Goo Goo Dolls

With The Fray

Goo Goo Dolls with The Fray

Date and Time

Saturday, August 10 | 7:30 pm

Pricing

  • Track: $70
  • Grandstand: $60

Grandstand tickets do not include Fair admission. To view admission specials visit the Fair Admission page.

Grandstand tickets public on sale starting at 9 am, Tuesday, May 21 through Etix. All concert seats are reserved. Convenience charges apply to all tickets.

The Missouri State Fair Box Office opens at noon on July 1 for walk-up orders (while tickets remain).

Box Office Hours

July 1 – Aug 2: 12 pm – 6 pm (M-F)
Closed July 4 in observance of Independence Day
Aug 5-7: 9 am – 6 pm
Aug 8-18: 9 am – 9 pm

Security Policy

For guest safety, prior to entering concerts/events at the State Fair Grandstand, all guests will be screened by hand-held wands, or similar device. Weapons are not permitted. All bags are subject to search. Any prohibited item must be returned to the guest’s vehicle.

Things to Know Before the Show: Learn more about our security policy, prohibited items and more on the Grandstand Event Policies page.

Goo Goo Dolls

Formed by Rzeznik and Takac in Buffalo, NY during 1986, Goo Goo Dolls have quietly broken records, contributed a string of staples to the American songbook, connected to millions of fans, and indelibly impacted popular music for three-plus decades. Beyond selling 15 million records worldwide, the group has garnered four GRAMMY® Award nominations and nearly a dozen platinum & gold singles combined, and seized a page in the history books by achieving 16 number one and Top 10 hits. As a result, they hold the all-time radio record for “Most Top 10 Singles.”

Thus far, A Boy Named Goo [1995] has gone double-platinum, Dizzy Up The Girl five-times-platinum, and Gutterflower [2002] and Let Love In [2006] both went gold as Something for the Rest of Us [2010] and Magnetic [2013] bowed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200. Their music continues to reach new audiences around the world and rack up platinum & gold statuses – including the recently platinum-certified “Slide”, “Black Balloon” and “Better Days” – and has been covered by everyone from Taylor Swift to Phoebe Bridgers and Maggie Rogers.

Among a string of hits, “Iris” clutched #1 on the Hot 100 for 18 straight weeks and would be named “#1 Top 40 Song of the Last 20 Years.” On the heels of going viral on TikTok, the track recently achieved seven-times-platinum status and re-entered the Billboard charts, yet again proving the timelessness of Goo Goo Dolls’ illustrious catalog.

The Fray

Denver-based The Fray, formed in 2002 after high school friends, Slade and King, bumped into each other at a local guitar shop. In 2005, the group achieved national success with their debut self-titled release, featuring the hit singles “Over My Head (Cable Car)” and “How to Save a Life,” which went double-platinum. The release also earned the band a 2010 Grammy nomination.

February 2014, the group’s fourth album Helios was released on Epic Records. With a sound that features electronic instruments, drum samples, enormous backing vocals, and production assistance from Stuart Price and Ryan Tedder, the new album received early critical acclaim from the Denver Post as well as Billboard, which hailed its “bare emotion bolstered by echoing backing vocals and unexpected twang.”

The Fray is Joe King (guitar, vocals), Dave Welsh (guitar), and Ben Wysocki (drums).