Disney Icon to Perform at the Dixon May Fair

By Brianna Boyd
Special to Dixon Patch

Selena Gomez and her band The Scene will headline a concert Saturday, May 7 with special guest Days Difference. Gomez, a widely recognized singer and actress who stars on the Disney Channel’s Emmy award winning series “Wizards of Waverly Place” is sure to offer a concert May Fair visitors will not soon forget.

“Selena Gomez is absolutely off the charts right now,” said Dixon May Fair CEO Jack Murphy. “Everywhere she goes, she has been a huge sellout.”

There are still tickets available for her May Fair concert, which will be the final performance in a line-up that also includes blues artists Jonny Lang and Robben Ford, rock and roll musicians John Kay and Steppenwolf and Eric Burdon and the Animals and country stars Trace Adkins and Merle Haggard.

Tickets can be purchased at the May Fair box office or online at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets are $49 and $45 for reserved and $39 general admission, and all prices include entrance into the Dixon May Fair.

Signed to Hollywood Records in 2009, Gomez released her debut album, "Kiss & Tell" with her band The Scene and it was certified Gold.  "Naturally", the second single off "Kiss & Tell" was later certified Platinum.  For their second album "A Year Without Rain" Selena Gomez and The Scene dived deeper into dance music and recently won the People's Choice Award for "Favorite Breakout Artist."

Gomez was born in Grand Prairie, Texas in 1992. Her career in show business began in 2001, when she performed on the popular children’s show, “Barney & Friends” as Gianna. Gomez was dropped from the series in 2003, and over the next two years, she auditioned for shows without much success. She landed a small role in the movie “Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over” in 2003 and was also seen in “Walker, Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire” in 2005. She also got a part as Emily Grace Garcia in the television show “Brain Zapped” in 2006, and even recorded a song for the show.

In 2006, Gomez got her first major role when she guest starred as Gwen in “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” on the Disney Channel. She also played the role as the evil Mikayla in Disney’s “Hannah Montana”.  Gomez landed her first starring role when the Disney Channel cast her as Alex Russo in the series “Wizards of Waverly Place” in 2007.  She was in her first animated movie, “Horton Hears a Who!” in 2008 and later starred in the ABC Family movie, “Another Cinderella Story”. She has also filmed two movies for the Disney channel, and starred in “Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie” in 2009.  Gomez was also seen last summer in Fox’s “Ramona & Beezus” and will next be seen in “Monte Carlo”, opposite Katie Cassidy and Leighton Meester.  

Gomez also has a growing music career. She started in 2008 when she recorded a cover of "Cruella de Vil" for “DisneyMania 6”. She also recorded three songs for the soundtrack to her movie “Another Cinderella Story”, and a song for the animated movie, “Tinker Bell”. Gomez recorded the single "One and the Same" for her movie “Princess Protection Program” as a duet with her friend and co-star Demi Lovato. She also recorded four songs for the soundtrack to her other feature film, “The Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie”. She singed a record contract with Hollywood Records in 2008.

The May 7 concert will begin at 7 p.m. in the May Fair arena.

For more information about the 136^th annual Dixon May Fair, please visit www.dixonmayfair.com.