Sept 30 - Vidalia Onion Festival 2012 Lands Craig Morgan for Featured Concert

Last Updated on Tuesday, 11 October 2011 11:25 Written by Lou Phelps Sunday, 25 September 2011 16:21

SBJ Staff Report

Sept 30, 2011 – It’s one of Georgia’s premier local tourism events – the Vidalia Onion Festival – which draws as many as 75,000 visitors annually.

Festival organizers announced this week that country music star Craig Morgan will be the featured performer at the 35^th annual festival that will run April 26 – 29, 2012. The concert will be Saturday, April 28 at the regional airport, the only venue in the area able to hold the crowd.

Morgan is an Army veteran and a father of four Craig Morgan, and has had a number of top-of-the charts records including

Morgan is the star of the Outdoor Channel’s show Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors, which chronicles his adventures onstage and in the field hunting each week. He has now launched a fantasy hunting team.

He was in the Middle East this summer entertaining the troops. Before he launched a successful music career, he spent 10 years active duty in the Army and continued his service for nine years in the Reserves. He was stationed in Panama from 1989-90 and was part of the military operation that removed dictator Manuel Noriega from power.