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MEDIA ADVISORY — May 22, 2025 Yolo County Fair totally “Ag-Cited” for the Vocal Showcase Aug 14th, 2025! (Woodland, CA) -- The Yolo County Fair’s highly anticipated event, the “Vocal Showcase”, formally and traditionally known as the “Yolo Idol”, continues to draw hundreds of ardent fans to watch Yolo County talented contestants sing their hearts out with the hope of going home with the title of First Place Winner! The Yolo County Fair’s entertainment director Ericka Davis is totally “Ag-Cited”” to announce this year’s Karaoke contest! 2025 contestants for the formal karaoke contest are allowed to play an instrument as well as perform their own original songs if they wish or they can choose the traditional option of singing along to a karaoke track which is still the most popular option. Applicants are encouraged to submit, along with their application, a video, YouTube link or recording of themselves. With so many applicants submitting for this year’s Vocal Showcase, it will give Ericka Davis a chance to assess the talent and narrow the number of contestants. The Vocal Showcase contest will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 14th, and after the beloved regular singing competition, fairgoers feeling inspired to join in the fun will have the exciting opportunity to also sign up to sing with a live band until 10:30pm. Signups for “Live Band Karaoke” will take place on a first come first serve basis! Fairgoers will be able to choose a song from an extensive song list, step up to the microphone and front the band as the lead singer! Live band karaoke takes karaoke to a whole new level, so we’re excited to bring it back this year for our talented community to shine bright at the fair! Judging for the Vocal Showcase will be based on vocal quality, difficulty of performance, stage presence, appropriateness of the song selection and appearance. From the contestants, the Top 3 will be selected by judges to sing a second song, which will determine the Vocal Showcase winner, runner up and third place contestant. The winners of both the Vocal Showcase will take home $300 and the second and third place contestants will take home $150 and $100, respectively. Last year’s 2024 first place winner of the Vocal Showcase, Davis Resident Katherine Berdovskiy was invited to sing an encore song during the show while the judges deliberate but she’s unable to attend since she has the honor of attending the Boston Conservatory of Music so we’ve invited Kris Lockett who was last year’s second place winner to sing the Encore in Katherine’s place. Kris will also sing the National Anthem for this year’s Yolo County Fair’s Demolition Derby on Friday night, 8/15/2025 so come out and cheer her on! The City of Woodland has also invited Katherine to sing the National Anthem at this year’s 4th of July Firework Show held at the Woodland High School on Thursday night, 7/3/2025 so we’re thrilled she’s able to attend this wonderful event and thankful The City of Woodland has given this annual opportunity to our 1st place winner of our Vocal Showcase Karaoke Contest! Master of Ceremonies will be Woodland’s own Ericka Davis, recording artist and performer, who’s dedicated passion of encouraging local talent to shine has motivated her to direct the show for over 12 years and is celebrating her fourth year as the Yolo County Fair’s Entertainment Director. She’s “Ag-Cited” to announce an extra special panel of 3 experienced judges with a sweet country twist this year featuring the lovely Kathrine Weir ~ lead singer of “Highway Vagabonds ~ A Tribute to Miranda Lambert”! Kathrine and her band will headline the main stage on Saturday night, 8/16/2025 and is sure to bring the fire and country sass to our little hometown Vocal Showcase! Along with Kathrine, the judging panel for this year’s Vocal Showcase boasts a tremendous amount of talent and experience that includes the returning judge Bobby Rogers, the beloved and longtime Director of Music at Woodland Joint Unified School District and recently began his new adventure as Professor of Music at the Woodland Community College. Then rounding out the esteemed panel of judges, Chuck “JonEmery” Dodds is totally “Ag-Cited” to return as our third judge representing Yolo County’s music scene! Chuck is a local singer-songwriter and founder of Left of the Dial Promotions whose mission is to create all ages and all-inclusive music centric events to enrich, inspire and connect our community through various platforms of art so we’re happy to have him return to the esteemed judges panel! Don’t miss this year’s Vocal Showcase and support our local talent!
For more information, or to reserve your performance spot contact:
Ericka Davis 530-383-2199 entertainment@yolocountyfair.net
Contestants can find information and forms to submit here: https://www.yolocountyfair.net/p/the-fair/ycf-voca...
The Yolo County Fair Office: 1250 Gum Ave, Woodland, CA 95776 (530) 402-2222


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