Darius Rucker is set to play a free show in New Orleans on Monday, January 3 - the day before the Sugar Bowl game between Arkansas and Ohio State.

The concert is part of the Allstate Fan Fest in the French Quarter.

Rucker will also perform the national anthem at the bowl game, along with volunteering with clean-up efforts in the city's Ninth Ward, one of the areas hat was greatly affected by Hurricane Katrina.

The rock-turned-country star will resume touring with Brad Paisley on January 20 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.