As previously announced, ‘G Fest’ organizers are continuing plans for the inaugural event in honor of the late Okie from Muskogee, Merle Haggard.
The festival, which features some of the biggest names in Country, Rock and Americana, along with the best up-and-coming and local talent, will take place as scheduled June 16th-18th in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Additionally, Grammy-award winning singer/songwriter Kacey Musgraves will perform at the festival to celebrate one of her heroes.
Artists like Merle Haggard are important because they became legends and set trends not by worrying about money and fame but just by being themselves. So it just inspires me even more to uphold what’s important to me as a person and songwriter first and not worry about the rest,” said Musgraves.
The Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame has been given the green light to place a Merle Haggard monument on the north lawn of the Muskogee Civic Center, a step forward for a project about five years in the making. The memorial, as originally envisioned, would include a bronze sculpture of Haggard sitting on a bench with a guitar case and hat. It would be placed where visitors can take photos of “Old Glory down at the courthouse” and the Civic Center, where Haggard recorded the album “Okie from Muskogee”.
They want to see that placed in Muskogee,” Blair said about those who are part of Haggard’s organization. “The bench will be great, but what a story to tell — to have a memorial standing next to it that was designed by Merle himself.”
In addition to the monument, organizers plan on revealing the “Merle Haggard Avenue” street sign in the coming months…
Single-day tickets to G Fest are now available, with Thursday available for $39, Friday for $49 and Saturday for $59 until May 15th. General Admission three-day passes are also available for $109, and VIP Reserved Seating and VIP Party Pit tickets for $329.
For more information or to purchase tickets, party pit passes and for all of your ‘G Fest’ needs, visit: gfestmuskogee.com.
‘G Fest’ will feature already announced performances by The Avett Brothers, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Swon Brothers, Marty Stuart, Turnpike Troubadours, Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Jason Boland & The Stragglers, John Fullbright, Paul Thorn Band, Byron Berline Band, Dirty Dozen Brass Band, The Quebe Sisters, Uncle Lucius, Aubrie Sellers, Ricochet, Full Flava Kings, Paul Benjaman Band with Don White, Nicnos, The Cherokee Maidens, KALo, Darell Christopher & The Ingredients, The Bonham Brothers, The Red Dirt Rangers, Mountain Smoke, Hosty Duo, Desi & Cody, Carter Sampson, Brujo Roots, BC and The Big Rig, Jana Jae and Head for the Hills.
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