A runner-up from ‘The Voice’ will perform at the Grange Fair. Here’s the latest grandstand announcement
The weekly announcements of who is scheduled to perform at the Centre County Grange Fair this summer continued Friday with a fifth entertainer revealed.
Jake Worthington will perform at the Grange Fair grandstand on Friday, Aug. 26, organizers announced on Facebook. Fans of NBC’s reality singing competition “The Voice” might remember the 26-year-old from season six, when he “stunned the judges and the audience with his flawless rendition” of Keith Whitley’s, “Don’t Close Your Eyes,” the announcement stated. He was the runner-up of that season and was on Blake Shelton’s team. Since then, the rising country star has continued to make an impact with his “honky-tonk swagger” and traditional sound, organizers wrote.
Grandstand shows are free; admission to the fair is required. In the past, performers including Eddie Montgomery of Montgomery Gentry, Gabby Barrett, Tracy Lawrence and Morgan Wallen took the stage. In past weeks, fair organizers announced Diamond Rio, an American country band, Jacob Tolliver, a country rock “self-taught piano prodigy,” Bruce Springsteen tribute band Bruce in the USA, and country singer Mark Wills will also perform at the grandstand during the fair. Entertainment announcements have been made every Friday at 10 a.m. on the fair’s Facebook page.
The 2022 Grange Fair is set for Aug. 19-27. Going to the fair is a long-standing tradition for many families and acts as a home-away-from-home for a lot of the 1,000 families who stay in tents and 1,500 RVs at the fairgrounds. It is the only remaining tenting fair in the nation, according to its website.
