Wisconsin State Fair reveals 2025 opening-night main stage headliner: Midland
Country rock band Southall will open the July 31 show, the fair announced Wednesday. Tickets, priced at $35 and $49, go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at wistatefair.com, and include fair general admission July 31.
Friday at 10 a.m. is also when tickets go on sale for the Aug. 2 main stage fair show with Ne-Yo announced Tuesday.
Tickets are on sale for these other main stage shows, with just two left to be announced: Previously confirmed fair shows include: Boyz II Men (Aug. 1), We The Kingdom (Aug. 4), Kidz Bop (Aug. 5), Gabriel 'Fluffy' Iglesias (Aug. 7), Darius Rucker (Aug. 8), Lynyrd Skynyrd (Aug. 9) and the Happy Together Tour (Aug. 10).
The fair will return July 31 to Aug. 10.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Wisconsin State Fair reveals 2025 opening-night headliner: Midland
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