“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.

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.”

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"Weird Al" Yankovic, the ultimate parody animal, is about to bring his special brand of music and comedy to Elmont's UBS Arena next summer.