Jason Aldean At Show Me Center!

New Country B97.9 is welcoming Jason Aldean's Wide Open Tour to the Show Me Center on Thursday, September 23rd! Jason Aldean and Luke Bryan will blow the Show Me Center Wide Open with some of today's biggest New Country hits! And, B97.9 has YOUR free tickets to the show! Be listening for chances to call in and win, plus, become our fan on Facebook and watch for ticket giveaways on our status updates! 

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B97.9 is Southeast Missouri's OFFICIAL New Country Concert Hookup!
 

THANK YOU!

As our thank you to you for helping us reach 2000+ fans on facebook, we invite you to the B97.9 Bootheel Golf Club Rodeo Pre-Party featuring Brantley Gilbert in concert! Saturday, August 14th, 4pm at Bootheel Golf Club right next to the rodeo grounds. Free pink t-shirt to the first 250 fans to get to the show, plus free Brantley Gilbert cd giveaways, and rodeo box seat ticket giveaways! Thank you for all your support of B97.9! And we'll see YOU at the BIGGEST Rodeo Pre-Party in Sikeston!!!!

Sikeston Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo

B97.9 is proud to welcome the 58th annual Jaycee Bootheel Rodeo. Going on August 11-14 with special guest Lynyrd Skynyrd on Wendesday, Tracy Lawrence on Thursday, Jamey Johnson on Friday and Gretchen Wilson closing it out Saturday. To get your tickets contact the box office or go online to sikestonrodeo.com. Listen all summer long for free tickets. B97.9 is your concert connection.

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