ST. PAUL, Minn. - A familiar act will fill the final Grandstand headliner spot at the 2016 Minnesota State Fair.
Alabama will make its 19th appearance at the Great Minnesota Get-Together, playing the Grandstand on Thursday, September 1. Levon will open the show. Tickets are $50 and $40 for reserved seating; They go on sale this Friday, July 15 at 10 a.m. through Etix at etix.com or by calling (800) 514-3849. They may also be purchased at the State Fairgrounds Ticket Office.
Alabama has made more Minnesota State Fair Grandstand appearances than any other group or performer, but have not played the fair in 15 years.
Here is the final Grandstand lineup for 2016.
- Don Henley (Thursday, Aug. 25)
- Charlie Wilson with special guest Fantasia (Friday, Aug. 26)
- Dixie Chicks with special guests Vintage Trouble and Smooth Hound Smith (Saturday, Aug. 27, and Sunday, Aug. 28, tickets currently unavailable)
- Happy Together Tour 2016 featuring The Turtles with Flo & Eddie, Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog Night), Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Mark Lindsay (former lead singer of Paul Revere & The Raiders), The Cowsills and The Spencer Davis Group (Monday, Aug. 29)
- G-Eazy (Tuesday, Aug. 30)
- Demi Lovato and Nick Jonas with special guest Mike Posner (Wednesday, Aug. 31)
- Alabama with Levon (Thursday, Sep. 1)
- The Minnesota Show with Garrison Keillor (Friday, Sept. 2)
- The Current's Music On-A-Stick featuring WEEZER (Saturday, Sept. 3)
- MSF Amateur Talent Contest Finals (Sunday, Sept. 4)
- Bonnie Raitt with special guest The Richard Thompson Trio (Monday, Sept. 5). Visit etix.com to purchase tickets.
Since breaking through with their first Top 20 hit, "My Home's In Alabama," Alabama has gone on to sell 73 million albums while changing the face and sound of country music. Their mega-hits include "Song of the South," "I'm in a Hurry (And Don't Know Why)," "Dixieland Delight" and "Mountain Music."
