Weird Al to rock 2026 Minnesota State Fair

"Weird Al" Yankovic will bring his musical parodies back to the Minnesota State Fair next year.

Details: The comedian's "Bigger & Weirder 2026 Tour" stops at the Grandstand on Friday, Aug. 28. Tickets, which go on sale this Friday, start at $54.

Flashback: Yankovic sold out the Grandstand in 2019 in a performance The Pioneer Press praised as "kitschy, absurd, over-the-top and consistently hilarious."

The #LocalAngle: One of his classic ballads — 1989's "The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota" — stars the tiny town of Darwin's oversized roadside attraction.

• The town renamed a street called Twine Ball Lane "Weird Alley" to mark his 2019 visit.