🎶 LIVE MUSIC AT THE 2025 JACKSON COUNTY FAIR 🎶

This year’s fair theme celebrates the powerful connection between music and the beauty of our mountain heritage. "Where the Music Meets the Mountains" is all about expressing how music inspires, uplifts, and connects us—no matter the genre or style. From classical to country, pop to bluegrass, rock to gospel—all forms of music are welcome and encouraged.

Water Street Stage – McKee, KY
FREE ADMISSION | BRING A LAWN CHAIR | FOOD VENDORS ON SITE

🎤 Thursday, August 28, 2025

Authentic Unlimited – LIVE on the Water Street Stage

The IBMA Vocal Group of the Year for 2023 & 2024, Authentic Unlimited returns to Jackson County! Known for their powerhouse harmonies, world-class musicianship, and dynamic performances, this high-energy bluegrass group—featuring former members of Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver—will headline an unforgettable night of music.

🕕 Music starts at 6:00 PM with opening act:
Jordan Fox Band – Jackson County’s own rising bluegrass talent with deep roots and a heartfelt style that kicks the night off right.

🎶 Authentic Unlimited to follow
📍 Water Street Stage – McKee, KY
🍔 Come early to enjoy food trucks and vendors!

🎶Friday, August 29, 2025 

Pet that Yet - Southeatern KY's Rock Ensemble

Don’t miss Pet That Yeti Southeastern Kentucky’s distinctive rock ensemble, as they take the Water Street Stage at 6PM on Friday, August 29th during the 2025 Jackson County Fair!

 This dynamic five-piece band blends powerful vocals, killer guitar riffs, and a genre-bending mix they call “alternative pop country rock.” With influences ranging from Fleetwood Mac to Billie Eilish and The Allman Brothers Band to Paramore, their sound is fresh, energetic, and uniquely Appalachian.

 Admission is FREE, so bring your lawn chair, your friends, and your appetite—we’ll have plenty of great food trucks and vendors on site to satisfy every craving.

Come rock out with one of the region’s hottest rising bands—Pet That Yeti!  Yetis are real... and they play amazing music. 

🎸 Saturday, August 30, 2025

 Get ready to Rock, Roll & Boogie at the Jackson County Fair! 
Blair Carman & The Belleview Boys LIVE in Concert
 

🕗 Showtime: 5:15 PM
📍 Water Street Stage
 FREE Admission |  Bring your own outdoor chair!

Blair Carman is hittin’ the stage with his piano-pumpin’, foot-stompin’, high-octane band, The Belleview Boys — and they’re bringin’ a wild ride of 1950s Honky Tonk, Rockabilly, and Rock & Roll straight to McKee!

 Think Jerry Lee Lewis meets Hank Williams with a dash of Elvis Presley! 
With lightning-fast piano licks, vintage vibes, and nonstop energy, Blair’s known across the country for his electrifying tribute to the roots of American rock. Whether you’re swingin’, clappin’, dancin’ or just tappin’ your toes, this is one show you don’t want to miss.

 Seen at festivals and rockabilly revivals coast-to-coast, Blair Carman has been hailed as one of the most authentic performers of 50s-style music anywhere in the USA.

So shine up your blue suede shoes and cruise on over to the fairgrounds for a night of classic fun that’ll have the whole family rockin’ around the clock!

Call 606-493-5256 for more information.

Boys in the Band – Alabama Tribute Show

Get ready for a night of Southern country magic! Boys in the Band, an Alabama tribute group from Fort Payne, AL (just like the original band), brings decades of Alabama hits to life with high-energy, note-for-note renditions of the greatest country group of all time.

🕗 Showtime: 8:15 PM
📍 Water Street Stage – McKee, KY
🎶 Sing along to timeless hits under the stars with your hometown crowd!
🍦🍔 Food trucks and vendors on-site

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🎟️ Just bring your lawn chair, grab a bite, and enjoy two nights of top-tier live music—right here in Jackson County.