Here is a look at who has performed at the KFDI Listener Appreciation Show through the years. It is quite a list with some really big stars. The KFDI Joyland concerts began in 1965 and then the KFDI Listener Appreciation Show started in 1972 as a way of thanking our listeners for their support.
2021 – No Show. COVID19 restrictions.
2020 – LOCASH, Jordan Davis, Matt Stell (Postponed… Twice! Then CANCELLED because of COVID19)
2019 – Chris Janson, Riley Green, Logan Mize
2018 – Josh Turner, Midland, Morgan Evans
2017 – Hunter Hayes, Cam, Runaway June
2016 – Eli Young Band, Cannan Smith, Tara Thompson
2015 – Kip Moore, Kristian Bush, Chase Bryant
2014 – Thompson Square, The Swon Brothers, Lindsay Ell
2013 – Jerrod Niemann, The Henningsens, Greg Bates
2012 – Easton Corbin, Lauren Alania, Dustin Lynch
2011 – Chris Young, Brett Eldredge, Walker Hayes
2010 – Josh Turner, Bucky Covington, Emily West. (Bucky did not perform due to severe weather flight cancellations)
2009 – Luke Bryan, Whitney Duncan, Dean Brody
2008 – Rodney Atkins, Carters Cord, Jimmy Wayne
2007 – Phil Vassar, Flynville Train, Catherine Britt
2006 – Tracey Lawrence, Scotty Emerick, Danielle Peck
2005 – Darryl Worley
2004 – Sara Evans, Jeff Bates, Kevin Denny
2003 – No show held
2002 – Rascal Flatts, Brad Martin, Kevin Denny (Doug Collins, Johnny Western, Dave Holland Band)
2001 – Hal Ketchum, Chris Cagle, Marshall Dyllon
2000 – Joe Diffie, Holly Dunn
1999 – Gene Watson, Ty Herdon, The Wilkinsons
1998 – Marty Stuart, BR5-49, John McEuen
1997 – Mark Chesnut, Gene Watson
1996 – Ray Price, Doug Stone, Junior Brown
1995 – Tammy Wynette, Western Flyer
1994 – Ronnie Milsap, Shawn Camp
1993 – Michael Martin Murphey, Michelle Wright, Fiddlin’ Frenchie Burke
1992 – Ricky Skaggs, Suzy Bogguss, Marty Brown
1991 – Waylon Jennings, Jessie Colter, Jann Browne, Riders In The Sky, Johnny Western
1990 – Charley Pride, Shelby Lynne, John McEuen, Neal McCoy
1989 – Mel Tillis, Kathy Mattea, Buck Trent
1988 – Eddie Rabbitt, Asleep At The Wheel, Rosie Flores, Denise Robbins
1987 – Tom T. Hall, Charly McClain, Wayne Massey, Mason Dixon
1986 – Bill Monroe, Billy Walker, Little Jimmie Dickens, Ferlin Husky, Jimmy C. Newman, Slim Whitman, Byron Whitman, Charlie McCoy
1985 – Ray Price, Michael Martin Murphey, Whites
1984 – Glen Campbell, Gary Morris, Riders In The Sky
1983 – Roy Clark, Ronnie Dunn, Rodney Lay, Jimmy Henley
1982 – Sonny James, Bellamy Brothers, Reba McEntire, Susie McEntire
1981 – Bobby Bare, Bill Anderson, Alabama, Sylvia
1980 – (missing from our files)
1979 – Gatlin Brothers
1978 – (we are becoming forgetful)
1977 – Donna Fargo, Sonny James, RW & Donna Blackwood, Riverside Boys
1976 – Wilburn Brothers, Ferlin Husky
1975 – (lost to the ages)
1974 – Ray Price
1973 – Lefty Frizell, Roy Drusky.
1972 – Buck Owens, Susan Raye, Freddie Hart, Tony Booth, Osborne Brothers.