Event: Niko Moon at The Linn County Fair
Date & Times: Thursday, June 29, 2023 | Gates open at 6 p.m. | Music starts at 7:30 p.m.
Location: The Linn County Fairgrounds | 201 Central City Road | Central City, Iowa

CENTRAL CITY, IOWA - JANUARY 23, 2023 - The Linn County Fair is excited to announce their second night of national entertainment for the 2023 fair! Headliner Niko Moon, the voice behind the 2-time Platinum No. 1 debut single “GOOD TIME” will be supported by Adam Doleac, who has been named an artist to watch by numerous publications like SiriusXM, Rolling Stones, and Billboard!

The concert takes place at The Linn County Fairgrounds in Central City, Iowa. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and the show will start at 7:30 p.m. Tickets will go on sale January 27, 2023 at 9 a.m. at TheLinnCountyFair.com.

Keep up to date with all announcements at TheLinnCountyFair.com or by following them on Facebook @thelinncountyfair.

About Niko Moon: Niko Moon has really clear memories. Music, cars, school. How much his parents loved each other, created a place where life was an adventure – and what you had was all you needed.

Moon’s finger is on simple things that really matter; easy joy and how to find it, loving where you are and finding ways to write about it so everyone – the really smart, the can’t be-bothered – can find their way to the bliss. It’s what Moon seeks to capture and sow in his songs.

Growing up an hour outside of Atlanta, back when it was country not exurbia, life moved at a different pace. People knew each other, took their time, shared a meal on Sunday with their family and pitched in when someone needed a hand.

Moon wanted to extract the essence of growing up in small-town Georgia. Banjo forward, swaggy back beat, guitars that tang as much as twang. Sonic tags, melodies that tumble and moments that embody all the warm welcome and friendliness that defined his life as a kid listening to his mama play Alison Krauss in her car, his debut album GOOD TIME creates an old school sort of country ethos that also drags a bit of Michael Franti, Prine, the Eagles and Outkast through songs that simmer, stir and sizzle in all the right places.

About Adam Doleac: It takes time to craft a debut album. One worthy of the artist it introduces, and all the work behind it. But for Arista Nashville/Sony Music Nashville’s Adam Doleac, he’s had plenty. “I’ve had my whole life to write my first record, plus a two-year pandemic,” he says with a wry smile. “So that’s like two lifetimes.”

Luckily, he made the clock work for him. Creating a whole Barstool Whiskey Wonderland around 18 addictive tracks – almost totally from his own pen – the emerging star unveils a vision steeped in the romantic country soul of his early hits, while going much deeper as well. With tracks like the Gold-certified “Famous” and soul-mate anthem “Another,” both of which hit No. 1 on SiriusXM’s The Highway, fans have gotten only a glimpse of that wonderland so far. Now they get the full picture.

“Hard” may be an understatement. Doleac proves the old adage of Nashville being a 10-year town, but for him, those 10 years were not a straight line. Propelled by the viral success of a self-written song posted to YouTube, Doleac arrived in town with a publishing deal, and spent the following years sharpening his penmanship. Eventually Kane Brown, Gabby Barrett, Darius Rucker and more had all cut his songs, while Doleac built a grassroots fanbase touring the country in his pickup truck.

With shows growing in size, it seemed like a classic case of grinding forward and loving every mile. He scored a rare Gold-certified independent single and even signed a major-label recording deal, achieving another long-held dream. And then, just as he looked set to push over the top, COVID-19 shut it down. There were postponed tours. And then stolen equipment when touring resumed. Then there were cancelled tours. But all the while he was building that Barstool Whiskey Wonderland. Doleac slowed down, spent time with the girlfriend who is now his fiancée, and wrote 150 songs.

It all fits into the Barstool Whiskey Wonderland he’s imagined, and with the title track, Doleac puts the journey in perspective. A lush ballad that tumbles out like a dive-bar confession, the up-and-comer pours all the what-ifs of the last few years into a glass, shoots them back and lets it burn. And in the end, he realizes something profound: We all come out right where we were meant to.