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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 gate 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, posted 155,185*, a new daily record for that Thursday slot. Later 2026 days are not posted yet; the fair notes that daily numbers go up the following day, 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. That is the ground the fair occupies — not a hotel listing. Official Get Here pages cover Park & Ride, buses, and on-site parking.
2026 Grandstand · Sleep Number series
As listed on the official Grandstand page. Aug. 27 has already played; 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
Gate admission · official
Adults $20 · Seniors $18 · Kids 5–12 $18 · 4 and under free. Buy from the Fair, not a reseller.