In the old cartoon series “Mr. Peabody and Sherman,” a studious child and his even more scholarly dog journey in a contraption called The Way-Back Machine to experience historical events as they unfolded.
Well, the music presented every August at the Kentucky State Fair’s Texas Roadhouse Concert Series affords us a similar, if somewhat more marginalized, view of live music from the past six decades.
You have pop from the ’60s, the beginnings of hip-hop in the ’70s, hair-metal from the ’80s, post-grunge from the ’90s, country from the ’00s and contemporary Christian music from the ’10s. That’s quite a ride — and a free one, too. All shows in the Texas Roadhouse Concert Series are free with paid admission to the Fair.
So strap yourself in and let the Fair’s variation of the Way-Back Machine bring you face-to-face and ear-to-ear with concert acts direct from the past. Just don’t get too settled. You’ll have to move to a different decade every night. Here’s the full schedule of musical acts.