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Kane Brown Brings Genre-Blending Energy to Packed Allentown Fair Show
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — Kane Brown delivered a high-energy, genre-bending performance Friday night at the Allentown Fair, showcasing his unique mix of country, hip-hop, and rock influences to what was likely the fair’s largest crowd of the year.
Brown opened the 18-song, 70-minute set with “I Am” from his latest album The High Road, supported by a six-piece band, smoke effects, and bursts of pyro. The country star leaned into his hip-hop sensibility on tracks like “I Can Feel It” and “Fiddle in the Band,” while leaning fully into traditional country on “Like I Love Country Music” and the 10x-platinum fan favorite “What Ifs,” which drew one of the loudest singalongs of the night.
The show’s most memorable moment came midway through, when Brown invited fans to sing his hit duet “Thank God” in place of his wife and duet partner, Katelyn Brown — only for her to surprise the audience by joining him onstage. The emotional performance earned the night’s biggest ovation, capped by the couple’s onstage kiss.
Other highlights included “Heaven,” “Lose It,” “Homesick,” and his Marshmello collaboration “Miles On It,” which closed the show with confetti and cheers. Still, the set’s brevity — just over an hour — left some fans wishing for more, as Brown skipped early favorites like “Used to Love You Sober” and “Saturday Nights.”
Opener Kameron Marlow impressed with a 12-song, 45-minute set, mixing his own hits like “Giving You Up” with covers including Big & Rich’s “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy)” and Toby Keith’s “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.”
The Allentown Fair continues through Sept. 1, with Ace Frehley, Great White and Quiet Riot headlining Saturday’s grandstand show.