INDIANAPOLIS – Chart-topping country music performer Joe Nichols and teen actress and singer Coco Jones are among the latest entertainers added to an already impressive list of national acts scheduled to perform free concerts at this year’s Great Indiana State Fair.

Nichols takes the Marsh Free Stage at 7 p.m. Aug. 13. Jones will perform twice on Aug. 3 at noon and 2 p.m.

The State Fair has also added Parmalee and Rachel Farley on Aug. 7; Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with Jennie DeVoe Aug. 16; and Pepsi Gospel Music Day welcomes Joshua Rogers, BET Sunday Best 2012 Season 5 winner, Aug. 18.

Nichols has seven studio albums and 14 Top 40 singles to his credit, including number one hits “Gimme That Girl,” “Tequila Makes Her Clothes Fall Off” and “Brokenheartsville.” He previously won the Academy of Country Music’s Top New Male Vocalist award as well as the Country Music Association’s Horizon award, also for top new artists.

Courtney “Coco” Jones has been featured on Radio Disney’s Next Big Thing, or N.B.T.; starred in the Disney Channel movie Let It Shine; and in 2012 released her debut single “Holla at the DJ.”

Here is the up-to-date list of Marsh Free Stage concerts and events, all of which are free with paid admission to the fair:

·         Aug. 2:  KARMIN (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 3:  Coco Jones (noon and 2:30 p.m.), Matt Nathanson (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 4:  Hispanic Music Day (10 a.m. to 8 p.m.)
·         Aug. 5:  Vertical Horizon followed by Blind Melon (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 6:  “Happy Together Tour” with The Turtles featuring Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron formerly of Three Dog Night, Gary Puckett, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders and Gary Lewis & The Playboys (7 p.m.)
·         Aug. 7:  Parmalee and Rachel Farley presented by HANK-FM (7 p.m.)
·         Aug. 8:  Kevin Costner and Modern West (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 9:  Theory of a Deadman (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 11:  Contemporary Christian Music Day featuring Matthew West, For King and Country, Jason Castro, Love and the Outcome, Traders Point Worship Team (2 to 9 p.m.)
·         Aug. 12:  Styx (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 13:  Joe Nichols presented by HANK-FM (7 p.m.)
·         Aug. 14:  “Sailing Rock Tour” featuring Christopher Cross, Orleans, Firefall, John Ford Coley, Robbie Dupree and Player (7 p.m.)
·         Aug. 15:  Montgomery Gentry (7:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 16:  Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band with Jennie DeVoe (6:30 p.m.)
·         Aug. 17:  Blood, Sweat & Tears (7 p.m.)
·         Aug. 18:  Pepsi Gospel Music Day welcomes Joshua Rogers, BET Sunday Best 2012 season 5 winner (2 to 9 p.m.)

The Marsh Free Stage, a permanent stage in the northwest corner of the fairgrounds in Dow AgroSciences Celebration Park, can accommodate about 5,000 fans.  For more information, visit the Indiana State Fair website.