Star country: Country star Trace Adkins appears in concert, 8 p.m. June 22, Penn’s Peak, Jim Thorpe. Opening the concert is Emily Earle. Adkins’ 1996 debut album was “Dreamin’ Out Loud.” Adkins has released 10 studio albums and two greatest-hit compilations. He has charted more than 20 singles on the Billboard country music charts, including the Number One hits “(This Ain’t) No Thinkin’ Thing,” “Ladies Love Country Boys” and “You’re Gonna Miss This,” in 1997, 2007, and 2008, respectively. The three-time Grammy-nominee, Grand Ole Opry member and author of a 2007 autobiography, “A Personal Stand: Observations and Opinions from a Freethinking Roughneck,” is spokesman for the “Wounded Warrior Project” and the American Red Cross, for which he raised more than $1.5 million as winner of NBC’s “All-Star Celebrity Apprentice.” Adkins has been in the movies, “I Can Only Imagine,” “The Lincoln Lawyer,” “Deepwater Horizon” and “Moms’ Night Out.” At the Peak, a “Meet & Greet” is open to fans who join “Trace Adkins Community,” free at the web site, traceadkins.com. Tickets: Penn’s Peak box office, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe; pennspeak.com; ticketmaster.com; 800-745-3000

Future blues: The Robert Cray Band performs at 8 p.m. June 24, Penn’s Peak Jim Thorpe. Cray and his band has recorded 20 studio releases, 15 of which have been on the Billboard charts, and played bars, concert halls, festivals and arenas around the world. There are five Grammys with Cray’s name on them, and he has a suitcase full of W.C. Handy blues awards. Four years ago, Cray was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. The Robert Cray Band was founded in 1974 in Eugene, Ore. The group’s 1980 debut release was “Who’s Been Talkin.’” R&B artist Jimmie Vaughan sums up Robert Cray’s singularity and success simply when he says, “He’s got one foot in the future and one foot in the old stuff.” Tickets: Penn’s Peak box office, 325 Maury Road, Jim Thorpe; pennspeak.com; ticketmaster.com; 800-745-3000