Sawyer Brown, Old Crow Medicine show, other country icons to play West Fargo country music fest &#8211; InForum

WEST FARGO —The Lights is keeping the country concerts coming this summer with the two-night festival, Buckaroo, on Friday, Aug. 28 and Saturday, Aug. 29.

Americana string band Old Crow Medicine Show, known for the iconic hit “Wagon Wheel,” will headline the first night, returning to The Lights after playing there in 2021. Singer/guitarist Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives are also on the bill that night, with The Band Loula and John Stone.

Ketch Secor (lower left) and the rest of Old Crow Medicine Show will play The Lights in West Fargo this August.

Contributed / Kit Wood

Country veterans Sawyer Brown (“Some Girls Do,” “Thank God for You”) will headline Aug. 29. The group played the Red River Valley Fair last summer and The Lights in 2023. Other acts on the second night will include singer Phil Vassar, country diva Lorrie Morgan and an opening set by Kelly & Sarah.

Two-day passes range from $109 to $159. Single-day passes will range from $69 to $99. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, through Ticketmaster. For more information go to

buckaroond.com

For almost 30 years John Lamb has been covering arts and entertainment in the Red River Valley. He started writing for the High Plains Reader in 1997 and moved to The Forum in 2002. He is an Annenberg fellow, an occasional judge for talent shows and food contestants and co-hosts the weekly “Gardening Together: The Podcast.” He’s rubbed shoulders with Nirvana singer Kurt Cobain, drank with National Book Award winner Colm McCann, had coffee with Grammy-winning classical musician Peter Schickele and interviewed countless other artists, actors, musicians, writers and assorted interesting people. Contact John at [email protected].

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