Eric Church

Coming off his Holdin’ My Own Tour, with “the attitude of rock 'n' roll, transgression and a little sin,” (The Courant) Eric Church is bringing a two-night tour encore to Gilford. Church will retire his two-set model (for now), and bring special guests to join him. "This tour has been so special musically; I can honestly say I'm really gonna miss it," Church says referring to not only the journey but seeing everyone on their feet night-after-night singing as loud as they can for the entire show. "That being said, I'm looking forward to sharing the bill with some artists I enjoy. It's gonna be a fun challenge to turn a three-hour show into a shorter one that can vary drastically night-to-night."

Church’s Holdin’ My Own Tour has notched the #1 most attended touring concert in the world in 2017 according to Pollstar with critics noting, “in a relatively short time Eric Church has firmly established himself as one of the best live performers of his generation,” Thom Jennings of the Niagra Gazette observed following his Buffalo show. “His albums keep getting progressively better as do his live shows. It may only be a matter of time before he is too big for hockey arenas and will start headlining stadium shows."

Carly Pearce

Born into the bluegrass brawn of Kentucky, Carly Pearce has never known a moment that Country music wasn’t her destined path. At the young age of 11 she began touring with a small band and by 16 was performing at Dollywood six times a day, five times a week. Over the past eight years in Nashville, the CMT Next Women of Country alum has been blazing her own trail with the depth of her songwriting, and more than 30 invitations to play the Grand Ole Opry. In 2016, Carly earned a coveted opening slot on Kelsea Ballerini’s THE FIRST TIME TOUR and celebrated her first Top 40 hit, “Wasn’t That Drunk,” a sultry collaboration with Josh Abbott Band. Fans and critics have taken notice of her “earthy, textured voice” with her Top 25-and-rising single “Every Little Thing.” The song has previously been named a “Highway Find” on SiriusXM, which also honored her one of their “Future Five for 2017.” She is currently an iHeart ON THE VERGE artist, an all-genre initiative showing support for hot newcomers. Rolling Stone Country, The Huffington Post, Country Living, Sounds Like Nashville, The Boot, Whiskey Riff and One Country have all named Carly an “Artist to Watch” in addition to being selected as a CMT Listen Up “17 for 2017” artist. Currently working on new music for her debut album on Big Machine Records, 2017 is destined to be Carly’s breakout year.