Auditorium Entertainment Series

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Ticket Prices Include FWSSR Grounds Admission

Note: The Auditorium Entertainment Series is held in the Will Rogers Auditorium and may coincide with a rodeo performance on the same date taking place in Dickies Arena. A concert ticket does not include a rodeo performance.

current Lineup

SAMMY KERSHAW - JANUARY 12

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW - JANUARY 18

SMOKEY ROBINSON - JANUARY 20

ODD EYE CIRCLE - JANUARY 22

TANYA TUCKER – JANUARY 26

PAM TILLIS + LITTLE TEXAS - FEBRUARY 1

jamey johnson - february 3

Sammy Kershaw - January 12

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

Sammy Kershaw kicks off the series January 12. Since his debut on the music scene in the early 90’s, Kershaw has remained one of the most consistent power hitters in country music—both with a chain of major hit records and sell-out touring schedules. His platinum albums were propelled into the records books by hits such as “She Don’t Know She’s Beautiful,” “I Can’t Reach Her Anymore,” “National Working Woman’s Holiday,” “Love Of My Life,” “Cadillac Style,” “Don’t Go Near The Water,” “Haunted Heart,” along with many other milestones.

Old Crow Medicine Show - January 18

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

Grammy Award-winning folk band Old Crow Medicine Show brings its unique brand of roots music to the stage on January 18, including the critically acclaimed Paint This Town, their first album of all original material in five years, released in 2022. Inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2013, Old Crow Medicine Show found its following with such hits as Country Music Association Song of the Year, “Wagon Wheel.” The group’s 25th Anniversary was marked in 2023 with the release of their latest album, Jubilee, which was just nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2024 Grammy Awards.

Trace Adkins - January 19

POSTPONED

Trace Adkins, known for his deep baritone and cross-over appearances as an actor in “Mom’s Night Out,” and “Deepwater Horizon,” among many others, will appear January 19. Since his debut in 1996, the larger-than-life star has sold over 11 million albums and charted 20 songs on Billboard’s all genre Hot 100, while catapulting 15 singles into the Top 10 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. He’s also racked up two billion streams and boasts a reputation for a fiery live performance.

Smokey Robinson - January 20

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

Legendary Motown artist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Smokey Robinson will bring his classic voice to the stage January 20. With hits such as his first solo top ten Pop single, "Cruisin,'" and his sensual ballad, "Being with You,” his name is synonymous with Motown Records, as leader of the Miracles, as a solo artist, as a songwriter, as a producer and, along with Berry Gordy Jr., as a founding father of the company. The writer of more than 1,000 songs, Robinson's writing efforts resulted in a bevy of major hits for The Miracles, like "I Second That Emotion," "Going to a Go Go," "You Really Got a Hold on Me," "Tears of a Clown," and one of the most memorable, "The Tracks of My Tears."

ODD EYE CIRCLE - January 22

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

ODD EYE CIRCLE is a three-member K-Pop girl group unit under Modhaus, consisting of members KIM LIP, JINSOUL, and CHOERRY. In 2017, they captured the attention of international fans with their debut album, ‘Mix & Match,’ charting on Billboard’s "The Best K-pop Songs of 2017" and "The 100 Greatest K-Pop Songs of the 2010s" charts.

In 2023, they successfully brought back their unique sound with the new album ‘Version Up’ in July, as a “Summer Unit Hot Unit,” with the title track ‘Air Force One’ reaching the top 10 on the iTunes Top Songs chart. Every single track in this latest album, including ‘Je Ne Sais Quoi’ and ‘Lucid,’ expresses the original charm of ODD EYE CIRCLE while showcasing much developed and mature vocal and performance, proving that they have truly “Version Up.”

Tanya Tucker - January 26

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

Edgy. Classic. Country. A defining voice of music and a modern-day legend, two-time 2020 GRAMMY® winner Tanya Tucker continues to inspire artists today. Tanya had her first country hit, the classic "Delta Dawn," at the age of 13 in 1972. Since that auspicious beginning, she has become one of the most admired and influential artists in country music history, amassing 23 Top 40 albums and a stellar string of 56 Top 40 singles, ten of which reached the No. 1 spot on the Billboard country charts. Tanya's indelible songs include some of country music's biggest hits such as the aforementioned "Delta Dawn," "Soon," "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane," "It's a Little Too Late," "Trouble," "Texas (When I Die)," "If It Don't Come Easy" and "Strong Enough To Bend."

Pam Tillis + Little Texas - February 1

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

Pam Tillis is three-time CMA award winner including the prestigious 1994’s Female Vocalist of The Year Award. She has been nominated multiple times for Grammy’s Best Female Country Vocal Performance: in 1993 for “Maybe It Was Memphis;” in 1996 for “Mi Vida Loca;” and in 1998 for “All The Good Ones Are Gone.” Pam is also proud to be a nine-time Academy of Country Music Award nominee, a two-time Grammy award winner and six-time Grammy nominee, and an American Music Award’s nominee.

In the early 1990s, as a new era of country music took hold, Little Texas burst onto the scene with their debut album, 'First Time for Everything,' featuring songs exclusively written, recorded, and performed by the band members. Quickly rising to prominence, they became one of the top vocal bands of the decade, earning the title of the "Hardest Working Band in Country Music" with over seven million units sold across eight albums and thousands of shows. Little Texas achieved notable success with 12 Top 20 singles, including seven Top 10s and three consecutive number one hits: "What Might Have Been," "God Blessed Texas," and "My Love." The iconic '90s band received multiple Grammy, CMA, and ACM nominations, clinching the ACM for Top Vocal Group in 1994.

Jamey Johnson - February 3

doors open: 6:00 p.m.

start: 7:30 P.M.

Eleven-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson is “one of the greatest country singers of our time,” according to the Washington Post. He is one of only a few people in the history of country music to win two Song of the Year Awards from both the CMA and ACMs.

His 2008 album, That Lonesome Song, was certified platinum for 1 million in sales, and his 2010 ambitious double album, The Guitar Song, received a gold certification.

In addition, he won two Song of the Year Trophies, for “Give It Away” and “In Color,” both from the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association. He has received tremendous praise from The New York Times, Rolling Stone,
The Wall Street Journal and other publications, many of which have
hailed his albums as masterpieces.