2025 Iowa State Fair Grandstand attendance breaks records
2025 Iowa State Fair Grandstand attendance breaks records
CONTESTS. ALL THOSE LIVE PERFORMANCES. NOW, AS THE FUN WRAPS UP, THE FAIR IS CELEBRATING A FEW NEW RECORDS, MORE FANS ATTENDED GRANDSTAND PERFORMANCES THAN EVER BEFORE. AS OF THIS MORNING, THIS YEAR’S ACTS BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 131,000 FANS, AND THAT SHATTERS THE RECORD. SET BACK IN 2019. MEGAN MARONEY, T-PAIN AND PITBULL ADDED THE MOST TICKET SALES TO THAT LIST EACH HAD MORE THAN 16,000 PEOPLE IN THE CROWD. KIDZ BOP CLOSES OUT THE STAGE THIS EVENING, AND OFFICIALS AT THE GRANDSTAND SAY THE NUMBERS WILL BE RELEASED AFTER THAT SHOW WRAPS UP. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE FAIR ANNOUNCED ITS MERCHANDISE SALES RECORD WAS BROKEN TWICE. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS $140,000, A N
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2025 Iowa State Fair Grandstand attendance breaks records
The 2025 Iowa State Fair Grandstand saw record-breaking crowds, fair leadership announced.In the first 10 days of the fair, the Grandstand recorded 131,616 concertgoers, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 with 128,504 concertgoers. Aug. 7: Forrest Frank with special guest Lecrae, 15,804 Aug. 8: Parker McCollum with special guest Josh Abbott Band, 9,256Aug. 9: Megan Moroney with special guest Kameron Marlowe, 16,371Aug. 10: Pitbull with special guest Neon Union, 16,090Aug. 11: Lynyrd Skynyrd with special guest The Outlaws, 6,960Aug. 12: Rascal Flatts with special guest Neal McCoy, 13,322Aug. 13: Hairball's Silver Anniversary Tour, 8,358Aug. 14: Def Leppard with special guest Phil X & The Drills, 14,733Aug. 15: Hank Williams Jr. with special guest Old Crow Medicine Show, 11,185Aug. 16: T-Pain with special guest charlieonnafriday, 16,202Aug. 17: KIDZ BOP LIVE Certified Bop Tour, 3,335 tickets sold as of 10 a.m. Sunday. The final numbers will be released after the Sunday night show.Last week, the fair announced its merchandise sales record was broken twice. The previous record was $140,000. Forest Frank broke that record with $160,000 in merch sales. The new record, $460,000, was set by Megan Moroney. » See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here.The 2026 Iowa State Fair is set to run Aug. 13-23, 2026.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The 2025 Iowa State Fair Grandstand saw record-breaking crowds, fair leadership announced.
In the first 10 days of the fair, the Grandstand recorded 131,616 concertgoers, surpassing the previous record set in 2019 with 128,504 concertgoers.
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- Aug. 7: Forrest Frank with special guest Lecrae, 15,804
- Aug. 8: Parker McCollum with special guest Josh Abbott Band, 9,256
- Aug. 9: Megan Moroney with special guest Kameron Marlowe, 16,371
- Aug. 10: Pitbull with special guest Neon Union, 16,090
- Aug. 11: Lynyrd Skynyrd with special guest The Outlaws, 6,960
- Aug. 12: Rascal Flatts with special guest Neal McCoy, 13,322
- Aug. 13: Hairball's Silver Anniversary Tour, 8,358
- Aug. 14: Def Leppard with special guest Phil X & The Drills, 14,733
- Aug. 15: Hank Williams Jr. with special guest Old Crow Medicine Show, 11,185
- Aug. 16: T-Pain with special guest charlieonnafriday, 16,202
- Aug. 17: KIDZ BOP LIVE Certified Bop Tour, 3,335 tickets sold as of 10 a.m. Sunday. The final numbers will be released after the Sunday night show.
Last week, the fair announced its merchandise sales record was broken twice. The previous record was $140,000. Forest Frank broke that record with $160,000 in merch sales. The new record, $460,000, was set by Megan Moroney.
» See all of our Iowa State Fair coverage here.
The 2026 Iowa State Fair is set to run Aug. 13-23, 2026.