Josh Ross + Mark Chesnutt | West Liberty, Iowa

Saturday, July 18, features two headlining acts. Kicking off the evening is country music icon Mark Chesnutt, known for hits like "Too Cold at Home," "Brother Jukebox," and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." Chesnutt’s remarkable career has taken him from honky-tonk stages to becoming one of the decade's most consistent hitmakers. With 14 No. 1 singles, 23 Top 10 songs, over 12 million albums sold, and a CMA Horizon Award to his name, Billboard recognized him as one of the most-played country artists of the decade.
Taking the stage after Chesnutt is Josh Ross, one of Nashville’s most promising singer-songwriters and performers. Carving his own path, Ross fuses modern country rock’s moody undertones with a warm, distinctive vocal rasp, heartfelt songwriting, and genre-crossing hooks. Influenced by artists like Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, and country-rock outlaw Steve Earle, the former collegiate football player has turned his knack for emotional storytelling into a string of Platinum-certified Top 5 hits on Canadian country radio. His power ballad “Trouble” topped the charts in Canada and earned him the CCMA Breakthrough Artist of the Year award, while his 2024 EP, Complicated, introduced a new era in his career. The project brought Ross his first JUNO Award in 2025 for Country Album of the Year, and in 2024 he took home five CCMA Awards. A Canada-born, Nashville-based artist and the current CCMA Entertainer of the Year, Ross boasts over 1 billion career streams and has been named an Artist to Watch by Spotify, Amazon Music, Pandora, MusicRow, the Grand Ole Opry, and more
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