Placerville, CA — With FOUR STAGES OF MUSIC we are sure you will find something you enjoy at El Dorado County Fair. Check out the music below or take a peek at our website: eldoradocountyfair.org. The entertainment page has a large sampling of band videos. With four stages of music, the Fair is sure to have something in your favorite genre, so find yourself a shady place to sit down and enjoy the music – or jump up and dance.
Thursday’s Lineup
Attila Viola and the Bakersfield Boys
5:30, 8:15 and 10:30 pm on the Mountain F Stage
Attila Viola and the Bakersfield Boys is a Bakersfield-inspired band playing California country music, based on the life, travels and songs of Attila Viola, as well as the masters who came before such as Merle Haggard, Dwight Yoakam, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Johnny Paycheck and more. Their music sticks to the script of the traditional Bakersfield sound but also blends in some very hard and strong guitar work as well as a more contemporary, very high-energy backbeat.
Cartunes
4:15, 5:15 and 6:30 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
The CarTunes Band presents the sounds of the classic rock era. Some are sure hit standards that never grow old and get better with time. Others are treasured classics that many bands just don’t perform anymore. The CarTunes renditions will take you back to the day that made driving fun with the windows down and the radio up — loud.
Dream & the Dreamer
(Our Crab Feed Band!) 12:15, 1:30 and 2:45 pm on the Mountain F Stage
Dream and the Dreamer has been voted best band in Nevada County five times since 2011. It is the Fair’s go-to band for the annual Crab Feed, due to the diversity of the songs and genre it plays. From rock and roll, country, blues, or reggae, the band covers it all. The band may start out with acoustic accouterments but soon will be rocking the stage with an electrifying guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, and percussion instruments.
The Drytown Smugglers
4:15, 5:15 and 6:30 pm on the TI Builders Stage
The Drytown Smugglers is a local trio playing a combination of bluegrass, Ameri- cana, old-time jug and re-purposed favorites. From foot-stompin’, fast pickin’ of both old standards and modern favorites, to New Orleans murder ballads, to Jerry Garcia love, it has it all covered in string fashion. Call it “Stewedgrass.”
Frankie soul and no Control 8 and 10 pm on the Community Stage (Main Lawn)
A local favorite, Frankie “Soul” Rodriguez is back with his band. Frankie has been playing music in the Northern California area for 30 years. He has appeared on stage opening shows for such acts as Tower of Power, Elvin Bishop, Bo Diddley, and many others. The guitar riffs will get you on your feet as they play covers from all genres.
Gene Barnett
8:15, 9:15 and 10:30 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Barnett, a solo acoustic guitar player, sings throughout California and Lake Tahoe performing reggae, rock and roll, country rock and pop.
Group Therapy
8:30, 9:30 and 10:45 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage Group Therapy plays your favorite classic rock and R&B tunes. It has been rocking stages all over the region playing its unique blend of covers that include tunes from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
Kyliana Mari
12:15, 1:15 and 2:30 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Kyliana Mari plays a unique blend of pop, country, and rock cover tunes, showcased by a large, diverse set of originals. She grew up in Placerville and graduated from El Dorado High School in 2019. She is a top-notch performer and a talented songwriter.
Silver City
12:15, 1:15 and 2:30 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
Silver City provides a fresh take on old and new bluegrass and country standards, plus a touch of swing. The current lineup includes some of the area’s best pickers guaranteed to keep toes tapping.
Friday’s Lineup
Austin Mo Xperience
6, 8 and 9:30 pm on the Mountain F Stage
The Austin Mo Xperience is one of Northern California’s top blues and rock trios. The musicians’ energetic performance will keep you loving every note that is produced from the heart and soul of each band member. Playing a vast catalog of hit songs from bands such as The Eagles, Eric Clapton, Peter Frampton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.
The Beer Scouts 4:15, 5:15 and 6:15 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
The Beer Scouts is a San Francisco power trio that defines raw rock and roll with guitar, bass, and drums. The band plays blues and straight-ahead rock and roll influenced by artists such as The Beatles, Cheap Trick, Grand Funk Railroad and even The Monkees.
Heirloom Quartet
8:30, 9:30 and 10:45 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
Heirloom Quartet was formed during the summer of 2020 by four musicians aching to play music after all the shutdowns.
Several months and many jam sessions later, Heirloom was born, becoming widely
known around Northern California as a band who performs a broad scope of musical genres, including jazz, rock, country, folk and more. What makes Heirloom stand out as a band is that the musicians find their own way to add unique twists to classic songs that have been around for decades.
