Lincoln County Fair Board member Ryan Lyman stepped into the SVI Radio studio on Thursday, July 31 to preview the entertainment at the Lincoln County Fair, taking place August 1-9.

(0:00) As we’ve been talking about this morning, (0:02) Lincoln County Fair opens up tomorrow, (0:04) runs all the way through next week, (0:06) first through the ninth. (0:08) And Ryan Lyman, he’s a member (0:10) of the Lincoln County Fair Board, Overseas Entertainment. (0:12) Ryan, good morning.
(0:13) Good morning, Duke. (0:14) How you feeling today, the day before? (0:16) I am spry and ready to go. (0:18) Good, good for you.
(0:20) Considering how much work goes into this thing, (0:22) and especially the scramble here down the stretch (0:25) for your concert act, I wanted to start with that. (0:28) When the news comes across from Easton Corbin’s team (0:31) that says, hey, guess what, he’s sick, (0:34) and he’s gonna go on vocal rarts. (0:35) Heart just sinks.
(0:36) I mean, I can’t even imagine. (0:38) Yeah, it was a bit of a rollercoaster there for a minute. (0:42) Exciting and all of that.
(0:45) I can only imagine. (0:46) But it all comes out in the end with Chris Lane, (0:50) who, I mean, let’s be honest. (0:52) Oh, super excited.
(0:53) Easton Corbin had three number ones. (0:55) Chris Lane has three number ones. (0:56) Same number of top 10 hits.
(0:58) I mean, you’re exchanging greatness for greatness here. (1:01) We are. (1:02) Unfortunately, obviously, we hate to see Easton, (1:06) and we don’t wish him well with his recovery, (1:10) but we are super excited for Chris Lane.
(1:13) Glad that their team has been working very quickly (1:16) and helping us, and a lot of folks on our team as well (1:20) that we’re super thankful for. (1:22) Yeah, well, it seems like people are pretty excited, (1:25) as they should be, to have Chris Lane as the replacement. (1:28) I don’t know how you guys pulled it off.
(1:29) Yeah, the reception has been, honestly, just miracles, (1:33) I think, really. (1:34) I don’t know how else to explain it. (1:37) But yeah, we’re excited.
(1:39) And the response, you know, we’re (1:41) just grateful for the community kind of also kind of rallying (1:44) around us because we get it. (1:46) You know, it’s not the ticket you bought, (1:49) but the response has been really, really good. (1:52) We’re just thankful for that as well.
(1:54) Of course, the tickets purchased for Easton (1:57) are honored for Chris Lane, right? (1:59) Yeah, and we’re encouraging everybody (2:00) to take a look at Chris Lane, if you’ve never heard of him. (2:04) You may not recognize the name, but if you Google him (2:07) and look up some of his chart-topping singles, (2:11) I think it’s going to be an awesome concert. (2:13) Absolutely.
(2:14) Tell us about the opening act. (2:16) It sounds like he’s really starting to catch fire, too. (2:19) Yeah, yeah, Zach John King, yeah, just a young guy (2:23) kind of starting out.
(2:24) And yeah, we’re excited for the whole show. (2:27) It’s going to be going to be really good. (2:29) Perfect.
(2:30) Monday night is the country concert with Chris Lane, (2:33) and that’ll kick off at 7 o’clock with the opening act. (2:36) And then Chris Lane will take stage following that. (2:38) All right, Ryan, let’s go through this thing.
(2:40) What’s happening? (2:40) You, of course, oversee all the on-the-grounds entertainment (2:43) and everything that happens, our big top, tiny top (2:46) on the grounds. (2:46) I’m kind of excited for this opening weekend (2:48) because you have the new Adventure Zone, Bounce House, (2:52) and Waterpark this year for three days to open things up. (2:55) Yeah, and if you’ve driven past, you kind of (2:57) see them starting to set up.
(2:58) They’ll be opening tomorrow at 11. (3:00) So they’re going 11 to 7 for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (3:04) It’s free.
