Big & Rich to headline Squirrels' July music jam at Raceway

The Richmond Flying Squirrels and Richmond Raceway will host the All-Star Country Music Jam headlined by Big & Rich with special guests Cowboy Troy and DJ Sinister at Virginia Credit Union LIVE! at Richmond Raceway July 8 at 7 p.m.

The All-Star Country Music Jam is part of the four-day Eastern League All-Star Week presented by Genworth with the Flying Squirrels. The concert also will welcome All-Star players, dignitaries and guests on the red carpet as part of the event. The Commonwealth Mall at Virginia Credit Union LIVE! will feature concessions, displays, and merchandise on the day of the event, with gates opening at 6 p.m.

Big & Rich made their debut in 2004 with the triple platinum “Horse of a Different Color,” and followed with the hit, “Save a Horse, Ride A Cowboy,” which was recognized with multiple Grammy, ACM, CMA and CMT Music Award nominations. Over the past 12 years, their signature anthem “Comin’ to Your City,” has fired up football fans as the theme song for ESPN College Game Day.

The band has expanded their presence through music videos and television appearances, including Rich’s stint as the winner of Celebrity Apprentice when he raised $1.2 million dollars for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Big & Rich were honored with the 2016 CRS Artist Humanitarian Award for their support of humanitarian efforts, ranging from visiting individual patients in hospitals, to staging benefit concerts for the Country Music Hall of Fame and the 173rd Airborne Memorial and other U.S. and international outreach.

Tickets for the Jam go on sale to the public online Feb. 12 at 10 a.m. at vaculive.com, by phone at 866-455-7223 and at the Richmond Raceway ticket office at 600 E. Laburnum Ave. Virginia Credit Union, Richmond Nation, Flying Squirrels season ticket holders and Eastern League All-Star Week sponsors will receive access to an exclusive pre-sale for the All-Star Country Music Jam beginning Jan. 28.