Comedian Larry the Cable Guy will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 at the Puyallup Fair’s 2011 Concert Series, presented by Columbia Bank.
Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 5. Tickets go on sale on the Fair website,
http://www.thefair.com/concerts/ (not Ticketmaster) or by phone 1-888-559-FAIR (3247). The new phone number will be staffed daily, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. To save the convenience charges, purchase tickets in person at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center box office at 9th Avenue Southwest and Meridian Street on March 5, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Ticket prices are $50 golden circle; $45 infield; $35 and $25 grandstand seating. Seats are reserved and include Fair gate admission.
With a signature catchphrase, “Git-R-Done,” Larry the Cable Guy has created a whole world of blue collar humor in America. His CDs have not only been No. 1 on Billboard’s Comedy Charts, but have also been certified gold, as well as becoming a bestselling author, and being named to Forbes “Celebrity 100” list two years in a row.
In less than a decade, Larry the Cable Guy has infused humor throughout the United States through television, CDs, movies, books, and even movies. The History Channel is airing “Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy” on Tuesday nights. Each episode focuses on a site in the country, showing real history and different lifestyles, jobs and hobbies.
More than 4.1 million people watched “The Comedy Central Roast of Larry the Cable Guy “in 2009, with the third-highest rated roast in the station’s history. Larry also starred in Blue Collar TV for the WB Network in 2004, drawing 5.4 million viewers, the second most watched show on television at that time.
On the movie front, he has starred in three movies, including “Witless Protection”, “Delta Farce”, and “Larry the Cable Guy: Health Inspector”, which sold more than one million DVDs in 2006. The sequel to the film, “Cars”, from Disney/Pixar will be released this year, with Larry voicing the character, Mater. The original movie opened at No. 1 at the box office in 2006, grossing over $200 million in the U.S.
For more information, visit http://www.larrythecableguy.com/
Tickets will be going on sale for the remainder of the Fair’s concert series lineup in the next few months. Visit the Fair website, http://www.thefair.com/ for updates, or sign up at www.thefair.com to receive email or text announcements prior to the concert on-sale dates.
The concert lineup to date is:

• Sept. 13 – Chicago with The Tacoma Symphony (classic rock), 7:30 p.m., $60 Golden Circle/$40/$30
• Sept. 16 – Amy Grant and Michael W. Smith 2 Friends Tour (Christian), 7:30 p.m.,
$50 Golden Circle/$35/$30/$25
• Sept. 24 – Larry the Cable Guy (comedy), 7:30 p.m., $50 Golden Circle/$45/$35/$25

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For further information about the April 14-17, 2011 Spring Fair in Puyallup, or the Sept. 9-25, 2011 Puyallup Fair, visit www.thefair.com, or text “FAIR” to 75868.