Country Star Sammy Kershaw to Play Evangeline Downs in January

OPELOUSAS, La. (KMDL-FM) - Our friends at Evangeline Downs Racetrack & Casino in Opelousas are back at it again with great live music in their Events Center.

Sammy Kershaw Live at Evangeline Downs

It's just been announced that Sammy Kershaw will be there on Saturday, January 10, 2026, and presale tickets are on sale now.

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Presale Ticket Details

To purchase tickets now, use the pre-sale code EVDSAMMY at Ticketmaster.com. Ticket prices range from $41.20 to $82.20 plus fees.

Then, starting on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, tickets will go on sale to the general public.

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(If you really want to go to this show, we'd suggest getting your tickets early as the last concert there, which was John Conlee, was sold out weeks before the show.)

A Louisiana Legend Returns Home

Of course, most of us in Acadiana know Sammy Kershaw well as he's a native of Kaplan and still resides in the area.

While the 67-year-old first broke onto the national scene in 1991, Sammy was a fixture on the local live music scene for years prior to that.

Sammy Kershaw’s Biggest Hits

In those years in Nashville, Kershaw unfortunately only managed one official No. 1 song on the country charts ("She Don't Know She's Beautiful"). However, he did place 10 more in the Top 10, which include the following:

• "Cadillac Style"
• "Anywhere But Here"
• "Haunted Heart"
• "Queen of My Double-Wide Trailer"
• "I Can't Reach Her Anymore"
• "National Working Woman's Holiday"
• "Third Rate Romance"
• "Meant to Be"
• "Vidalia"
• "Love of My Life"