Heartthrob crooner Stephen Sanchez is headed to Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 31

Evoking Elvis and Orbison, he had women swooning at First Avenue. Tickets go on sale Friday.

The Minnesota Star Tribune
April 30, 2024 at 7:00PM
Stephen Sanchez is coming to the Minnesota State Fair on Aug. 31. (The Associated Press)

Stephen Sanchez, the retro-loving, Orbison-evoking crooner who scored big last year with “Until I Found You,” is heading to the Minnesota State Fair grandstand on Aug. 31.

At First Avenue in October, Sanchez, the pride of Sacramento, had the women swooning over his velvety voice and Elvis-y moves. The 21-year-old heartthrob just released the deluxe version of his album, “Angel Face,” adding five more songs to the concept LP about a 1950s nightclub singer who gets caught up in a love triangle.

Sanchez’s Minnesota date is sandwiched between appearances at the New York and Alaska state fairs.

Grandstand tickets, priced from $34 to $68, will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday at etix.com and 800-514-3849.

Two more grandstand concerts will be announced.

Already on sale are Chance the Rapper, Aug. 23; Nate Bargatze, Aug. 24; Blake Shelton, Aug. 25; Happy Together Tour 2024 featuring the Turtles, Jay and the Americans, the Association, Badfinger, the Vogues and the Cowsills, Aug. 26; Ludacris and T-Pain, Aug. 27; Mötley Crüe, Aug. 29; Matchbox Twenty, Aug. 30, and Kidz Bop, Sept. 2.

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Jon Bream

Critic / Reporter

Jon Bream has been a music critic at the Star Tribune since 1975, making him the longest tenured pop critic at a U.S. daily newspaper. He has attended more than 8,000 concerts and written four books (on Prince, Led Zeppelin, Neil Diamond and Bob Dylan). Thus far, he has ignored readers’ suggestions that he take a music-appreciation class.

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