Update: Sawyer Brown To Replace Merle Haggard At Riverfest

Illness has forced country music legend Merle Haggard to cancel his remaining four May concerts, including his Riverfest show planned for Friday, May 23.

DeAnna Korte, executive director of Riverfest, says Sawyer Brown will replace Haggard in the Riverfest lineup.

Haggard was scheduled to perform at 9:30 p.m. Friday on the Budweiser Stage in NorthShore Park in North Little Rock. Shooter Jennings, son of country Hall of Famer Waylon Jennings, will still open the show for Sawyer Brown at 7:30 p.m.

Advance tickets for Riverfest 2008 remain on sale at all Harvest Foods and central Arkansas Big Red locations. Advance tickets are $10 for three days' admission--half the cost of the $20 gate admission. Children 6 and younger are free, and children 7-10 will be admitted for a daily price of $5 at the gate only.