Alaska State Fair Concerts

Medium Build
_{^{August 15, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Medium Build is the musical project of Nick Carpenter, a nomadic artist whose sound reflects his life of movement and transformation. Raised in a middle-class, church-going family in Georgia, and educated in Tennessee, Carpenter found his community in Alaska before his rising career began pulling him to Nashville. These diverse experiences shape his music—a kaleidoscope of sounds and moods.

Medium Build began as a name Carpenter attached to four-track recordings a decade ago. Since then, his discography has grown to include Falling Apart (2016), softboy (2018), roughboy (2018), Wild (2019) and Country (2024), which was recorded on Nashville’s Music Row with creative collaborator Jake LiBassi (Laiko). His latest album, This Is Life, arrived in early 2025.

Known for songs “drenched in authenticity” and performances that mix concert, testimony and stand-up comedy, fan favorites include “Crying Over You,” “Yoke” (feat. Julien Baker), “Never Learned To Dance,” “This Is Life,” “Triple Marathon” and “Be Your Boy.”

In 2023, Medium Build signed with slowplay / Island Records, toured with Lewis Capaldi, and made his Billboard debut with the “Friend for Life” collaboration alongside X Ambassadors. He is currently touring across the U.S., performing at venues like Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and Coachella, and sharing the stage with Tyler Childers, Rainbow Kitten Surprise and more.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise
_{^{August 16, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Defying a single genre and embracing unpredictability, Rainbow Kitten Surprise weaves together lyrical poetry, hummable melodies and instrumental eccentricities. Now with more than 2 billion global streams across platforms, the band first began building their devoted fanbase with independent albums SEVEN + MARY (2013) and RKS (2015).

The band’s breakout full-length debut for Elektra, HOW TO: FRIEND, LOVE, FREEFALL, arrived in April 2018. The album, which featured the RIAA-certified Platinum single “It’s Called: Freefall,” earned widespread praise from Billboard, TIME, Vice and NPR, and led to national television appearances, including performances on CBS Saturday Morning, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and PBS’s Austin City Limits.

In May 2024, Rainbow Kitten Surprise released their first album in six years, LOVE HATE MUSIC BOX. Featuring the lead single, “Superstar,” the album has received critical praise from Billboard, Consequence, Paste and more.

Featured on the stages of Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza and Osheaga, Rainbow Kitten Surprise is heading back on the road for the LOVE HATE MUSIC BOX Tour, marking their largest tour to date, including multiple arena dates and two nights at the iconic Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.

Rainbow Kitten Surprise is comprised of Ela Melo (she/her; lead vocals), Darrick “Bozzy” Keller (he/him; guitar, vocals), Ethan Goodpaster (he/him; lead guitar, vocals) and Jess Haney (he/him; drums).

Weird Al Yankovic
_{^{August 17, 2 p.m & 6:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Weird Al brings his legendary full-production multimedia comedy rock show back to the concert stage with the BIGGER & WEIRDER 2025 Tour, playing his iconic hits as well as some never-performed-live-before fan favorites. Al’s long-time band is joined by four additional players to create a super-sized concert experience. “Weird Al” Yankovic is the biggest-selling comedy recording artist in history. A 5-time Grammy Award winner, he is best known for his parodies of the biggest musical artists over the last 4 decades.  His many hits include “Amish Paradise,” “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Word Crimes,” and the platinum-selling “White & Nerdy.”  His last album Mandatory Fun is the only comedy album in history to debut at #1 on the Billboard Top 200. Weird Al’s live shows have entertained audiences across the globe for generations. In 2022, Yankovic produced and co-wrote the Emmy-winning biopic WEIRD: The Al Yankovic Story, starring Daniel Radcliffe in the title role.

Chris Tomlin
_{^{August 18, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Heralded by TIME magazine as the “most often sung artist in the world,” Chris Tomlin is credited with inspiring and uplifting an entire generation of believers with his music, including 21 #1 singles and 30 top 10 hits (more than any other Christian artist).

During his career, Tomin has spent more than 158 weeks at #1, with hits including “Holy Forever,” “Good Good Father,” “Whom Shall I Fear” and “I Lift My Hands.” He’s sold more than 12 million albums with 7 billion career global streams, and was the first Christian artist to reach the billion streams threshold on Pandora. In 2016, Tomlin was named one of only four artists ever to receive the Sound Exchange Digital Radio Award for over 1 billion digital radio streams, alongside Justin Timberlake, Pitbull and Garth Brooks.

The beloved Christian music artist has also won a Grammy®, three Billboard Music Awards and 29 Dove Awards. He’s been honored as a two-time BMI Songwriter of the Year and ASCAP Songwriter of the Year.

As one of the most successful Christian touring artists today, Tomlin has sold out venues including New York City’s Madison Square Garden, Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, Red Rocks in Denver, and LA’s Banc of California Stadium. He will visit Alaska on his current Holy Forever World Tour.

Mastodon
_{^{August 22, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance. Multiple #1s on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart. These are just some of the accolades that have cemented Mastodon as one of the most iconic rock bands of the modern era.

Mastodon’s music has left its mark everywhere—from Game of Thrones, Adult Swim, and The History Channel to DC Comics films, Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Since emerging in 2000, the Atlanta quartet has released critically acclaimed albums such as Leviathan, honored by Rolling Stone as one of The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time; Crack the Skye, named one of the best albums of 2009 by Time; and Hushed and Grim, which marked the band’s third consecutive #1 debut on the Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart and featured the Grammy-nominated “Pushing the Tides.” Mastodon has also scored three consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard Top 200 with The Hunter (2011), Once More ‘Round the Sun (2014) and Emperor of Sand (2017).

