Western Idaho Fair to offer reserved seats at grandstand concerts. Here’s the first band

The Western Idaho Fair is still months way, but organizers have begun revealing the grandstand concerts.

Classic-rock band Kansas will perform Monday, Aug. 19 — one of five shows on the ICCU Grandstand Stage. The others haven’t been shared yet. The Western Idaho Fair plans to unveil one performer each Tuesday in April.

Known for 1970s hits “Carry On Wayward Son” and “Dust in the Wind,” Kansas last performed in Boise in September last year at the Morrison Center.

As always, the grandstand concerts will be free with paid fair admission. But new this year — “for the first time in decades” — the fair also will sell a limited number of reserved seats and box packages. So if you don’t want to wait in line and scramble to find a spot in the bleachers, you’ve got options.

A reserved grandstand seat to a concert will cost $35, which includes fair admission.

The Western Idaho Fair will be Aug. 16-25 at Expo Idaho. Tickets, carnival wristbands and reserved seats for Kansas are being sold now at idahofair.com. Advance fair admission costs $10, or $9 senior, or $8 for kids ages 6 to 11. Children 5 and under are free.

This story was originally published April 2, 2024 at 7:30 AM.

Michael Deeds

Idaho Statesman

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Michael Deeds is a long-serving entertainment reporter and opinion columnist at the Idaho Statesman, where he chronicles the Boise good life: restaurants, concerts, culture, cool stuff. He started as a summer intern after graduating from the University of Nebraska with a news-editorial journalism degree. Deeds’ prior Statesman roles have included sportswriter, music critic and features editor. His other writing has ranged from freelancing album reviews for The Washington Post to bragging about Boise in that inflight magazine you left on the plane.