Show · Iowa State Fair 2026
Jason Brown
⌖ MidAmerican Energy Stage with Iowa Realty and Media Sponsor KCCI
Jason Brown was born in the heart of the Midwest, three miles outside of Pella, Iowa, from a bloodline of truck drivers, coal miners and farmers. Like others in the Midwest, on Sunday mornings the family got together and would go into town for church. Jason's Grandma heard a little boy singing and it wasn't long until she had him singing by himself in front of the congregation. Jason recalls the first two songs he sang in front of a crowd on stage were "It Is No Secret" and "I've Got A Mansion Just Over the Hilltop." Gospel and traditional country songs, to this day, are some of Jason's favorite songs to sing. Jason says, "It takes me back to my family and the church members singing. When I was younger there was always a gospel hymn or country song playing or being sung."