For the Reporter
A1A, an original Jimmy Buffett Tribute Show, performs its End of Summer Bash Concert at the Washington State Fair on Labor Day, Sept. 5.
The show, part of the Columbia Bank Concert Series, begins at 5 p.m.
The concert is free with fair gate admission.
Advance Fair gate admission discount tickets will be available beginning Aug. 8 at www.thefair.com and fair ticket outlets, including Safeway and Albertsons stores, and South Hill Mall. The Fred Meyer Value Pack also includes bundled savings of Fair gate admission, food bucks and rides.
A1A was born in 1991 when lead vocalist and guitarist Jeff Pike asked Atlanta Parrot Head Club founder Scott Nickerson to join him in his already successful one-man tribute to Jimmy Buffett. In 1992, the band won a Jimmy Buffett Sound Alike Contest for Margaritaville Records and the A1A ball started rolling – a ball that is still rolling 25 years later.
Over the years as the band grew A1A was extremely instrumental in the fundamental building and growth of the International Parrot Head Club community and Trop Rock Music genre as it is today. They were the first band to repeatedly headline the annual Jimmy Buffett “Meeting of The Minds” Parrot Head Convention and many more land mark annual Parrot Head Events.
They have released 3 CDs of original Trop Rock music, played to countless high profile clients around the world and continue to draw record crowds to their public performances.
DATE, PERFORMANCE, TIME, PRICES (including fair gate)
Sept. 4 – Tim McGraw (country), 7:30 p.m., $350 VIP package, $250 VIP package, $95, $85
Sept. 5 – End of Summer Bash featuring A1A, The Official and Original Jimmy Buffett Tribute Show (Classic rock), 5 p.m., free with fair gate admission
Sept. 9 – Rodeo playoffs, Friday matinee, 1 p.m., $18, $5*
Sept. 9 – Rodeo playoffs with Thompson Square concert (country), 6:30 p.m., $40 Golden Saddle, $30; standing in dirt,concert, $35
Sept. 10 – Rodeo playoffs, Saturday matinee, 1 p.m., $30 Golden Saddle; $20
Sept. 10 – Rodeo playoffs with Chris Janson concert (country), 6:30 p.m., $40 Golden Saddle, $30; standing in dirt concert, $35
Sept. 11 – Rodeo, Puyallup finals, 1 p.m., $35 Golden Saddle; $25
Sept. 12 – for King & Country and Matt Maher (Christian), 7:30 p.m., $46 Golden Circle, $36, $26
Sept. 17 – Alan Jackson’s Keepin’ It Country Tour (country), 7:30 p.m. $85 Golden Circle, $65, $50
Sept. 19 – Chris Young with special guest Cassadee Pope (country), 7:30 p.m., $60 Golden Circle, $50, $40
Sept. 22 – Dierks Bentley (country), 7:30 p.m., $100 Golden Circle, $80, $65, pre-show dinner $38
Sept. 23 – Jeff Foxworthy and Larry the Cable Guy (comedy), 7:30 p.m., $80 Golden Circle, $70, $55
Sept. 25 – Train, with special guest MAGIC! (pop), 7:30 p.m., $75 Golden Circle, $65, $50
* Friday 1 p.m. rodeo does not include fair gate admission. Gates are open free from 10 a.m.-noon.
