Pledge of Allegiance for Sept. 8 – Aubrey at Fayetteville Academy

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It's hard to believe that last year was our 10th anniversary of WKML bringing Stars & Guitars to Fayetteville. But it really was!

Well, actually it's been LONGER, but you know what happened in 2020. So, while it had been 11 years since our first epic show, that was the 10th time we've come together to celebrate the best and brightest in country music.

Some of you may think the show has been around longer than 10 years, and you're sorta right. WKML held the Singer-Songwriter Showcase for many years, before switching to the current format in 2012. And while the show was similar, Stars & Guitars is just another level of experience.

There are some extremely interesting facts about our artist history that we uncovered in our research.

In 11 years (10 shows) 44 country stars have appeared at Stars & Guitars, and from those stars we’ve had…

So let's take a look back at every show since that 2012 event. Here's every artist who has ever appeared on stage in Fayetteville for Stars & Guitars!

Our first show had just four artists, but man were they good. People still talk about how great this show was.

A couple of country veterans led this all-star lineup, which also featured a couple of rising newcomers who would go on to do big things.

In 2014, we had five artists on stage (well, sort of...two guys in one duo), and every one of them is a superstar.

One of the youngest lineups we've ever had, and it's hard to argue just how tremendous every artist involved was... and still IS. Also of note, Mickey Guyton played the VIP pre-show for this event, but was not part of the main stage lineup. We're including her anyway, because she's great!

By 2016, it was clear we wanted even more superstars on stage at the same time, so we brought four artists, but one of them was a trio!

This year was time to turn the party up in a BIG way. We had our first ever returning artist (Scotty!), and we had six different artists on stage. It's the show we hear talked about more than any other. Filled with the best collective hair on stage ever!

Once we went big in 2017, we knew there was no going back. 2018 threw us a curveball, with a last-minute artist change. But that change made for quite the wild ride. And for the second year in a row, we had SEVEN individual artists on stage at the same time, including a second visit from one of them. We also had one of the coolest moments ever on a Stars & Guitars stage, with a microphone going out, and Cam making the most of it.

How do you get bigger when you've put seven artists on one stage the year before? Well, you make EVERYTHING bigger. 2019 marked a new chapter in Stars & Guitars history, with our first ever show in the Crown Coliseum. All the amazing music and story-telling you love, just in a bigger package. And we couldn't have asked for a more amazing lineup for our big new home. We had another returning artist (Kip Moore), and the man who has since become the biggest country star on the planet.

After a year off during the pandemic, nobody was quite sure what to expect from our Stars & Guitars 2021 experience. But it ended up being one of the most enjoyable and memorable nights we've ever had. We had TWO Stars & Guitars alums in the lineup, as well as one of the biggest stars of the 1990s. It was an incredible night.

Our 10th Anniversary show was one for the ages, with a lineup of superstars and a brilliant newcomer.