Atmosphere, Steve Miller Band, and Def Leppard: The 2025 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand lineup
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It is never too early to start thinking about the Minnesota State Fair, including the 2025 Grandstand Concert Series. The first show was announced Friday.
Here you will find the official lineup for Grandstand shows at the fair, which runs from Aug. 21 through Sept. 1, 2025. We’ll update this list as we know more.
Atmosphere, Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, The Pharcyde and DJ Abilities
Atmosphere, the venerated duo that has brought a legacy of bringing honesty, humility and vulnerability to the forefront of their music, will headline a show with Cypress Hill, Lupe Fiasco, The Pharcyde and DJ Abilities as The Current’s Music On-A-Stick Show 2025 for the 2025 Grandstand Concert Series.
Cypress Hill burst on the scene in 1991 with the release of their self-titled debut album, and followed their debut with “Black Sunday” in the summer of 1993, which debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top 200, garnered three Grammy Award nominations, and went triple platinum in the U.S.
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Lupe Fiasco, also known as Wasalu Jaco, is a Chicago-born, Grammy Award-winning American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and community advocate. The independent rapper is considered one of the most gifted lyricists and visionaries to grace the mic. Rising to fame in 2006 following the success of his debut album, “Food & Liquor,” Lupe has released acclaimed studio albums, including “Drogas Light,” released in 2017 on his own label, 1st & 15th. These albums have netted three platinum singles, three RIAA gold certifications, 12 Grammy nominations and one Grammy Award in 2008 for his infectious single “Daydreamin” feat. Jill Scott.
With a career spanning over three decades, The Pharcyde remains one of the most influential and beloved groups in hip-hop history. Formed in Los Angeles, the group made an indelible mark on the culture with their groundbreaking debut album, “Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde,” an instant classic known for its playful lyricism, jazz-infused production and infectious energy. The album spawned timeless hits such as “Passin’ Me By,” “Otha Fish” and “Ya Mama.”
Growing up in a family of artists, DJ Abilities became a DJ at age 17 and found himself deeply embedded in the hip-hop scenes of Minneapolis and St. Paul, linking up with friends and future collaborators who would become the foundation of Rhymesayers Entertainment, and it wasn’t long before he established a name for himself. After only two short years of intense practice on the turntables, DJ Abilities went on to compete in the legendary DMC DJ competitions in 1999. He won the regional title and advanced to the U.S. finals, and did it again in 2001. His project “Phonograph Phoenix” finds the DJ/producer returning to the forefront and embracing an entirely new approach to making music.
Tickets start at $51.50 and sales open on Friday, April 11, at 10 a.m.
Steve Miller Band
The Steve Miller Band, with special guest The Rascals, will play the Grandstand stage Thursday, Aug. 28.
Steve Miller has been a presence on the American music scene for more than half a century and his releases have sold tens of millions of records. Hits include: “The Joker,” “Take the Money and Run,” “Rock’n Me,” “Fly Like an Eagle,” “Jet Airliner,” “Jungle Love,” “Swingtown” and “Abracadabra.”
Two legendary founders of The Rascals are together again. Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish cite the fans and love of their timeless songs as reasons for collaboration. The Rascals have 17 Top 20 hits, seven Top 10 hits, and three No.1 hits that include “Groovin’,” “People Got To Be Free” and “Good Lovin’.”
Tickets start at $54 and are on sale now.
Happy Together Tour 2025
With a show full of chart-topping hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s – an incredible 55 Billboard Top 40 smashes – the Happy Together Tour 2025 comes to the Grandstand on Monday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m., and features The Turtles — who also act as musical hosts for the evening — Jay and the Americans, Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Vogues and The Cowsills.
The Turtles are best known for their harmony-heavy California pop sounds with hits such as “Elenore,” “She’d Rather Be With Me,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “You Showed Me,” and the title of the tour, “Happy Together.”
