19-05-2025
Dwight Yoakam to perform at Alaska State Fair
May 19—Dwight Yoakam, a pioneer of the "California country" sound, will perform at the 2025 Alaska State Fair, officials said Monday.
Yoakam's show is scheduled for 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday on the fair's website.
Yoakam broke out with his 1986 debut "Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc." and has since sold over 26 million albums worldwide and earned 21 Grammy nominations and multiple wins.
His hits include "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere," "Fast as You," "Little Sister," "Honky Tonk Man" and "Streets of Bakersfield," his duet with Buck Owens. He also released a 1997 cover of "North to Alaska," the ode to the 49th state originally written by Johnny Horton in 1960 for a movie of the same name.
Yoakam fashioned his own musical style, a blend of what's described as "Bakersfield twang" and rock 'n' roll, "emerging in 1985 as a bluntly outspoken advocate of hardcore honky-tonk music," as described by American Songwriter.
He joins joins already announced acts Wiz Khalifa (Aug. 24), Medium Build (Aug. 15), Rainbow Kitten Surprise (Aug. 16), "Weird Al" Yankovic (Aug. 17), Chris Tomlin (Aug. 18), Billy Currington (Aug. 23) and Foreigner (Aug. 30) on the 2025 fair lineup.
