Country singer Cooper Alan, who built a massive following through TikTok mash-ups before breaking into Nashville, is bringing his show to the Oklahoma State Fair on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. The performance is set for 7:30 p.m. on the Chickasaw Country Entertainment Stage and is free with outside gate admission to the fair.
Alan is described as a country music and TikTok star and singer-songwriter, according to The Oklahoman. His sound blends country with rockier edges; his own bio describes one track as a “good old driving American country-rock song,” per cooperalanmusic.com.
The Oklahoma stop lands during a busy stretch of fair-circuit dates for Alan. He was also booked at the 2026 Great New York State Fair's Chevy Court on Thursday, Aug. 27, at 6 p.m., with that concert included in the price of admission, according to I LOVE NY, which listed general admission to that fair at $8.32. The New York State Fair's schedule covers Aug. 26 through Sept. 7, 2026, a 13-day span, and says Chevy Court hosts concerts daily at 1 p.m. and 6 p.m., per the New York State Fair's own venue page.
From Winston-Salem Honky-Tonks to Nashville's Lower Broadway
Alan hails from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and named his debut full-length album after his hometown, according to his official site. He got his start performing in cover bands as an eighth-grader, later played in college party bands, and eventually worked the honky-tonks along Nashville's Lower Broadway, per cooperalanmusic.com. After graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he packed up and moved to Nashville.
A TikTok Breakout Six Years in the Making
Alan's rise traces back to 2020, when his mash-ups and country remixes started catching on with TikTok audiences, according to Country Living. His own website notes that it took six years of nurturing a fanbase and building a catalog before he released his debut album.
Country Living puts his TikTok following above 11 million and his Instagram following near 3 million. Cooperalanmusic.com separately states he has amassed more than 750 million streams and more than 18 million followers across social media, though the exact date behind that tally isn't specified.
Whichever count is closest to current reality, the momentum behind Alan's rise from Nashville honky-tonk gigs to state-fair headline slots is hard to miss. Oklahoma fairgoers heading through the gates Thursday evening won't need a ticket beyond admission to catch the set on the Chickasaw Country Entertainment Stage.
