Country star Jon Pardi will headline the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand on Aug. 28.
Tickets are priced from $88 to $44 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix or by calling 800-514-3849. Canadian country singer MacKenzie Porter (“These Days,” “Thinking ‘Bout You”) will open.
A California native, Pardi began writing music as a teenager and, after graduating from high school, he moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music. He landed a contract with Capitol and hit the road in 2010 opening for his labelmate Dierks Bentley. Three years later, his second single “Up All Night” went platinum and hit No. 10.
In the time since, Pardi has not been the most prolific artist in the genre and has released just a single or two each year for the past decade. But he chose wisely, as nearly all of them went platinum or better, including “Head Over Boots,” “Dirt on My Boots,” “Heartache on the Dance Floor,” “Night Shift,” “Heartache Medication” and “Ain’t Always the Cowboy.”
Pardi has also collaborated with fellow artists including Luke Bryan (“Cowboys and Plowboys”), Thomas Rhett (“Beer Can’t Fix”), Lauren Alaina (“Getting Over Him”) and Midland (“Longneck Way to Go”).
The 2024 Grandstand schedule is now complete. Here’s the lineup:
- Thursday, Aug. 22: Becky G
- Friday, Aug. 23: Chance the Rapper
- Saturday, Aug. 24: Nate Bargatze
- Sunday, Aug. 25: Blake Shelton
- Monday, Aug. 26: The Happy Together Tour
- Tuesday, Aug. 27: Ludacris and T-Pain
- Wednesday, Aug. 28: Jon Pardi
- Thursday, Aug. 29: Motley Crue
- Friday, Aug. 30: Matchbox Twenty
- Saturday, Aug. 31: Stephen Sanchez
- Sunday, Sept. 1: Amateur Talent Contest finals
- Monday, Sept. 2: Kidz Bop Live