(3:05) We’re just hoping families come out. (3:07) There’ll be some of our vendors and food options (3:10) available already. (3:12) And of course, we’ve got the car show Saturday also.
(3:14) So come out and see the car show. (3:17) You got the Bounce House going on. (3:18) And yeah, like I said, it’s free.
(3:20) Hoping to have a good family option there. (3:23) And emphasizing it does continue into Sunday this year, right, (3:27) for that water park. (3:27) It does, yep.
(3:28) It’s 11 AM to 7 PM Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. (3:32) Perfect. (3:32) Fair parade Saturday at 5. (3:34) What do you have in the main arena Friday, Saturday? (3:37) So Friday night’s the Enduro Extreme Moto Enduro.
(3:42) And that’s a crowd-pleasing event. (3:46) They’re going to be building track today. (3:49) So that’s going to be exciting and energizing, I believe.
(3:53) Very cool. (3:53) Ryan Lyman in studio, Fair Board member (3:55) with the Lincoln County Fair Overseas (3:56) On the Grounds Entertainment. (3:57) Let’s talk about the Big Top, Ryan, (3:59) and some of the entertainment you have.
(4:00) I’ve looked up some of the music acts. (4:02) Yeah. (4:03) And I was like, I can’t believe we’re getting these people just (4:06) for free to go get a burger and sit there and eat it.
(4:08) Exactly, yeah. (4:10) And a couple of things, we try to take input (4:13) from the community and change things up a little bit. (4:15) So they won’t always just be playing onto the Big Top.
(4:18) All of the acts are going to switch (4:20) between the Tiny Top and the Big Top throughout the week. (4:23) And so if you like getting food down on one end of the Midway, (4:27) you’ll have music down there and back and forth. (4:29) And we got comics and magicians and a lot of good things (4:33) for the kids.
(4:34) Yeah, I am super excited about our music lineup (4:37) under the tents. (4:40) Cal Tucky, what do they call it? (4:44) Jam Grass. (4:46) So excited for that.
(4:47) It’s just a four-piece bluegrass-style band, unplugged. (4:52) But upright bass, mandolin, banjo, guitar. (4:57) And they rock it, too, with the bluegrass, (5:00) but very, very good musicians.
(5:04) Yeah, the Sterling Drake Band. (5:07) Brennan Scott Green, he actually plays (5:10) a guitar and the didgeridoo. (5:12) No, at the same time? (5:14) I think so.
(5:16) So that’s pretty cool. (5:17) He’s a country music songwriter. (5:22) What’s unique, I think, about all of these musicians (5:27) is they are our songwriters.
(5:29) And man, some of their lyrics are just so good. (5:32) And they’re storytellers. (5:34) They’re blue-collar people.
(5:37) They got families. (5:39) And so they’ll fit right in here in Star Valley and Lincoln (5:42) County. (5:43) Next weekend, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, (5:46) one of the acts, let’s see, trying to find it here.
(5:50) I’m going to have him on the morning show. (5:52) Logan Mack. (5:52) Logan Mack.
(5:53) Yeah, Logan Mack’s going to join me on the air next week. (5:55) And he mentioned that. (5:57) Oklahoma boy.
(5:58) He’s got a full-time job trying to make it as a musician. (6:01) He’s bringing his whole family out to Lincoln County (6:03) to go to the fair. (6:05) And he is fantastic.
(6:07) He is. (6:08) As far as lyrics goes, man, he has (6:11) got some heart-wrenching stuff. (6:14) But yeah, he’s just down-home type of guy.
(6:17) I mean, he’s worked construction, been an operator, (6:21) oil field. (6:22) He’s just, yeah, he’s a hard-working family man. (6:25) Got the Mariachi Band back this year as well, right? (6:28) Coming back.
(6:29) They’ll be in the Big Top and the Tiny Top. (6:31) Yeah, super excited for them as well. (6:33) Perfect.
