Bonnie Raitt is heading back to the Great Minnesota Get‑Together, this time to officially open the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series on Aug. 27. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer will notch her ninth Grandstand appearance and her first State Fair stop since 2016, a seasoned headliner kicking off a concert slate that already mixes legacy names with fair‑time favorites, according to the Star Tribune.
Tickets for Raitt’s Grandstand show, priced from $46 to $99.25, are set to go on sale at 10 a.m. on Jan. 30. Sales will run through Etix and by phone, with presale details listed on the artist’s site, the Star Tribune reports.
Raitt's tour and presale info
Raitt’s Aug. 27 State Fair date shows up on an expanded 2026 tour itinerary that now stretches into September, per Rock Cellar Magazine. Her official site also lists tour stops and fan presale windows, and fans can find membership information and benefit‑seat presale specifics at BonnieRaitt.com.
Grandstand lineup and ticket basics
The fair’s Grandstand calendar already features “Weird Al” Yankovic on Aug. 28 and Rod Stewart on Sept. 1, with the full ticket slate running through Etix, according to the Minnesota State Fair. The fair’s site reminds buyers that Grandstand tickets are separate from daily fair admission and lays out seating charts and party deck options for each show.
As the Star Tribune notes, Raitt "has considered Minnesota a second home," a long‑running connection that should give the Grandstand opener an extra hometown‑crowd feel. Fairgoers can expect more Grandstand announcements as the Minnesota State Fair locks in its full lineup closer to August.
