Multi-Platinum Country Star Lauren Alaina to Headline Dubuque County Fair, Thursday, July 27

The show will also feature special guest David J, an up-and-coming country artist, viral hit maker and TikTok sensation. Opening will be Natascha Myers, a Nashville recording artist with ties to Dubuque as a graduate of Clarke University. Doors will open at 7 p.m., with the show beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $40 for the festival area in front of the stage (featuring a dedicated bar area) and $25 for all grandstand seats (which are general admission). Hillside seats for the show are free thanks to hillside sponsor Maquoketa Valley Electric Cooperative. Tickets go on sale Monday, May 1, at www.dbqfair.com, by calling the fair box office at 563-588-1999 or in-person at the fair office.
Grand Ole Opry member and multi-Platinum-selling singer/songwriter Lauren Alaina has earned
three Number 1 hit singles in just under three years with her smash “Road Less Traveled,” the now
7-times-Platinum “What Ifs” with her childhood friend and superstar Kane Brown (his first career
number 1), and “One Beer” with friend and rising star HARDY (also his first career number 1).
Her number 1 debuting album “Sitting Pretty On Top of The World,” which includes hit single
“Getting Over Him” featuring Jon Pardi, as well as her RIAA-certified Gold-selling “Getting Good.”
The rising superstar and Big Loud recording artist, who American Songwriter calls “a vibrant force of
positivity in the world,” just came off her second career headlining tour, “On Top Of The World Tour
Presented By Maurices” with multiple sell-outs and rave reviews. The Georgia native has shared
the stage with superstars including Alan Jackson, Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan,
Martina McBride, Jason Aldean and also sold out her own, first-ever headlining, That Girl Was Me
Tour.
Alaina has performed on some of the highest-profile stages in the world including national television
performances on PBS’s A Capitol Fourth, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol, TODAY, ABC’s
Good Morning America, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy
Kimmel Live!, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, ABC’s CMA Fest specials, CMA and ACM Awards,
Dallas Cowboys Thanksgiving Day halftime performance, MLB’s World Series national anthem
(Game 5, 2021) and more including a performance at the White House for President Obama for a
PBS special.
David J is an up-and-coming country artist with a fresh and cutting-edge approach to country pop
that has already made him into a viral hit maker, and TikTok sensation. His singles “Stay,” “Before
You,” and “Lost My Heartbreak” have been spinning on Sirius XM’s “The Highway” since they were
added in early 2022, and “Before You” scored over 1 million streams on all platforms combined in its
first week of release.
For more information, contact the Dubuque County Fair Association at 563-588-1406.
