This month’s featured fair · Minnesota
Minnesota State Fair
The Great Minnesota Get-Together · Aug. 27 – Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2026 · 12 days · Falcon Heights
Photo: Minnesota State Fair · official media gallery · Aug. 27 through Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2026
This month’s featured fair is the Minnesota State Fair — the Great Minnesota Get-Together — because it is in session: Aug. 27 through Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2026 (12 days). Opening Thursday, Aug. 27, drew 155,185 people, a record for that Thursday. Later days this year are not posted yet; the fair posts the next afternoon, noon–3 p.m. Last full run, 2025: 1,940,869. 2024: 1,925,904. Record total: 2,126,551 (2019). Record single day: 270,426 (Saturday 2018).
The State Fairgrounds sit in Falcon Heights, midway between the Minneapolis and St. Paul downtowns, along Snelling Avenue and Como Avenue. Official Getting there pages cover Park & Ride, buses, and on-site parking.
2026 Grandstand · Sleep Number series
As listed on the official Grandstand page. Aug. 27 already happened; it stays on this year’s series.
- Bonnie Raitt w/ Jon Cleary
- “Weird Al” Yankovic w/ Puddles Pity Party
- Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Homecoming: Minneapolis Sound
- Sierra Ferrell w/ Tanya Tucker
- Tommy James & The Shondells and Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone
- Hairball w/ Slave RaiderFree
- AJR w/ Quinn XCII and Avery Cochrane
- Brad Paisley w/ Jake Worthington and Laci Kaye Booth
- HARDY w/ McCoy Moore
- TLC and Salt-N-Pepa with En Vogue
- Amateur Talent Contest FinalsFree
- CeCe Winans · 3:00 pm
Source: mnstatefair.org/grandstand
Admission
Adults $20 · Seniors $18 · Kids 5–12 $18 · 4 and under free. Buy from the Fair, not a reseller.