From 1962 to 1971, Jay and the Americans charted five Billboard Top 10 hits and had 12 records in the Top 20. Their breakout hit was “She Cried,” followed by the hit songs “Only in America,” “Come a Little Bit Closer,” “Cara Mia” and “This Magic Moment,” which hit the Billboard Top 10.
Little Anthony’s timeless classics include “Tears on My Pillow,” “Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop,” “I’m on the Outside (Looking In),” “Goin’ Out of My Head,” “Take Me Back,” “Hurt So Bad,” and more.
Gary Puckett’s trademark voice will be belting out his hits “Young Girl,” “Over You,” “Woman, Woman,” “This Girl Is a Woman Now,” “Lady Willpower,” “Don’t Give in to Him,” and more.
Known for their harmony-driven soaring pop sound, The Vogues had numerous Top 10 hits with singles such as “Five O’Clock World,” “You’re the One,” “My Special Angel” and “Turn Around, Look at Me,” among others.
A harmonious singing family of two brothers and a sister, which inspired the smash ‘60s hit television show “The Partridge Family,” The Cowsills are sure to delight with their best-known songs “Hair,” “Indian Lake,” “The Rain, the Park & Other Things (I Love the Flower Girl)” and more.
Tickets start at $33 and are on sale now.
Def Leppard
Def Leppard will take to the Grandstand stage on Tuesday, Aug. 26 at 7 p.m.
With more than 110 million albums sold worldwide and two prestigious Diamond Awards in the U.S., 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees Def Leppard — Joe Elliott (vocals), Phil Collen (guitar), Rick Savage (bass), Vivian Campbell (guitar) and Rick Allen (drums) — continue to be one of the most important forces in rock music.
The English rock band was formed in Sheffield in 1976. They are one of only five rock bands with two original studio albums — “Pyromania” and “Hysteria” — selling more than 10 million copies in the U.S.
Tickets start at $77 and are on sale now.
Old Dominion
The multi-platinum-selling country band Old Dominion will be featured on the Grandstand stage Thursday, Aug. 21 at 7 p.m.
Since breaking onto the music scene, the band has nine No. 1 singles on country radio, passed five billion on-demand streams, and received numerous platinum and gold single certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America.
The Nashville band has five full-length albums and three EPs. The band consists of Matthew Ramsey on lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Trevor Rosen on guitar and keyboards, Whit Sellers on drums, Geoff Sprung on bass guitar and Brad Tursi on lead guitar.
Tickets start at $67 and are on sale now.
Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls
Singer-songwriter and musician Melissa Etheridge and music duo Indigo Girls will rock the Grandstand stage on Sunday, Aug. 24 at 7 p.m.
The Grammy Award-winning musicians will perform together at the Minnesota State Fair as part of their Yes We Are Tour 2025.
Melissa Etheridge released her first album in 1988 and is known for songs like “Ain’t It Heavy,” for which she won a Grammy in 1992 and “Come to My Window,” released in 1993 on her fourth studio album.
Etheridge also won an Academy Award for Best Original Song with the song “I Need to Wake Up” from the 2006 documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Emily Saliers and Amy Ray make up the Indigo Girls duo. In addition to their decades of musical experience and Grammy wins, Saliers and Ray have also advocated for immigration reform, LGBTQ+ rights, Native American rights, reproductive rights and other communities and issues.
Their 1989 single “Closer to Fine” became an earworm again in 2023 when it was featured in the Barbie movie in the scene where Barbie is singing in the car.
Tickets start at $56 and public sales are open.
The artists will contribute $2.00 total from each ticket sold to benefit their nonprofit charitable organizations: The Etheridge Foundation, which supports research into the causes and effects of opioid addiction, and First Peoples Fund, which aims to honor the cultural, artistic and ancestral practices of American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian artists, families and communities.
Seats for all shows must be reserved. Find tickets on the Minnesota State Fair’s website.
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