Fans can help pick Foothills Fall Festival headliner

From Staff Reports

Would you like Loretta Lynn to perform at the Foothills Fall Festival? Or how about Kenny Rogers or Travis Tritt?

Area music fans have the unique opportunity to help pick the closing headliner at Maryville's Foothills Fall Festival in October.

Festival radio sponsor WIVK has put a list of 13 available entertainers on its Web site and visitors can vote on their favorite.

The festival lost country singer Willie Nelson as its Sunday night headliner when the singer suddenly canceled Thursday.

The list of potential performers includes Gary Allan, Miranda Lambert, Blake Shelton, Kenny Rogers, Travis Tritt, Loretta Lynn, Darryl Worley, Jo Dee Messina, Josh Gracin, Pat Green, Tracy Byrd, Wynonna and Billy Currington.

Log on to WIVK.com to cast your vote.

The 9th annual festival will be held Oct. 10-12 with the main entertainment at the Theater in the Park behind the Blount County Courthouse on the Greenbelt.

The headliner on Friday will be Foreigner. On Saturday performers will include Josh Turner, Jason Aldean and Billy Ray Cyrus. On Sunday the festival will close with Jason Michael Carroll, Julianne Hough and the audience pick of the above entertainers.

Tickets will go on sale July 25 at Tickets Unlimited Outlets, call 865-656-4444 or toll free 877-995-9960 or buy them online at www.knoxvilletickets.com.

They can also be purchased in person at Maryville Municipal Center and Blount County branches of First Tennessee and GreenBank.

Admission is free in the large children's Adventure Land on 16 acres in Greenbelt Park. The area will include the Dragon Legend Acrobats.

Another free area is the Art and Craft Show, which will have 85 booths scattered around downtown Maryville.

Food vendors will be in all three areas of the festival.

For more information, visit www.foothillsfallfestival.com or call 273-3406.