Gather around the Fairfield Central Park as Classic 96 Live on the Square Summer Concert Series welcomes Midwest singer-songwriter Chad Elliott. Elliott blends folk roots, swampy blues, and soulful writing to deliver an original Americana sound. His live performances have been honed over a decade of being on the road performing more than 200 shows each year. Elliott is lauded as “Iowa’s Renaissance man” by Culture Buzz Magazine. He has penned more than 1,500 songs in his career while also cultivating his skills as a painter, sculptor, illustrator and author (Wilderman’s Treetop Tales; Rumble & Flash).

“That man’s music is as honest as was Woody Guthrie’s.” – Atesh Sonneborn, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings