Grammy Award-Winning Country Group Little Big Town to Headline Big Week Kick off Concert in 2023
SALINAS, CA – GRAMMY, ACM, CMA, AMA and Emmy award-winning country group Little Big Town will headline the 2023 Big Week Kick Off Concert on July 14, 2023. Consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook, Little Big Town most recently released their 10th studio album Mr. Sun in September, which debuted as the Top Country Album by a group in 2022. The band first entered the music scene over 20 years ago with hit songs like “Boondocks,” “Bring it on Home,” “Good as Gone” and the GRAMMY-nominated “Little White Church.” Their breakthrough albums Tornado and Pain Killer produced multiple #1 singles including “Pontoon,” “Tornado,” “Day Drinking,” and “Girl Crush”- the history-making, best-selling country single of the year in 2015. Little Big Town has earned more than 45 award show nominations and has taken home nearly 20 awards.
The concert is presented by Taylor Farms and produced by the California Rodeo Salinas and David Drew Productions with support from media partners KSBW TV 8 and Central Coast ABC and KTOM 92.7FM. Tickets go on sale online only, on Friday, December 16th at 10am at carodeo.com. Ticket prices will start at $30* for reserved grandstand seats, $60* for standing floor tickets and $75* for box seats.
Opening acts will include Claudia Hoyser and Jesse Kinch. Hoyser is an American country music singer, songwriter and social influencer. She has recently supported Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Brantley Gilbert, Ryan Bingham, Chris Young, Brad Paisley, Jessie James Decker, Mitchell Tenpenny, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top, Zach Bryan, Chase Rice, Sara Evans and Justin Moore. Learn more and listen to her music at https://www.claudiahoyser.com/home. Kinch won the ABC live television competition ‘Rising Star’ at 20-years-old and went on to recover from a cancerous brain tumor in less than 2 years and started performing again. Learn more and listen to his music at https://jessekinch.com/.
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About California Rodeo Salinas
The California Rodeo Salinas will take place July 20th-23, 2023. The California Rodeo Association is a not-for-profit organization that strives to preserve and promote the traditions of the California Rodeo Salinas and the West. We support the community and other non-profit organizations through the staging of the annual California Rodeo Salinas and other year-round operations of the Salinas Sports Complex. Through donation of our facility, vending and fundraising opportunities during Rodeo and other events, the California Rodeo Association returns over $500,000 annually to local non-profits. For more information about the California Rodeo Salinas, log on to www.CARodeo.com or call the California Rodeo Office at 831-775.3100. ‘Like’ the California Rodeo on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CARodeoSalinas or follow us on twitter @CaliforniaRodeo for updates, photos and more.
About Little Big Town
GRAMMY, ACM, CMA, AMA and Emmy Award-winning group, Little Big Town – consisting of members Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Kimberly Schlapman, and Jimi Westbrook – first entered the music scene over 20 years ago with hit songs “Boondocks,” “Bring It On Home,” “Good As Gone” and the GRAMMY-nominated “Little White Church.” The band’s breakthrough albums Tornado and Pain Killer produced multiple #1 singles, including “Pontoon,” “Tornado,” and “Day Drinking,” as well as the history-making, best-selling country single of the year (2015) “Girl Crush.” 2017’s The Breaker debuted at #1 on the Billboard Country Charts and Top 10 (No. 4) on the Billboard 200 to critical acclaim. The album features their GRAMMY-winning, multi-week #1 single, “Better Man,” as well as the 2019 GRAMMY-nominated, “When Someone Stops Loving You.” The band’s self-produced ninth studio album Nightfall was released January 2020 and hit the top of the Billboard Country Charts. The record included critically acclaimed and GRAMMY-nominated “The Daughters,” “Over Drinking” and “Wine, Beer, Whiskey” – the latter of which has reached more than 380 million global streams. In April 2022, they released their new single “Hell Yeah,” which has amassed more than 60 million global streams to date. Little Big Town has earned more than 45 award show nominations and has taken home nearly 20 awards, including multiple GRAMMY, AMA, People’s Choice, CMA and ACM Awards, in addition to an Emmy award. Their highly anticipated 10th studio album Mr. Sun was released on September 16 and debuted as the Top Country Album by a group in 2022.