Minnesota State Fair announces first grandstand acts

(ABC 6 News) – The “Great Minnesota Get-Together” has made its first major concert announcement for the 2025 event.

Melissa Etheridge and the Indigo Girls: Yes We Are Tour will be part of the 2025 Grandstand Concert Series at the Minnesota State Fair. The all-ages show will be held on Sunday, August 24 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets will be from $56 to $89.25 for reserved seating or $110 to $123.75 for the Party Deck. Tickets will go on sale at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 12.

Melissa Etheridge stormed onto the American rock scene in 1988 with the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album. Her popularity grew over the years around such memorable originals as “Bring Me Some Water,” “No Souvenirs” and “Ain’t It Heavy,” for which she won a Grammy in 1992. Etheridge hit her commercial and artistic stride with her fourth album, “Yes I Am” (1993), featuring the massive hits “I’m the Only One” and “Come to My Window,” which brought Etheridge her second Grammy for Best Female Rock Performance.

The Grammy-winning duo of Emily Saliers and Amy Ray began their career in clubs and bars around their native Atlanta amidst a blossoming alternative music scene before signing to Epic Records in 1988. Indigo Girls’ eponymous major label debut sold over two million copies under the power of singles “Closer to Fine” and “Kid Fears” and introduced the duo’s signature harmonies and stirring, sophisticated songs to a dedicated, enduring global audience. “Indigo Girls” was the first of six consecutive gold and/or platinum-certified albums.

Additional Grandstand artists will be announced periodically between now and the 2025 fair.