Great American Trucking Show in Dallas packed with seminars, exhibits, show trucks, live music and more.

The Great American Trucking Show knows how to mix work and play.

Country singer Randy Houser will play at the Great American Trucking Show’s Aug. 27 concert. Tickets are free and will be available the morning of the show in the registration lobby.

The Aug. 26-28 show will feature the professional and lifestyle sides of trucking, capping off the activities with a free concert by leading country and bluegrass acts.

“The educational opportunities offer ways owner-operators can gain insight and tools to help them in their business, and there’s a lot of fun to be had as well,” says the show’s director, Alan Sims.

Country music singer Randy Houser will headline the show’s Friday night concert presented by Mobil Delvac. Bluegrass band The Grascals will open for Houser.

Along with aisles of recruiting and equipment exhibits, the show will have daily informational sessions on topics such as fuel management, tax issues, financial efficiency, money-saving technology and the federal Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 program.

The Grascals, a contemporary bluegrass band, is scheduled to open at the show’s Friday, Aug. 27, concert.

The show’s leading seminar for owner-operators will be Overdrive’s Partners in Business program. The workshop will be presented from 2-4 p.m. Friday, Aug. 27, by Todd Amen, head of owner-operator business services firm ATBS, and Overdrive columnist and trucking radio host Kevin Rutherford. The workshop will cover monitoring fixed and variable costs, building emergency funds, choosing loads, improving fuel mileage and staying ahead of industry trends. Attendees will receive a free Partners in Business manual.