PAINTSVILLE, Ky. (WMDJ) – Mother Nature couldn’t stop the music from downtown Paintsville as night one of the Highway Labor Day Festival concluded with a performance by the granddaughter of Country music Hall of Famer Loretta Lynn on Saturday night.

25-year old Emmy Russell, who recently reached the Top 5 of American Idol this past spring, concluded a homecoming night for herself performing on stage for hundreds that braved the weather throughout the evening.

There was a slight weather delay, but all acts performed on schedule.

Night two of Labor Day Fest will begin at 4 p.m. Sunday with headliners Shenandoah and the Kentucky Headhunters closing out the show.