Country music star Wynonna and her band, The Big Noise, will perform on Nov. 30 at the Alhambra Theatre, and tickets go on sale Tuesday, the Pennyroyal Arts Council announced.
The show is Wynonna’s new Rockin‘ Roots Christmas Tour. It will be the highlight of the sixth annual Hoptown Holiday Hopfest, which is a fundraiser for the Alhambra. The show will be at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $50, with a discounted $40 price for military and students. Sales begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Alhambra box office, 507 S. Main St., and online.
“Every year I look forward to our Christmas tour,” Wynonna said in a news release from the arts council. “It’s so easy to get caught up in the perfectionism that this time of the year often brings. I love singing the music that inspires me to remember the real reason for the season. My hope is that people can come to the show, forget about their ‘to do’ list and, for the time we are together, simply enjoy themselves.”
Rolling Stone magazine has called Wynonna “the greatest female country singer since Patsy Cline.”
She began her career performing with her mother as The Judds. In one of their early tours in the mid-1980s, they were featured at the Western Kentucky State Fair in Hopkinsville.
Wynonna has sold more than 30 million albums during a career spanning 35 years. She has had 20 No. 1 hits.
“This fundraiser has meant so much to the Alhambra Theater,” Margaret Prim, executive director of the Pennyroyal Arts Council, said. “We are working towards new projection upgrades to enhance both our live and classic film experiences. Our sponsors have supported this event from day one and their partnership has made this event spectacular year after year.”
The sponsors include Budweiser of Hopkinsville, Pennyrile Radiology, Atmos Energy, Christian County Fiscal Court, City of Hopkinsville, First Financial Bank, Hopkinsville Electric System, Hopkinsville Water Environment Authority, Pennyrile Electric, Rogers Group, WHOP/Lite 98.7, WHVO and WKDZ.
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
