Ohnward Fine Arts Center Presents The Wichital Lineman
A Tribut
e to Glen Campbell Featuring Carl Acuff, Jr.
Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Ohnward Fine Arts Center, Maquoketa, IA
Glen Campbell spent 5 decades entertaining audiences all over the world. He was an American Treasure whose songs and dazzling showmanship shot him to superstardom in the 1960’s Glen’s hits included songs like: “Gentle on My Mind”, “By the Time I Get to Phoenix”, “The Wichita Lineman”, “Dreams of an Everyday Housewife”, “Galveston”, “Rhinestone Cowboy”, and “Southern Nights”.
During his 50 years in the music business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records worldwide and accumulated 12 gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. He placed a total of 80 different songs on the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts.
After Glen’s death in August of 2017 fellow musician and entertainer in his own right, Carl Acuff Jr. along with a notable group of musicians decided to put together a tribute show to this entertainment legend featuring his wonderful catalog of music. Therefore, The Wichita Lineman show was born. After searching around on how to approach this project Carl hand picked musicians to bring this show to life with full instrumentation, great vocals and musical ability. Each wonderful entertainers in their own right, beginning in 2018 they will bring to life Glen Campbell’s music once again including all those great hits that made Glen Campbell so popular all those years for all the world to enjoy the way it was meant to be performed.
During his 50 years in the music business, Campbell released more than 70 albums. He sold 45 million records worldwide and accumulated 12 gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album. He placed a total of 80 different songs on the Billboard Country Chart, Billboard Hot 100, or Adult Contemporary Chart, of which 29 made the top 10 and of which nine reached number one on at least one of those charts.
Tickets
In Advance: Adults $25 Students $15
At door: Adults $28 Students $18
(The show runs approximately 2 hours. Beer and wine will be available)
Tickets can also be purchased at The Ohnward Fine Arts Center 563-652-9815 (from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Monday – Friday), Osterhaus Pharmacy, both Maquoketa State Banks in Maquoketa, Hartig Drug in Preston and Bellevue.
Tickets are also available on line at www.ohnwardfineartscenter.com.


