Latina music star Becky G will kick off 2024′s Minnesota State Fair grandstand series

The “Mamiii” singer will be only the second Latin music star to headline the grandstand in over a decade.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
May 7, 2024 at 2:24PM
Becky G performed at the KDWB Jingle Ball at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul on Monday night.
Becky G performed at the KDWB Jingle Ball at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul in 2015. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The second-to-last headliner announced for the 2024 the Minnesota State Fair grandstand lineup will be the first out of the gate — and only the second performer from the Latin music world to headline the series in more than a decade.

“Mamiii”-singing pop star and actress Becky G will kick off the grandstand series on Aug. 22, fair officials confirmed Tuesday. Tickets for her show will go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. priced $44-$81 via eTix.com or 800-514-3849. No opening act has been announced.

The 26-year-old Southern Californian singer born Becky Gomez has balanced her music career with acting in recent years, including movie roles in 2023′s “Blue Beetle” and 2017′s “Power Rangers.” She returned to the road after a long hiatus in 2023 following the success of her second album, “Esquemas.” Her career first took off in her mid-teens with such hits as “Shower,” “Mayores” and “Can’t Get Enough,” the latter a collaboration with Pitbull.

Pitbull was the only other Latino music star to headline the State Fair grandstand over the past decade.

Becky G’s show leaves only one vacant night yet to be announced in the 2024 grandstand series (Aug. 28). Here’s how the full schedule now reads:

  • Thursday, Aug. 22: Becky G
  • Friday, Aug. 23: Chance the Rapper
  • Saturday, Aug. 24: Nate Bargatze (comedian)
  • Sunday, Aug. 25: Blake Shelton
  • Monday, Aug. 26: The Happy Together Tour 2024 with the Turtles, Jay & the Americans, the Association, Joe Molland’s Badfinger, the Vogues and the Cowsills
  • Tuesday, Aug. 27: Ludacris and T-Pain
  • Thursday, Aug. 29: Mötley Crüe
  • Friday, Aug. 30: Matchbox Twenty
  • Saturday, Aug. 31: Stephen Sanchez
  • Sunday, Sept. 1: Amateur contest finals
  • Monday, Sept. 2: Kidz Bop Live
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Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.

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