Country band Old Dominion will return to the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand on opening night, Aug. 21.
Tickets are priced from $149.25 to $67 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Etix or by calling 800-514-3849.
Lead singer Matthew Ramsey and drummer Whit Sellers met as teenagers when they played on rival drumlines at two Virginia high schools. While attending James Madison University in Virginia, Sellers met bassist Geoff Sprung and guitarist Brad Tursi, while Ramsey met guitarist Trevor Rosen after moving to Nashville.
The fivesome went on to form Old Dominion in 2007, but band members spent their early days writing for other Nashville acts, including Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Josh Turner, Blake Shelton and the Band Perry. After Craig Morgan and Dierks Bentley scored hits with songs written by Ramsey and Rosen, the group self-released the EP “It Was Always Yours” in 2012.
Old Dominion’s singles “Shut Me Up” and “Break Up with Him” earned some airplay as well as the attention of RCA Nashville, which signed the band in 2015. That year, they opened for Kenny Chesney and hit it off, becoming semi-frequent tourmates. (Locally, Old Dominion has warmed the stage for Chesney three times, most recently in August 2022.)
In the years since, Old Dominion has maintained a steady presence on country radio with a string of hits that include “Snapback,” “Written in the Sand,” “One Man Band,” “I Was on a Boat That Day” and “Memory Lane.” They headlined the Grandstand in 2018 and made their local arena debut in September 2023 at St. Paul’s Xcel Energy Center.
The Minnesota State Fair runs from Aug. 21 through Sept. 1. Old Dominion are the second headlining act announced after the joint bill of Melissa Etheridge and Indigo Girls on Aug. 24.
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