Jon Pardi at Freeman Arts Pavilion

Jon Pardi, country music’s California cowboy, has brought the West Coast to Nashville with four Top 5 albums on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart, four platinum-certified No. 1 singles on the Country Airplay chart and six North American headlining tours since 2014.

The Dixon, California native moved to Music City and cut his teeth opening for Dierks Bentley before releasing a slew of successful singles, including 2012’s “Missin' You Crazy,” and 2013’s “Up All Night,” ahead of his debut album Write You a Song in 2014. Pardi’s 2016 follow-up, California Sunrise, featured his first two Country Airplay No. 1 singles, “Head Over Boots” and “Dirt on My Boots,” while 2022’s Mr. Saturday Night hosted his highest-charting song on the Billboard Hot 100, “Last Night Lonely.”

In 2023, he became the first California native to be invited to join the Grand Ole Opry. In April 2025, Pardi released his fifth studio album, Honkytonk Hollywood, which features the hit country single “Friday Night Heartbreaker.”