“Prime Country” will pay tribute to country music of the 1980s and 1990s at Virginia’s Li’l Ole Opry performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Doors to Mathews High School’s Harry M. Ward Auditorium open at 7.
Opry president Lynda Smith said, “These two decades truly had some of the best artists and songs in country music history,” and the audience, she said, will hear music made popular by stars of that era, including Faith Hill, Travis Tritt, Highway 101, George Strait, Brooks and Dunn, Garth Brooks, Suzy Bogguss and more.
Opry band and singers William Earl Sadler, Richard Smith, David Shuber, Sam Hogge, Lynda Smith, Mike McDevitt, Mike Gregg, AJ McKeen, Ralph Motley, Susan Ripley, Tracy Hill, Faith Kemp, Shane Norris, and guests Ryan Babarsky, Hunter Owens, Colten Sadler and Austin Sadler will be on stage.
Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under. They can be purchased in advance at the Mathews Visitor Center or Marketplace Antiques on Route 17 in Hayes, or at the door.
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