Arizona Native Avery Anna Headlines Yuma County Fair's Fifth Day

With more than 500 million global streams and a Platinum-certified hit anchoring her catalog, Avery Anna Rhoton headlined the Main Stage at the 74th Annual Yuma County Fair on Saturday night, giving the Yuma County Fairgrounds a homecoming quality that set the performance apart. The Nashville recording artist was born in Flagstaff, Arizona, on March 3, 2004, and the return to an Arizona stage as one of country music's fastest-rising names made for something more than a standard fair booking.

Performing under the name Avery Anna, Rhoton took the stage at 8 p.m. at the fairgrounds on 2520 E. 32nd Street. Her set drew on material from her debut EP "Mood Swings," a seven-song project built around "Narcissist," the Platinum-certified single that topped SiriusXM The Highway's Hot 30 Countdown and powered her past the half-billion-stream mark worldwide. Signed to Warner Music Nashville, she blends country with rock and acoustic pop, and the industry has tracked her rise closely: she performed "Narcissist" at the 2023 CMT Music Awards, earned a nomination there for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, and was named a 2023 CMT Next Women of Country honoree before making her morning television debut on NBC's TODAY. Her touring résumé spans runs alongside Cole Swindell, Jordan Davis, and Chase Rice, with an upcoming support slot on Luke Bryan's Country Song Came On Tour extending that profile further.

Saturday at the fairgrounds, gates opened at noon, and attendees worked through the full run of the fair's attractions before the headline set. Fairgoers rode the Ferris wheel, bumper cars, and Big Splash, played games across the midway, and caught entertainment at Guido's Family Stage and the Theatre Building. The 4-H and FFA animal exhibitions drew their own steady crowds, carrying forward the agricultural tradition at the core of Yuma County Fair identity.

Now in its 74th year and running under the theme "America the Beautiful: Celebrating 250 Years," the fair is tied to the United States' semiquincentennial. Produced by the Yuma County Fair Corporation, a private non-profit operated by a 39-member Commission, the event has been a fixture of Yuma community life since 1915. The 70th edition in 2022 drew roughly 15,000 visitors per day, building to approximately 150,000 attendees across the week.

Sunday, April 5, is the sixth and final day of the six-day run, with gates again opening at noon.