Eric Church to perform at the Mid-State Fair
Eric Church.
– Eric Church will perform at the California Mid-State Fair on Saturday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. as part of the Michelob Ultra Concert Series, fair officials announced Feb. 9.
The concert will take place in the Chumash Grandstand Arena in Paso Robles.
Tickets go on sale Friday, Feb. 13, at 10 a.m. and range in price from $60 to $200. Tickets will be available online only through the fair’s website, which links directly to the official ticketing provider.
The California Mid-State Fair runs July 15–26. The 2026 theme is “Back to the ’80s.” The fair includes live entertainment, carnival rides, exhibits, livestock shows, food, and family-oriented activities highlighting the Central Coast community.
Additional concert announcements are expected in the coming months, according to the fair.
Church is a seven-time Academy of Country Music Award winner, a four-time Country Music Association Award winner, including Entertainer of the Year in 2020, and an 11-time Grammy nominee. In 2025, he was named a Time100 Philanthropy honoree.
In October 2024, Church released “Darkest Hour,” signing over all publishing royalties from the song to support disaster relief and long-term recovery efforts in North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. The song appears alongside “Hands of Time” on his album Evangeline vs. The Machine, his first new album since the 2021 Heart & Soul triple album.
His catalog includes multiple gold, platinum, and multi-platinum certified albums and singles, including Chief, The Outsiders, Mr. Misunderstood, Carolina, Sinners Like Me, and Desperate Man.
Church is a minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets, a co-owner of the Field & Stream brand, operates a SiriusXM music channel titled “Eric Church Outsiders Radio,” produces a liquor brand called Whiskey JYPSI, and owns a six-story venue on Nashville’s lower Broadway known as Chief’s.
