Fallfest, Lancaster County's annual country music festival, never fails to feature an interesting blend of performers.

This year is no different as the festival is bookended by Gretchen Wilson, who not too long ago was one of the hottest stars in country music, and the Band Perry, an up-and-coming group consisting of three photogenic siblings.

The Band Perry managed to snag a County Music Association Award nomination for Vocal Group of the Year even though it has yet to release its debut album.

In between those two acts are three male country singers -- Jake Owen, Jerrod Niemann and Josh Gracin -- who have enjoyed varying degrees of success during their careers.

The festival, sponsored by radio station WIOV and Turkey Hill, will be held Sunday at Manheim Township's Overlook Community Campus.

Wilson, 37, burst onto the scene in 2004 and scored an immediate hit with the song "Redneck Woman," which raced all the way to No. 1 on the country charts.

Her debut album, "Here for the Party," sold more than five million copies.

Over the next few years, Wilson, who won the 2005 CMA for Female Vocalist of the Year, had four more singles that reached into the Top 10 of the country charts.

Two years ago, however, she released a single, "Don't Do Me No Good," which was supposed to be the first single off her fourth studio album, and it failed to reach the Top 40. Two more singles failed to chart. The album was never released

The lack of success apparently convinced Wilson to leave Sony Music Nashville and start her own record label, Redneck Records.

Her first album on the label, "I Got Your Country Right Here," was released earlier this year.

At the other end of the spectrum is the Band Perry (Kimberly Perry and her two brothers, Reid Perry and Neil Perry).

The band, based in Mobile, Ala., has released two singles, "Hip to My Heart" and "If I Die Young," and an EP, which was released in April.

The three siblings have gotten a boost from Garth Brooks' manager and will release their self-titled, full-length debut on Oct. 12.

Also on the bill for this year's Fallfest are:

nJake Owen, who released his first album, "Startin' with Me," in 2005.

Owen, 29, who has toured with artists like Kenny Chesney, Sugarland and Brad Paisley, enjoyed his biggest success with the song "Don't Think I Can't Love You" from his second album, "Easy Does It" (2009), which reached No. 2 on the country album charts.

nJosh Gracin, 29, first made his mark as a contestant on the second season of "American Idol."

Gracin, a U.S. Marine at the time, had to finish his stint in the military after he was eliminated from the show. He started his music career in 2004, when he released his self-titled debut album, which included the No. 1 hit "Nothin to Lose."

nJerrod Niemann, 31, released two self-produced albums in 1999 and 2004. He didn't release his major-label debut until this year, when the album "Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury" was issued on Arista Nashville's Sea Gayle division, which is co-owned by Paisley.

The album yielded the No. 1 hit song "Lover, Lover," a remake of the tune "You Don't Treat Me No Good," which was recorded by the folk group Sonia Dada in the early 1990s.

I-105 FallFest

Sun. Gates open at 8 a.m.

show begins at noon

Free tickets available at

over 200 Turkey Hill locations

Overlook Community Campus

2099 Fruitville Pike. www.wiov.com