NEW DATE FOR 2019!

This year, the Fair Kick-Off Party will be held on SATURDAY, AUGUST 3.  In prior years, the party has been held after the parade on Sunday, but this year we decided to move only the party to Saturday.  The covered Farmers' Market pavilion is the perfect location, providing shade from the sun, and cover from the rain (although we are counting on great weather for all of Fair Week!). 
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The event will be held 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. with food and drink available for purchase and live music from Piano Dan.

In addition to the music and dancing, there will be activities for all ages, including Corn Hole and Koosh Ball games, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, and more.  It will be a great evening to kick-off FAIR WEEK!

Shotgun Creek is an original country music band from Saint Louis, Missouri. They've been writing, recording, and performing their unique brand of Midwest country music since 2014. Catchy and upbeat, Shotgun Creek's music is straight from the heart - and as real as the Missouri roots that influence it.

Band Members
Jeremy Drake - Lead Singer, Acoustic Guitar & Rhythm Guitar | Mike Prost - Lead Guitar & Vocals | Aaron Evers - Bass Guitar & Vocals | Xavier Koenig - Fiddle, Guitar, & Vocals | Shawn McSparin - Drums

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The BagLunch Blues Band plays the best Hip Shakin’, Juke Joint Jumpin’ Blues around!  Join their Facebook Group!

A group of rockers met at the bar and restaurant, The Shanti, in the Soulard district of St. Louis, MO, and decided to pick unplugged and share their licks. Thus, the new grass band, Pik'nLik'n was born in 2001.

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St. Louis's Smash Band is a crowd-favorite in the E-Tent, and will be "bringing the party" again this year!

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Friends and brothers-in-law Mike Gettemeier and Kurt Dienstbach joined forces with lifelong friends Dan Fazio and Dave Miller after getting to know each other at a local St. Louis music store owned by Dan's Dad. Realizing they had something unique on their hands, they rocked the St. Louis and surrounding area scene, while honing their personal style. After some time writing in the "dungeon" (Mike's basement studio)  or at Dave's house off the aptly named St. Louis Rock Rd, they are ready to unleash their album Standing Waves on the world

LIVING UNDER is
Dave Miller... Drums
Kurt Dienstbach... Bass
Dan Fazio... Guitar
Mike Gettemeier... Vocals, Guitar

Whiskey Dixon is THE top 40 New Country Band from St. Louis, MO area. Formed in March of 2008, Whiskey Dixon has quickly moved to the top of the list in the New Country Music genre. Whiskey Dixon takes an alternative, edgy approach to the New Country market and since 2008 we have built quite a name for ourselves. Whiskey Dixon has appeared 8 times on the Annual Clear Channel 93.7 The Bull – Bull Float trip. We have helped the station grow this event from a parking lot party of a few hundred people to nearly 15,000 in last years crowd. In past years we have shared the this stage with Chase Rice, Frankie Ballard, Craig Morgan, Brett Aldridge, Gloriana, and Daryl Worly...Other names we have worked with throughout the years including Jason Aldean, Jake Owen, David Nail, Hunter Hayes, Craig Campbell, John Anderson, Chris Cagle, Craig Morgan and many, many more.

We have an in house marketing team and have a great working relationship with 93.7 The Bull and 92.3 WIL. Whiskey Dixon frequents all of the major venues in the STL area including Sybergs, Fast Eddies Bon Air, Silver Creek Saloon, Casino Queen, Fox Sports Midwest Stage at Ballpark Village, St. Louis Blues rallys, Etc. In addition to the St. Louis market, we do quite a bit of traveling as well. Kansas City, Columbia, MO and The Lake Of The Ozarks are home to frequent stops through out the year. In 2014 we had the pleasure of performing 6 different shows at The Hard Rock Resort and Hotel in Cancun, Mexico as well as shows at the Hard Rock Café in St. Louis, MO.

Whiskey Dixon's set list covers our original compositions as well as everything from Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan, Sam Hunt, and more! We even tackle some of your favorite rock songs from the 70's, 80's and 90's.

We released our first EP CD in 2013 at the Hard Rock Resort in Cancun Mexico kicking off our international staus. Currently our 3rd radio single "Nothin’ Left To Say" is doing very well in the online market with outlets like iTunes, Spotify, CD Baby, Amazon and many others. 

Whiskey Dixon is on the cutting edge of promotion and professionalism. Our FaceBook following is 5000 strong and growing. We market with every social media resource available in addition to full color posters and radio advertisements. Our stage show is high energy and makes use of the best equipment on the market. Our full state of the art PA, and Light Rig with professionally trained sound and lighting engineers are second to none. We can service anything from a small acoustic winery show to the largest venues in the area.

Whiskey Dixon plays an average of 275 to 350 shows a year and are well versed in every aspect of the business and handles 95% of all bookings in house, we strive to book only the best venues for our demographic!


Band Members for WHISKEY DIXON include:

Bryon Davison - Columbia, IL
Aaron Gore - Lake St. Louis, MO
Joe Lange - Columbia, IL
Nathan SIckmeier - Holiday Shores, IL
Joe Domingos - Belleville, IL

Contact info:
www.whiskeydixon.com
www.facebook.com/whiskeydixon
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​The Washington Brass Band is a community band with history dating back to the early 1900s. The Washington Boys Band and the Washington Concert Band both had members who had played with the Washington Elks Band and the International Shoe Factory Band. Some members of the Washington Boys Band still play with us today!

We primarily play marches with some waltzes, polka's, a little Dixieland, with a few other styles thrown in.

Musicians of all skill levels are welcome to play with us. We have adults who play regularly, high school kids, and folks who want to get back into playing their instrument after years of leaving it in the closet.

Rehearsals are held Thursday nights from 8:00 to 9:30 pm in the lower level of the Washington KC Hall. On rare occasions, practice is cancelled, or held elsewhere because of another booking in the hall. If you come and there is no practice, be sure to try again.