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Have “A Barn Good Time” At The Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival

Organizes of the 2023 Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival have announced some of their headliners for the festival this summer at the Auto Grandstand Arena.

Organizers of the Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival have announced two of the four Palmdale Auto Mall Grandstand Arena concert headliners for the 2023 AV Fair & Alfalfa Fair. 

“There is a certain special kind of joy that takes place when it’s fair time. This year’s event will be a mix of nostalgia, excitement, and childlike celebration that will delight guests of all ages. Our concert series is something that residents look forward to year after year, and we are thrilled to be once again able to bring high-caliber headliner entertainment,” said AV Fair & Event Center Board of Director President Angie Hughes. 

Headlining Friday, September 22nd on opening day is set to be country artist/songwriter Randy Houser and opening for Houser is scheduled to be Rodney Atkins, according to officials. 

Another Artist featured at the fair is set to ve Grammy Award winner Clint Balck and opening for Black is set to country artist Ned LeDoux. 

The 2023 concert series is sponsored by the City of Lancaster and the City of Palmdale and all concerts start at 7:30 p.m.

“We deeply appreciate the tremendous generosity of both the City of Lancaster and the City of Palmdale for their continued generosity, which makes it possible for us to feature award-winning entertainment. Of course, our family-friendly event will also offer free live music, including a Battle of the Bands, a world-class carnival, and one-of-a-kind fair food vendors throughout the fairgrounds. It truly is going to be “A Barn Good Time,” and we’re looking forward to a record-breaking attendance year,” Hughes said.

Houser first appeared on the country music scene in 2008 with ‘Anything Goes’ his first charting single and an album of the same name. 

In the decade since then, the singer has released four additional records, with his fifth and latest disc, Magnolia, coming in early 2019.

Opening artist Atkins, has achieved success with his first No. 1 hit ‘if You’re Going Through Hell’ following ‘Watching You.’ 

Rodney’s latest album ‘Caught Up in the Country’ released in 2019 features a collaboration with Fisk Jubilee Singers, the music Indian ad the title track was a Top 20 hit on the Country Radio. 

Rodney has also won multiple awards including the Academy of the Country’s Music Male Vocalist and BMI’s Songwriter of the Year. 

Rodney is an avid supporter of various charities, including the Holston United Methodist Home for Children and the National Council for Adoption. 

Grammy award-winning, Country Artist Clint Black is known for one of the most storied careers in modern music, according to officials. 

 Black surged to superstardom as part of the fabled Class of 89 reaching No. 1 with five consecutive singles from his triple-platinum debut, Killin’Time. 

Black followed that with the triple-platinum ‘Put Yourself in My Shoes’ and then a string of platinum and gold albums throughout the 90s 

Black wrote or co-wrote every one of his more than three dozen chart hits, including “A Better Man,” “Where Are You Now,” “When My Ship Comes In,” “A Good Run of Bad Luck,” “Summer’s Comin’,” “Like the Rain” and “Nothin’ But the Taillights.” 

Clint has sold over 20 million records earned more than a dozen gold and platinum awards in the U.S. and Canada including a Grammy and landing nearly two dozen major awards and nominations, and earned a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Opening act LeDoux is the song of fame lat country singer Chris LeDoux. Ned LeDoux is an American country music singer and songwriter with over 30 original released singles including “Wahtcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy.” 

LeDoux is known for keeping the country in country music with a mixture of his originals and covers of his father’s music. Additional concerts are set to be announced in the next few weeks.

In-field track seating is limited and complete ticket information and Fair details

are available are online. 


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Have “A Barn Good Time” At The Antelope Valley Fair & Alfalfa Festival

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  1. Dani butchered the English language title.
    The quotation mark and space need to be flipped.
    “Barn-it!, That’s Bull, Get your Chocolate Coated Bacon”.

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About Dani Gallegos

Dani Gallegos has grown up living in Santa Clarita her whole life. She went to LA Baptist high school and attended The Masters University for college majoring in communications and graduating in May of 2022. Dani loves to write about news and other things. In her spare time she enjoys reading and spending time with her dog and trying new places to eat.