Country and Concert Entertain at the 2010 Kentucky State Fair Main Stage Series

Three of the four Main Stage Series acts highlight the first round of concert announcements for the 2010 Kentucky State Fair. The 11-day fair will feature performances by Sugarland, Jeff Dunham and Rascal Flatts.

Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush, better known as Sugarland, will perform on opening night of the Kentucky State Fair, Thursday, Aug. 19. After breaking onto the national music scene five years ago, the multiple award-winning duo has recorded hits like “Baby Girl, “All I Wanna Do” and “Stay.” The latter song propelled Sugarland to multiple Grammy Awards in 2009 for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Country Song. Ticketing information and supporting acts will be released at a later date.

Rascal Flatts, set to close the Kentucky State Fair in Freedom Hall on Sunday, Aug. 29, has released 24 singles on the Billboard Hot Country charts, including 11 No. Ones. In the band’s nine-year career, the trio has amassed 32 American Music Association, Country Music Television and Academy of Country Music Awards. Ticketing information and supporting acts will be released at a later date.

The crowds will turn their cheers into laughs when Jeff Dunham takes the stage, Saturday, Aug. 21. Dunham, former American Comedy award winner for Funniest Male Stand-Up Comic, takes on personalities of a Hispanic pepper, a brash old man and a beer-drinking NASCAR fan, all in the name of comedy. Dunham achieved enormous success following his record-breaking draw of 6.6 million tuning in to watch his Comedy Central Christmas special, “Jeff Dunham’s Very Special Christmas Special.” Ticketing information will be released at a later date.

The 2009 Kentucky State Fair enjoyed record-breaking crowds, with headliners Journey and Taylor Swift each playing to enthusiastic, sold-out crowds and helping increase concert attendance by 95 percent over 2008 and concert revenue by 100 percent.

The 2010 fair will run from Aug. 19-29 and tickets will go on sale at the Kentucky Exposition Center Ticket Office, Kentucky International Conventional Center Ticket Office, all Ticketmaster outlets and online at Ticketmaster.com.

For more information and continued updates on the 2010 Kentucky State Fair, visit the official website at www.kystatefair.org.