Legal Addiction
8:30, 9:30 and 10:45 pm on the TI Builders Stage
One of Northern California‘s premier cover and party bands, Legal Addiction provides some of your favorite classic rock, country and R&B favorites. Made up of four talented musicians, Legal Addiction is constantly adding songs and creating a great show.
the Outlaw Mariachi
8 and 10 pm on the Community Stage (Main Lawn)
With a mix of western wear and mariachi sombreros, trumpet and drums, mariachi guitars and ZZ Top-like beards, Outlaw Mariachi is just as much of a fun sight to see as it is an eclectic joy to the ears with its unique blend of rock, cumbias, pop, metal, hip hop, classic rock and more. From Queen, Rammstein, Beastie Boys to Sublime to Selena, Freddy Fender, Star Wars-themed cumbias, and new takes on classic mariachi staples, the Outlaw Mariachi band will rock, roll and dance its mix of cover and original tunes into the ears and hips of fairgoers. Don’t miss this group.
Rhonda Lynn & Edgewood Station
12:15, 1:15 and 2:30 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
Rhonda Lynn & Edgewood Station plays traditional country music with a little classic blues, jazz and standards thrown in for color. Formed and fronted by Rhonda Rogers it has some amazing talented musicians with a sound that is upbeat and energetic.
Tony Quinn
4:30, 5:30 and 6:45 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Quinn is a multi-instrumentalist and published songwriter. In 2009 he co-founded the Rock Bottom Boys bluegrass band playing at fairs and festivals on the west coast. Currently he works mostly as a soloist. He has released two CDs, “Ambassador of the Blues” and “When I Was Young.”
Street Wheelers
12:30, 1:45 and 3 pm on the Mountain F Stage
The Street Wheelers is back again to get the biggest party in El Dorado County going. A rock band of seasoned musicians from the Sierra foothills featuring their own take on classic songs, with originals that you’ll be humming all day. True gold.
Under the Canopy
12:30, 1:30 and 2:45 pm on the TI Builders Stage
A duo group who plays popular folk/ country 50s – 70s and originals. The duo plays rhythm and lead guitar while singing harmonies with a smile. Playing together for three years, they gig often and are excited to be at the fair.
Saturday’s Lineup
All Hat No Cattle
10:30, 11:45 am and 12:45 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
All Hat No Cattle is loaded with tons of Hillbilly vibes—Roots Count. A country band that covers songs from multiple decades spanning from the ’80s to today’s hits.
American Mile
5:30 and 7 pm on the Community Stage (Main Lawn).
American Mile has been carving its name into the roots of Southern rock and country music. With influences ranging from Aerosmith and the Black Crowes to Chris Stapleton and Tom Petty, their powerful sound has garnered the band important shows in front of thousands.
Bad Jovi – Bad Company & Bon Jovi Tribute Band
8 and 10 pm on the Community Stage
Experience the high-energy performances of BAD JOVI captivating and transporting you back to the 70s and 80s when Bad Company and Bon Jovi were on top of the charts and rocking the world. Playing favorites such as: “Rock ‘n‘ Roll Fantasy,” “Shooting Star,” “Feel like Makin‘ Love,” “You Give Love a Bad Name,” “Wanted Dead or Alive” and “Livin‘ on a Prayer,” BAD JOVI‘s blend of musicianship, creativity and tradition provides for a classic rock ‘n‘ roll experience second to none.
The Fabulous Liars
7:45, 9 and 10:15 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
The Fabulous Liars specialize in classic rock hits from famous artists and rarely heard tunes. Expect high-energy, great songs, great harmonies and fun.
FBI Band
11:15 am, 1 and 2:30 pm on the Mountain F Stage
FBI Band is a true tribute to the legends of Motown while paying homage to the fathers of funk, touching and lifting your soul while invoking great memories. Experience some of the most sophisticated, intoxicating, and enduring music ever recorded from The Temptations, The Four Tops, Smokey Robinson & the Miracles, Diana Ross & The Supremes, Aretha, Etta James, Stevie Wonder, the Staple Singers, Marvin Gaye, Sly and the Family Stone, Tower of Power, WAR and more.
Grupo Ilusion Musical
8 and 10 pm on the TI Builders Stage
This local group of musicians plays a rowdy combination of ranchera and banda music, combined with traditional sounds of son, corrido and mariachi. You won’t be able to sit still while this group rocks the stage.
Halie O’Ryan
5:30, 8 and 11 pm on the Mountain F Stage
Halie O’Ryan is an American rock and roll singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who has been touring coast to coast across America, as well as performing hundreds of shows for our U.S. Armed Forces overseas. She has shared the stage with Joan Jett, played percussion with the Doobie Brothers and was blessed by Mick Fleetwood himself to perform at Fleetwood’s on Front St. in Maui.
Michelle Lambert
10:15, 11:30 am and 12:45 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Michelle Lambert is the kind of electric performer whose deep talent reveals itself in sly, knowing bursts. Whether it’s goosing the expectation of a breezy pop-country tune with a confident hip-hop flavored flow, an aching desire slipping out from between the lyrics of a ballad, or the way she dominates every inch of the stage before wielding her violin in classic rock goddess mode she is entertaining. This pop/folk singer/songwriter has toured out of Nashville, Los Angeles, Denver, and Miami.
