West End favorite Chris Eckert will be returning to the West End Fair stage on opening day, Sunday, Aug. 20 with shows at 7 and 8:30 p.m.

The first show will follow the vesper service and be mainly gospel and inspirational music. The second show will feature classic country music with hits from such stars as Johnny Cash (Folsom Prison Blues), Merle Haggard (Mama Tried), Conway Twitty (Hello Darlin’), George Strait (The Fireman) just to name a few

He’ll continue as the emcee of the Main Stage for the rest of the fair.

Eckert has played the fair and festival circuit this summer, including the West End Firemen’s Fair, the Plainfield Farmers Fair, the Tioga County Fair (tonight), as well as the Greene-Dreher-Sterling Fair, the Kettle Creek Music Festival in Clinton County, the Cookport Fair in Indiana County, the North of 80 Music Festival in the near future.