{"id":23816,"date":"2019-11-21T05:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/?p=23816"},"modified":"2020-04-02T16:36:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-03T00:36:20","slug":"fair-announces-first-two-concerts-in-2020-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/fair-announces-first-two-concerts-in-2020-line-up\/","title":{"rendered":"First Two Concerts in 2020 Line-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Palmer,\nAlaska \u2013 <\/em>The Alaska State\nFair is pleased to announce the first two acts in the 2020 AT&amp;T Concert Series: traditional\ncountry singer Jon Pardi on August 29, and the genre-crossing, multilingual orchestra Pink Martini on September 3. Concerts\ntake place rain or shine at the ConocoPhillips Borealis Theatre on the\nfairgrounds. Tickets go on sale to the general public Friday, November 29 at 10 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/events\/jon-pardi\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pardi_1772x608_WebBanner-1024x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pardi_1772x608_WebBanner-1024x225.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pardi_1772x608_WebBanner-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pardi_1772x608_WebBanner-768x168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pardi_1772x608_WebBanner-1536x337.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Pardi_1772x608_WebBanner-2048x449.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/events\/jon-pardi\/\">Saturday, August 29: Jon Pardi<\/a>. <\/strong>This traditional country singer is known for his throwback sound, as heard on hits like \u201cDirt on My Boots,\u201d \u201cHeartache on the Dancefloor\u201d and \u201cNight Shift.\u201d His 2014 debut, <em>Write You a Song<\/em>, featured the Top 10 party song, \u201cUp All Night,\u201d while his sophomore album, <em>California Sunrise<\/em>, included his first #1 single, \u201cHead Over Boots.\u201d Pardi released his third full-length album, <em>Heartache Medication<\/em>, in September of this year. He was named New Male Vocalist of the Year by the Academy of Country Music Awards and New Artist of the Year by the Country Music Association Awards in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/events\/pink-martini\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PinkMartini_1772x608_WebBanner-1-1024x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PinkMartini_1772x608_WebBanner-1-1024x225.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PinkMartini_1772x608_WebBanner-1-300x66.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PinkMartini_1772x608_WebBanner-1-768x168.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PinkMartini_1772x608_WebBanner-1-1536x337.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/PinkMartini_1772x608_WebBanner-1-2048x449.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/events\/pink-martini\/\">Thursday, September 3. Pink Martini featuring China Forbes<\/a>. <\/strong>Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world, and crossing genres of classical, jazz and classic pop, Thomas Lauderdale founded the \u201clittle orchestra\u201d Pink Martini in 1994. Today, featuring lead singer China Forbes and a dozen musicians with songs in 25 languages, Pink Martini performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras around the globe. The band\u2019s debut album, <em>Sympathique<\/em>, garnered nominations for \u201cSong of the Year\u201d and \u201cBest New Artist\u201d in France. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Concert-goers will have the\noption to purchase concert-only tickets or tickets including Fair admission. The\nincluded admission is at a discounted price and good any day of the Fair.\nConcert tickets including Fair admission must be purchased by August 26. Details on ticket options\nand pricing are available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/\">on the Fair website<\/a>. Convenience fees apply on all concert\nticket purchases. \n\nVisit the Fair website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\">alaskastatefair.org<\/a>, for additional\ninformation on the confirmed concerts, and watch for the forthcoming 2020 concert\nannouncements. For more information, contact Melissa\nKeefe, marketing and communications manager, at <a href=\"mailto:mk@alaskastatefair.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">mk@alaskastatefair.org<\/a> or 907-746-7166.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palmer, Alaska \u2013 The Alaska State Fair is pleased to announce the first two acts in the 2020 AT&amp;T Concert [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":13980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[521],"tags":[],"sp_smart_badges":[],"class_list":["post-23816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/www.alaskastatefair.org\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Borealis-ConocoPhillips-1024x684.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Betty 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