Superstar Concert Series individual tickets now on sale

Individual tickets for the upcoming Superstar Concert Series performances are now available for purchase at www.GeorgiaMountainFairgrounds.com. Individual ticket prices vary. Season tickets for the entire Superstar Concert Series can also be purchased for $175 (no handling fee) by calling (706) 896-4191 or e-mailing gamtfair@alltel.net. All tickets should be reserved early, as priority seating is first come, first serve.

The Georgia Mountain Fairgrounds has invited two 42nd Annual Academy of Country Music Award nominees to perform live in Anderson Music Hall's intimate setting. Sara Evans, up for Top Female Vocalist, and Josh Turner, nominated for Single Record of the Year, Song of the Year and Vocal Event of the Year, will take the stage as part of the 2007 Superstar Concert Series. Other Superstar Concert Series performers are George Jones, Ray Price, Moments to Remember: Four Aces, Four Lads & Diamonds and Neal McCoy. For more information about the Superstar Concert Series and an Anderson Music Hall seating chart, as well as other Fairgrounds' events, visit www.GeorgiaMountainFairgrounds.com.

Performances and Costs: George Jones with opening act Magician Mike Fuller, May 12, 2007 - 7 p.m., $35

George Jones has had more charted singles than any other artist in any format of popular music. He was the Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year in 1962 and 1963. His video for "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes" won the CMA Video of the Year award in 1986. In 1992 the CMA inducted Jones into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Jones' 1999 gold-selling "Cold Hard Truth" earned him the 1999 Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocalist.

Ray Price with opening act Joe Wright, June 2, 2007 - 7 p.m., $25

The Cherokee Cowboy Ray Price got his start in the early 1950s when he formed a band from the remnants of his good friend and mentor Hank Williams' band. He was inducted into Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996. On Inauguration Eve 2001, Price was proud to be on stage in Washington, D.C., as one of the Texas performers who entertained enormous crowds at the Texas Black Tie and Boots Ball.

Josh Turner with opening act Jimmy Wayne, July 7, 2007 - 7 p.m., $30

Josh Turner's 2003 debut Long Black Train sold a million copies and brought Turner a pair of nominations from the influential Country Music Association, plus a Top New Artist nomination from the Academy of Country Music. In 2004 he won the CMA's Video of the Year, and this year he has been nominated for three ACM Awards, including Single Record of the Year, Vocal Event of the Year and Song of the Year for "Would You Go With Me."

Sara Evans with opening act Radney Foster, August 25, 2007 - 7 p.m., $35

Sara Evans was one of People magazine's 2006 most beautiful people and a contestant on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, but she is also the Academy of Country Music's reigning Top Female Vocalist. Her Born to Fly album earned an Album of the Year nomination from the Country Music Association in 2001, and her Restless project garnered a similar nod from the ACM in 2005. This year, she has once again been nominated as the ACM's Top Female Vocalist.

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