‘Weird Al’ Yankovic set to perform at 2025 Alaska State Fair

By Anchorage Daily News

Updated: September 23, 2024 Published: September 23, 2024

FILE - Weird Al Yankovic appears at the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 15, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Pop culture parody prince “Weird Al” Yankovic is set to perform at the 2025 Alaska State Fair.

Yankovic, scheduled to perform Sunday, Aug. 17, at 6 p.m., was announced Monday by the fair as the first main stage performer for 2025.

Yankovic is well known for his parody songs like “Eat It,” “Like a Surgeon,” “Smells Like Nirvana,” “Amish Paradise” and “White & Nerdy.”

Yankovic has been awarded five Grammys, recorded 10 albums that have gone gold or platinum, acted on film and TV, and authored the book “When I Grow Up.”

Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. AKDT at alaskastatefair.org.