The Neon Moon Band
2:45, 4 and 5 pm on the Red Hawk Casino & Resort Stage
The Neon Moon Band is a local band performing a unique mix of blues, country, and rock. If you want to line dance to country songs by Dwight Yoakum or Toby Keith, rock out to classic rock from Steppenwolf or Spirit, or just hold someone close to bluesy romantic ballads, the Neon Moon Band will get you up and out of your chair.
Tony Quinn
2:45, 4 and 5:30 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Quinn is a multi-instrumentalist and published songwriter. In 2009 he co-founded the Rock Bottom Boys bluegrass band playing at fairs and festivals on the west coast. Currently he works mostly as a soloist. He has released two CDs, “Ambassador of the Blues” and “When I Was Young.”
Sunday’s Lineup
Jacklyn Lovey
3:45, 4:45 and 5:45 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Jaclyn Lovey is a talented singer-songwriter from Placerville. On Season 14 of NBC’s The Voice her Blind Audition was the highest viewed audition during the season. She plays the guitar, bass, upright bass, ukulele, keyboards, and a little banjo. She writes lyrically captivating songs and is regularly compared to Joni Mitchell, Sarah McLachlan, and Lana Del Ray.
Crystal Image
7:15, 8:15 and 9:15 pm on the TI Builders Stage
John Covert and Crystal Image Trio is a variety band that plays classic rock, country, blues, ballroom and more. It has released more than 30 albums. Its original music has been featured on Disney, ABC, A&E, MTV and network TV shows and movies. A grand prize winner in the Nashville Music City Song Festival and multi-finalist in the American Song Festival, Covert’s songs have been featured on numerous TV shows and Hollywood movies.
Cynthia Renee and Company
1:45, 2:45 and 4 pm on the Red Hawk Casino and Resort Stage
Cynthia Renee has been performing since she was 10 years old. Voted Folsom’s Best Local Band three years running, performing modern country to pop, the hits of the 70s and 80s in an upscale contemporary style. She is an amazing singer-songwriter with versatile vocals and professional backup instrumentalists.
Good Ol’ Boyz
6:30, 7:45 and 9 pm on the Red Hawk Casino and Resort Stage
A unique blend of gritty, hard-hitting, West Coast hip-hop with rebel country and rock influences, the Good Ol’ Boyz has created a style completely its own.
Kyliana Mari
12:15, 1:15 and 2:15 pm on the TI Builders Stage
Kyliana Mari plays a unique blend of pop, country, and rock cover tunes, showcased by a large, diverse set of originals. She grew up in Placerville and graduated from El Dorado High School in 2019. She is a top-notch performer and a talented songwriter.
Keep on Truckin’
12:15, 1:15 and 2:30 pm on the Mountain F Stage
A tribute to the Woodstock Generation, Keep on Truckin’ performs rock, blues, funk and R&B, faithfully recreating the musical experience of the greatest decade in music.
Kerosene Kings
5:30, 7:30 and 9:15 pm on the Mountain F Stage
With driving guitars this heartfelt brand of pop rock will get you up and out of your seats and dancing. Kerosene Kings is wrapping up a year-long journey of the soul and is proud to share the first two singles from the upcoming album, “Think Like Water.”
Locked-n-Loaded
7 and 8:30 pm on the Community Stage
Locked-N-Loaded is a country music band delivering a “True Country Experience” to audiences across the western USA. Featuring a traditional Nashville style full band, including a lead guitar player and a pedal steel guitar, banjo, and dobro. They also feature two lead singers with incredible vocal harmonies allowing the band to cover all styles of country music from today’s chart-topping hits to the prime country hits of the ’80s, ’90s and even the best Solid Gold classics.
Calendar:
Who/What: El Dorado County Fair, Country Nights & Carnival Lights!
When: Thursday, June 15 – Father’s Day, Sunday June 18
Thursday is Senior and Kid’s Day — free admission to Seniors (60+) and children under 13 until 6:30pm. FMX RampAge Freestyle Motocross at 6pm
Friday is Teen Day — free admission to teens 13 to 19 until 4:00pm. Mutton Bustin at 6pm and Arreola’s Hispanic Rodeo at 7pm
Saturday — John M. Studebaker Wheelbarrow Races at 5pm
Sunday, Father’s Day — Father’s Day package (pre-fair only). Rubicon Jeep Jamboree Challenge at 2pm
Where: El Dorado County Fair & Event Center, 100 Placerville Drive, Placerville, CA
Tickets: Pre-sale: $10-Regular, $8 Junior & Senior; During the Fair: $12-Regular, $10 Junior & Senior.
Attendees with active-duty military ID get in FREE. Parking $10 per car or take the free shuttle. (Check our website for details.)
Carnival: The best deals for rides are pre-sale ride tickets or unlimited ride bands available online
or at the fairgrounds until June 14th.
Website: eldoradocountyfair.org
