LEWISBURG (Hinton News) – State Fair of West Virginia officials announced Monday that the 2022 ACM New Female of the Year winner, Lainey Wilson, will appear at the State Fair on Monday, Aug. 14. Tickets for the show will go on sale Friday, Feb. 17, at 10 a.m.
“We’re thrilled to add Lainey Wilson to our roster of performers this year,” State Fair CEO Kelly Collins said. “Our 2023 lineup is one for the books, and we are not done yet!”
Tickets will only be available via ETIX at http://statefairofwv.com/entertainment/ or by calling 1-800-514-ETIX (3849) Monday through Friday 9 a.m.-6 p.m., or Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets will not be sold at the State Fair Box Office until later this spring.
Wilson has earned the enthusiasm of the industry, having been named to nearly every “Artist to Watch” list, winning MusicRow Magazine’s Discovery Artist of the Year award and being crowned Billboard’s “Top New Country Artist of 2021.”
The Louisiana native is one of Nashville’s hottest and most buzzed-about new artists. Landing her first No. 1 with her PLATINUM Certified ACM Song of the Year “Things A Man Oughta Know,” nearly 10 years to the day after leaving her small farming community in a camper trailer to chase her dreams, she has won over legions of fans with her signature “bell bottom country” sound and aesthetic, which blends traditional country with a modern yet retro flare. A prolific and sought-after songwriter (having co-writer credits on songs by artists including Luke Combs, Flatland Calvary and more), Wilson is a fresh, fierce voice in Nashville, delivering one of the “Top Country Albums of 2021” (Rolling Stone, Taste of Country, and American Songwriter) with her label debut, “Sayin’ What I’m Thinkin’.”
With a rockstar stage presence, her artistry has taken her across the globe, performing for sold-out crowds throughout the U.S., U.K. and Germany with notable names like Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Morgan Wallen, Hardy, Jon Pardi, Ashley McBryde, Randy Houser and more. Her current single (Top 40 and climbing), “Heart Like a Truck,” is the follow up to her recent return to the top of the country radio charts with the two-week No. 1 hit, “Never Say Never” with Cole Swindell.
The 10-day State Fair of West Virginia will celebrate 98 years on August 10-19. The State Fair of West Virginia, with a $13.8 million-dollar economic impact on the state of West Virginia, is a nonprofit corporation committed to the traditions of agriculture, family entertainment and education.
