Steele County Free Fair Announces Final Grandstand Headliner for 2025

The Steele County Free Fair announced its final headliner for the 2025 grandstand lineup, and its gonna be a big night of country music fun!

Put a star on your calendar for Friday, August 15th when country music star Rodney Atkins will be hitting the fair stage for one big country music bash. Think cold beer, corn dogs, mustard on your shirt, and hit after hit of great country music.

Get ready for a night of nothing but songs you can sing along with, featuring hits like, Watching You, Take a Backroad, If You're Going Through Hell, Farmer's Daughter, Cleaning This Gun, These Are My People, and more.

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Rodney's Atkins big night at the 2025 Steele County Free Fair rounds out a full week of outstanding grandstand entertainment,

2025 Steele County Free Fair Grandstand Lineup

• TUE 8/12: FFA Alumni Antique Tractor Pull
• WED 8/13: Big Daddy Weave (with special guest Cochren & Co.)
• THU 8/14: Snake Oil
• FRI 8/15: Rodney Atkins
• SAT 8/17: Bulls-N-Barrels
• SUN 8/18: Demolition Derby

In addition to Rodney Atkins, Big Daddy Weave and Cochran & Co. hit the stage on Wednesday the 13th, classic rock tribute band Snake Oil is back by popular demand on Thursday the 14th.

As has been the tradition, the grandstand schedule will open with the FFA Alumni Antique Tractor Pull (free admission) on Tuesday the 12th, Bulls-N-Barrels on Saturday the 16th, and the 2025 Demolition Derby on Sunday the 17th.

We'll see you at the 2025 Steele County Free Fair, August 12th through 17th in Owatonna. It's gonna be 'Good Vibes in 2025!' See you there.