With six career Grammy nominations, the band took home the award for Best Metal Performance for “Sultan’s Curse.”

Following a massive 2024 arena tour with Lamb of God in celebration of Leviathan’s 20th anniversary, Mastodon is hitting the road once again—this time alongside Coheed and Cambria, with special guests Periphery, on the Infinite Arc Tour.

Billy Currington
_{^{August 23, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Multi-Platinum hitmaker Billy Currington has spent nearly two decades topping the country charts, tallying 12 #1 singles to his name, including four-time Platinum hit “People

Are Crazy,” three-time Platinum “Good Directions,” three-time Platinum “Must Be Doin’ Somethin’ Right,” plus Platinum hits “Do I Make You Wanna,” “We Are Tonight,” “Don’t It” and more.

Beloved by fans for his rich, emotion-laden tenor and unerring song sense, the Georgia native is equally skilled at delivering upbeat summertime anthems as well as exploring the complexities of life and love with a poignant ballad.

With seven studio albums to date, Currington’s latest release, #1’s Volume 1, is available to order now.

Sean Paul
_{^{August 28, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

With a string of global hits and performances in over 120 countries, Sean Paul stands as Jamaica’s most influential musical export—the biggest international star to emerge from the “little island with the big sound.” Born Sean Paul Henriques in Kingston in 1973, the dance hall icon has dominated the charts since his breakthrough in the late 1990s, and three decades later, he’s still going strong.

Sean made his global debut with the 1997 hit “Infiltrate.” By the time he dropped his first full-length album, Stage One, in 2000, dancehall anthems like “Deport Them,” “No Bligh” and “Hot Gal Today” had already cemented him as the best-selling artist on VP Records.

His rise continued in 2001 with “Gimme the Light,” followed by his first #1 hit, “Get Busy,” in 2002. His sophomore album, Dutty Rock, produced four Billboard Top 15 singles, including “Like Glue” and “I’m Still In Love With You,” and earned him a Grammy® Award for Best Reggae Album.

His 2005 album Trinity debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 and achievedPlatinum certification. The album’s smash hit “Temperature” became his third Billboard Hot 100 #1 and landed in the Top 10 in Canada and France, as well as the Top 20 in Australia and the UK.

From 2009’s Imperial Blaze to 2022’s Scorcha, Sean has remained a chart fixture across multiple genres. His collaborations span pop (“No Lie” with Dua Lipa, “Cheap Thrills” with Sia, “Rockabye” with Clean Bandit), EDM (“Come To Me” with Major Lazer, “Mad Love” with David Guetta and Becky G), and Latin music (“Contra La Pared” with J Balvin).

With over 33.8 million monthly Spotify listeners, nearly 5 million YouTube subscribers, and more than 6 billion YouTube views, Sean’s impact is undeniable. He’s an eight-time Grammy nominee, a two-time Soul Train Music Award winner, and has earned accolades from the Billboard Latin Music Awards, American Music Awards, MTV Europe Music Awards, as well as multiple Billboard Music Award nominations.

A multi-platinum powerhouse, Sean has topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Reggae charts, collaborated with superstars like Beyoncé, Rihanna, Sia, Idris Elba and Dua Lipa, and made appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, The Wendy Williams Show and The Late Late Show with James Corden, as well as his role as Gwen Stefani’s coach advisor on season 22 of The Voice.

3 Doors Down
_{^{August 29, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Formed in 1996, Mississippi rock band 3 Doors Down consistently captivates audiences worldwide. The quintet’s many accolades include selling more than 20 million albums globally, receiving a Grammy nomination, two American Music Awards, and five BMI Pop Awards for songwriting, including ”Songwriter of the Year.” Their debut, The Better Life, became certified seven-times RIAA platinum and was fueled by the success of juggernaut hit “Kryptonite.” Notable hit songs by 3 Doors Down include Here Without You, When I’m Gone, Loser, Duck & Run, It’s Not My Time, Away From The Sun, Be Like That, Let Me Go and more.

Foreigner
_{^{August 30, 7:00 p.m.     BOOK TICKETS}}

Foreigner, the iconic English-American rock band, has been setting the standard in rock music since their chart-topping debut in the 1970s and ’80s. Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, Foreigner continues to captivate new generations with their timeless sound, reaching more than 20 million listeners each week on Classic Rock radio and amassing over 15 million streams weekly.

With nine Top 10 hits and 16 Top 30 songs—including unforgettable classics like “I Want To Know What Love Is,” “Hot Blooded” and “Juke Box Hero”—Foreigner’s chart dominance rivals that of legends like Fleetwood Mac and surpasses many of their Classic Rock peers. Their album Foreigner 4 spent more time at #1 on the Billboard charts than any other Atlantic Records album, and their single “Waiting For A Girl Like You” set a Billboard record with 14 weeks at #2.

Recognized as one of the all-time greats, Foreigner ranked #49 on Billboard’s Hot 100 All Time Top Artists chart, ahead of icons like the Eagles and Aerosmith. As one of the Top 40 in Business Insider’s Best-Selling Music Artists of All Time, Foreigner has sold over 80 million albums worldwide, with hit songs like “Juke Box Hero” and “I Want To Know What Love Is” earning platinum certifications from the RIAA.

Today, Foreigner’s lineup includes legendary lead guitarist and vocalist Mick Jones alongside Kelly Hansen (vocals), Jeff Pilson (bass), Michael Bluestein (keyboards), Bruce Watson (guitar), Chris Frazier (drums) and Luis Maldonado (guitar). Together, they continue to deliver electrifying performances and keep Foreigner’s spirit alive for fans old and new.