There is finally some Minnesota State fair news to report! The Brad Paisley concert has announced it’s opening acts. Opening for Brad Paisley are “Stealing Cinderella” artist Chuck Wicks, Julianne Hough who won the past two seasons of "Dancing with the Stars" and singer-songwriter Jewel.
The show is sure to be a lot of fun. I already have my Brad Paisley tickets, but now one of my friends wants to go. I just checked on ticketmaster and the best pair of tickets is in grandstand section L, row 31! Woah – that is far back. Brad Paisley and friends would look like the size of “Ticks.” Perhaps I am a concert snob, but I am willing to pay more money if I can sit closer and so will my friend. I see Ticket King has Minnesota State Fair Tickets and their Brad Paisley Tickets are running about $200, but you are soooo much closer. This is going to be a hot state fair show, I am not sure if I should tell my friend to wait to buy tickets or not. I bet it sells out and that will only drive the ticket king prices higher.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Minnesota State Fair in a lull
The Minnesota State fair news bulletins are mighty scarce the last few weeks, but I know if you don’t write in your blogs enough blogger penalizes you so I thought I better write something! Like...it’s finally March and that means spring which means we are one season closer to summer which means Minnesota State Fair time! I can smell the Minnesota State Fair cheese curds already – yummy!
Thursday, February 21, 2008
Minnesota State Fair News
Not much in Minnesota State Fair news. It should be almost time to announce another 2008 Minnesota State Fair concert. Hmmm…
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Improvements on the Way for Minnesota State Fair
The annual meeting of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society proved fruitful for the Minnesota State Fair. The governing body of the fair met the third weekend in January and approved nearly $9 million in improvements and maintenance projects for the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
Improvements include: completion of the new International Bazaar, new restroom complex, renovations to Warner Coliseum, a new roof for the Cattle Barn and hundreds of general painting, maintenance and landscape projects throughout the fairgrounds. Let’s hear three cheers for a new and improved Minnesota State Fair. Hip, Hip, Hooray!
Improvements include: completion of the new International Bazaar, new restroom complex, renovations to Warner Coliseum, a new roof for the Cattle Barn and hundreds of general painting, maintenance and landscape projects throughout the fairgrounds. Let’s hear three cheers for a new and improved Minnesota State Fair. Hip, Hip, Hooray!
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
State Fair Music Blog
Here are three years at the fair that will be unforgettable.
2007: Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”: My family took the exact wrong shuttle to take if you wanted to avoid cattle vehicles and other shuttles. We sat on the shuttle for about an hour waiting to get into the fair, giving me the opportunity to hear the funky sounds of this album. “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” had its subtle saxophone flourishes entrench themselves in my brain while “Don’t You Evah” evoked the soulful side of Spoon.
2004: Iron & Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days”: This year my family took the U of M shuttle. Sam Beam’s soft voice and lyrics of our bodies’ ashes in “Naked As We Came” provoked existential emotion. “I’m Minnesotan? I’m at the fair, of course.”
200x: The Breeders “Saints”: “I like all the different people / I like sticky everywhere / Look around / You bet I’ll be there.” Kim Deal’s timeless lyrics about fairs are an undeniable ode to the summer classic. It is mandatory listening anytime you get that special carnival polo out.
Summer’s ready when you are.
2007: Spoon “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga”: My family took the exact wrong shuttle to take if you wanted to avoid cattle vehicles and other shuttles. We sat on the shuttle for about an hour waiting to get into the fair, giving me the opportunity to hear the funky sounds of this album. “You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb” had its subtle saxophone flourishes entrench themselves in my brain while “Don’t You Evah” evoked the soulful side of Spoon.
2004: Iron & Wine “Our Endless Numbered Days”: This year my family took the U of M shuttle. Sam Beam’s soft voice and lyrics of our bodies’ ashes in “Naked As We Came” provoked existential emotion. “I’m Minnesotan? I’m at the fair, of course.”
200x: The Breeders “Saints”: “I like all the different people / I like sticky everywhere / Look around / You bet I’ll be there.” Kim Deal’s timeless lyrics about fairs are an undeniable ode to the summer classic. It is mandatory listening anytime you get that special carnival polo out.
Summer’s ready when you are.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
State Fair and music
The Minnesota State Fair arrives every year, and inevitably there is music in our lives that narrate the coming of the great Minnesota get-together. In one way or another, pop music permeates our everyday lives and contextualizes times in our lives.
The Minnesota State Fair is always a memorable time in my life thanks to the pop music I was listening to at the time. While on State Fair shuttles to the fair, many of us have our ipod on. I decided over the next few weeks on my Minnesota State Fair blog I am going to highlight a few of the years I remember at the fair and the music that comes along with it. Check back next week to see which Minnesota State fair year I chronicle!
The Minnesota State Fair is always a memorable time in my life thanks to the pop music I was listening to at the time. While on State Fair shuttles to the fair, many of us have our ipod on. I decided over the next few weeks on my Minnesota State Fair blog I am going to highlight a few of the years I remember at the fair and the music that comes along with it. Check back next week to see which Minnesota State fair year I chronicle!
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Ejection seat addicts
Do you know how the Minnesota State Fair has had the ejection seat ride for a while now? Well, maybe this is the year to ride the ejection seat for the first time. I’ve always been pretty frightened of it, but I wonder what the sensation is like when riding it. I’m also afraid that it might be akin to some addictive drug that you need to experience over and over. That would be bad because riding the ejection seat has to be pretty expensive and time-consuming (with waiting in line and everything). I’m sure all you ejection seat fans are waiting for your chance to hop on at the fair again this year. Only seven and a half months to the Minnesota State Fair.
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