(6:34) Ryan, you mentioned there’s going (6:35) to be some more of the novelty acts coming, (6:37) kind of the comedy shows, juggling shows. (6:39) And of course, the big favorites, the hypnotists, (6:42) you have Chris Mabry coming back. (6:43) Chris Mabry.
(6:44) And of all of the hypnotists we’ve had, (6:46) he’s the most requested. (6:48) It’s just hard for us to sometimes with scheduling, (6:51) we always try and have a hypnotist. (6:53) But yeah, Chris is coming back.
(6:54) And we’re very excited to have Chris back. (6:57) Yeah, we got some comic magicians. (6:59) We got an impressionist who is super good.
(7:04) He has a lot of good impressions that he does. (7:07) And kind of a comedy show there as well. (7:10) Perfect.
(7:10) And of course, on the final Saturday, (7:11) it’s all about the tap classics every time, right? (7:15) Local talent and a lot of families (7:17) come out and support them. (7:18) It’s so good to see all those from little kids (7:23) all the way up. (7:24) Every age group comes out and performs.
(7:26) And it’s a really good community event. (7:28) Fantastic show. (7:28) So all that entertainment, absolutely free, (7:31) Big Top, Tiny Top.
(7:32) Also some kind of roaming around the grounds acts. (7:34) Yeah, there’ll be some magicians out around on the grounds (7:37) and stilt walking and all that good stuff (7:40) that you see at the fair. (7:41) Perfect.
(7:41) Ryan Lyman in studio, Lincoln County Fair Board member. (7:44) Ryan, anything else entertainment wise (7:46) you feel is worth mentioning here? (7:48) We’re going to have the truck pulls again Saturday, (7:50) this coming Saturday night. (7:52) And then three nights of rodeo, PRC rodeo.
(7:56) I don’t know if anybody’s checked out (7:57) some of the cowboys that are coming and cowgirls. (7:59) Wow. (8:00) They are high ranked, high earning, (8:04) cowboys and cowgirls.
(8:05) A couple of top 10 people. (8:07) Yes, absolutely. (8:09) Yeah, they’re crushing it right now.
(8:10) And we’re excited to have them with us. (8:12) One other act, the Axe Women of Loggers of Maine. (8:17) So these are lumberjills that axe throwing and log rolling.
(8:22) And so that’s going to be a pretty cool show. (8:24) We got a equator’s edge it’s called. (8:26) So this is different animals from south of the equator, (8:32) basically around the equator.
(8:33) So maybe some animals you haven’t seen before. (8:36) Absolutely. (8:36) So and of course, it’s worth mentioning as well, (8:41) a lot of these acts are here for multiple days.
(8:43) But if you go to the fair on a Monday, Tuesday, (8:45) it is not the same fair on Thursday, Friday, right? (8:48) I mean, you got to come back. (8:50) Yep. You got to come back.
(8:51) We try and change up the different acts and whatnot. (8:53) So absolutely. (8:54) Find the full day by day complete schedule online at Lincoln County Fair dot info.
(8:57) You can also get it all in one sheet in this week’s edition (9:01) of the Star Voting Independent Fair Board member Ryan Lyman in studio. (9:04) Ryan, anything else we missed? (9:06) You’d like to mention today? (9:07) Not that I don’t. (9:08) There’s so much.
(9:09) There’s so much I can’t have it all memorized, (9:10) but just appreciate the support of SVI Media, the Fair Board (9:14) and a lot of volunteers and people working behind the scenes (9:17) that you just don’t know about. (9:20) And man, we sure appreciate all these folks and and just want to say thank you. (9:24) I can’t even imagine the combined number of hours of volunteer work.
(9:27) It would be just. (9:29) Yeah, it would be it. (9:31) I got to get a spreadsheet out for that one.
(9:33) Astronomical amount. (9:34) Ryan Lyman in studio details at Lincoln County Fair dot info. (9:37) It all starts tomorrow for this year’s 2025 Lincoln County Fair.