OROVILLE — Local music legend Kevin Marcy is returning to the State Theatre with acclaimed country music singer Kristen Brown and local talent Aalyah Nickelson for the second Community Partnership Concert on Saturday.
The concert, which benefits the Oroville Hope Center, starts at 7 p.m. and tickets are $10. Tickets for a pre-concert party, performance and meet and greet with Marcy and Brown, from 5 to 6:30 p.m., are $20 and must be purchased separately. Tickets for the for both events are available at bit.ly/3HUUREW and bit.ly/3T00yYB. Tickets for the concert will also be available at the door.
“I’m absolutely looking forward to performing at this concert. It will be great to come back to Oroville where it all started,” said Marcy. “I hope everybody comes down to see us to support the Hope Center. It’s a great organization. We’re going to put on the very best show we can.”
Marcy, along with his brothers Kris and Kendal, formed their family music trio The Marcy Brothers in 1983 in Oroville and went on to release three albums and charted six singles on the Billboard country charts before disbanding in 1999. Kevin Marcy, the group’s lead singer and song writer, continued his musical career choosing to perform in select, intimate venues.
During the concert, fans can expect Marcy to perform some old favorites as well as new songs and covers of music from “some of the greats I’ve played with like Johnny and June Carter Cash, Waylon Jennings, George Strait, Merle Haggard, Charlie Rich, Alabama, the Oak Ridge Boys and Alan Jackson.”
Marcy said he’s looking forward to being on stage again with Brown, a Top 20 contestant in season 24 of the television show The Voice, who he’s known “pretty much her whole life.”
“She is so strong vocally and a good song writer,” he said. “She’s incredibly talented and just an all-around good person and performer.”
Joining the two country stars for the concert is local Las Plumas High School student Aaliyah Nickelson. The 14 year old is a student of Brown’s at the Voice Academy in Roseville and Saturday’s event will mark her first time performing solo in a concert.
“I haven’t done anything this big before,” said Nickelson. “I’m a little nervous, but I think it will be OK and pretty fun.”
Nickelson, who also writes songs, will be performing three songs including “Calling Me,” an original composition.
“I think all three of us are going to do a song together at the end,” said Nickelson. “And, I’m pretty sure it’s going to be ‘The Cowboy Rides Away’ by George Strait.”
Joshua Jamison, executive director for the Hope Center, said the Community Partnership Concert is the main fundraising event for the nonprofit this year. The previous fundraising concert, which also featured Marcy and Brown, was in 2022 drew 300 people. Jamison said he’s hoping for an equal or larger turn oy this year.
“The story-telling style of Kevin and the incredible vocals of Kristen plus the talent of our local Aaliyah is going to make for an amazing night of great music,” said Jamison. “I hope the community comes out to join us for this concert as we celebrate the community and the impact of the Hope Center on the community.”
The Hope Center, a staple social service provider for more than 15 years, provides community disaster relief, long-term disaster recovery and programs that assist with job placement and housing referrals. The non-profit serves about 1,500 low-income, homeless and those at risk of becoming homeless clients a month with food and clothing among other necessities and services.
“Our job is to be there for the community when it needs us,” said Jamison.
