Weird Al is known for accordion-based polka medleys and songs that parody popular music by artists including Madonna, Taylor Swift, Michael Jackson, Usher, Nirvana, Eminem, Queen and Lady Gaga.

“Weird Al” Yankovic is the first act announced for the 2026 Minnesota State Fair Grandstand series. Tickets for his Aug. 28 show — which will be the seventh time the pop parodist has played the Grandstand — are priced from $89.25 to $54 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix and by phone at 800-514-3849. Puddles Pity Party opens.

“Weird Al” Yankovic will make his debut at the Boston Symphony’s Koussevitzky Music Shed, 7 p.m. July 21, a stop on his 90-date 2026 “Bigger and Weirder” tour. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on Dec. 12.

Yankovic is stopping in San Luis Obispo County during his 2026 “Bigger and Weirder” tour, which will run from May through October. The “Polka Face,” “Eat It” and “Amish Paradise” singer most recently performed at Vina Robles in 2022 during his “Unfortunate Return of the Ridiculously Self-Indulgent, Ill-Advised Vanity Tour.”

The pop culture icon is promising a "super-sized concert experience" with eight additional players joining his longtime band.