Kenny Rogers, Tacoma Symphony to perform at Puyallup Fair

The Kenny Rogers with The Tacoma Symphony concert will be held on Monday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center.

April 9, 2010 5:40 pm
Legendary Kenny Rogers will join The Tacoma Symphony for a Sept. 13 concert at the Puyallup Fair.
Legendary Kenny Rogers will join The Tacoma Symphony for a Sept. 13 concert at the Puyallup Fair.

The Kenny Rogers with The Tacoma Symphony concert will be held on Monday, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p.m. at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center.

The performance, part of the Columbia Bank’s Puyallup Fair Concert Series, will start selling tickets on Saturday, April 17 at 9 a.m.at www.thefair.com/concerts/concert-info/?o=10c269f995b2f3cddbbda7d147bd69a7 and Ticketmaster outlets. Ticket prices range from $20-55, and include Fair gate admission. Seats are reserved.

Rogers has established a firm hold as an icon in American music, having charted a record in each of the last six decades. “Lady,” “Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town,” “The Gambler, “ and “She Believes in Me” are just a sampling of the titles that have drawn rock, pop, soul, and country audiences over the years.

Tickets also will go on sale for other artists in the concert series lineup in the coming months. Visit www.thefair.com/concerts/ to see the updated lineup, or sign up online to receive announcements of pre-sale opportunities before concert tickets go on sale to the public.

To date, the line-up includes:

• Sept. 13 – Kenny Rogers with The Tacoma Symphony (country), 7:30 p.m.

• Sept. 16 – Willie Nelson (country), 7:30 p.m.

• Sept. 17 – Chris Botti and Natalie Cole (jazz), 7:30 p.m.

• Sept. 18 – Dierks Bentley “Miles and Music for Kids” (country), 7:30 p.m.

• Sept. 22 – Daryl Hall and John Oates “Do What You Want, Be What You Are Tour 2010” (R&B), 7:30 p.m.

• Sept. 23 – MercyMe and Jeremy Camp, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets are available at www.thefair.com/concerts/ or all Ticketmaster outlets. To save the convenience charge, purchase tickets in person at the Ticketmaster Ticket Center at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center.

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The Puyallup Fair started in 1900, and is now the largest fair in the Pacific Northwest, and continually ranks as one of the top ten attended fairs in North America. Big name entertainment, the PRCA Rodeo, rides, exhibits, food, flowers and animals are mainstays of the 17-day event each September. For further information about the Sept. 10-26, 2010 Puyallup Fair, visit www.thefair.com or text “FAIR” to 75868.