertoire, Gary will show both his versatile soft folk blues side along with his high energy rock side, mixing in some cool cover songs that will make you get up, and dance! Gary is the front man of the Gary Blackburn Band on vocals, and guitar, featuring Kevin Taylor on keyboards and accordion, Eric Bumgarner on lead guitar, Tom Levenhagen on electric bass, and Tom Duncan on drums. You will no doubt experience an enjoyable time listening to Gary’s, “Heartfelt Americana with an Edge”.

The Gary Blackburn Band performs Wednesday night, September 14, at 7:30 on the Main Amphitheater Stage. www.garyblackburnmusic.com T he Country Cougars are a hot ‘rockin’ country band playing new and classic country and quickly becoming one of Northern California’s favorite bands. Country Cougars play rodeos, wineries, city festivals, and some of the premier nightclubs in the Bay Area. They cover artists including Miranda Lambert, Little Big Town, Luke Bryan, Zac Brown, Kenny Chesney and Eric Church. Also, country legends Johnny Cash, Patty Loveless, Alan Jackson, Brooks and Dunn and many others. The energy of this band gets the crowd on their feet dancing and ready to party!

The Country Cougars take to the Main Amphitheater Stage Thursday night, September 15, at 7:30 PM. And a ticket into the Fair is a ticket into the show!

Introducing Journey Unauthorized, the most authentic rendition of Journey on the planet!

Journey Unauthorized is comprised of the best musicians and performers specializing in a complete Journey concert production. These musicians love what they do and work hard at being the very best at it. Journey Unauthorized can perform the full range of Journey onstage, including the most complex and challenging songs that Journey themselves recorded in the studios and performed for live audiences. No other rendition of Journey's music comes close to this level of performance, which has taken years of mastery and unmatched attention to detail. The Journey Unauthorized production captures it all flawlessly.

Experience Journey Unauthorized Friday night of the Fair, September 16, at 7:30 PM on the main Amphitheater Stage. Y ou won’t want to miss the show at the Fair’s Amphitheater Stage on Saturday, September 17, at 7:30 PM.

Ann and Nancy Wilson forever changed the rock n’ roll landscape in 1975 with hard hitting guitars and soaring vocals. That power and passion continues with Heartless, the Nation’s premier tribute to Heart.

Heartless weaves the song and story of Heart into each performance with fans swaying to “What About Love” and screaming “Barracuda” while closing their eyes and believing they’re at an actual Heart concert. It’s truly a testament to the six talented and versatile musicians that deliver the sound, spirit and live energy of the original band.

Experience the power and intensity of Heart songs as only “Heartless –Tribute to Heart” can deliver!