State Fair Meadowlands Kicks Off Today With A Variety of Musical Acts

The day has arrived for State Fair Meadowlands, the excitement has been building inside every kid in New Jersey. I remember the feeling that the memories of going to my hometown carnival in my church schoolyard are precious.

In addition to all the rides and games, there will be acrobats performing in a vintage circus, action-packed motocross cycle stunts, magicians, pig races, and more. State Fair Meadowlands is the largest, long-lasting New Jersey event of the summer, and is running today, June 20th through July 7th.

Their website boasts that this year’s music offerings are world-class. They start with the Michael Jackson Tribute Show, it’s a Broadway show experience with music and dancing from the 21^st through the 23^rd followed by performances by singer and songwriter Gina Royale (June 28^th to 30th), and ends with a bang with the Samba Nova Brazilian music and dance group from July 5^th to 7^th.

Mike Dorso, Vice President of State Fair Meadowlands says, “People come from all over the Metroplex to experience our family-friendly entertainment. We’re able to bring in some of the top carnival and fair performers and musicians in the world. It’s no coincidence that fairgoers return to the fair every year with their families.”

For the next 17 days, the State Fair Meadowlands will be open weeknights with extended hours on weekends and the July 4^th holiday. The Fair will be closed on Tuesday, June 25 due to a sporting event at MetLife Stadium. Parking is free every day for all fairgoers. Be advised that if you’re taking Uber or Lyft to the Fair, you need to follow the signs to the designated drop-off and pick-up location.

The State Fair Meadowlands will have hundreds of rides. With the largest Kiddie Land in all of New Jersey, with plenty of options for the whole family. For more information, go to njstatefair.com.

As we kick off 2024, many of our favorite musicians are planning to hit the road once again. Some are continuing their tours from last year, expanding dates in cities that have sold out and filling up stadiums for their ever-devoted fans. Gametime has released new data highlighting the most anticipated concert tours of the year based on average ticket price -- and some of the numbers are astounding. It is no surprise that the highest-priced tours belong to Taylor Swift and Adele, as we've covered their past ticket prices being thousands of dollars.

Swift's Eras Tour shows last three-and-a-half hours as she covers all aspects of her career, from country to pop to indie. With her two “surprise songs” each night, fans are always eager to find out what songs she’ll choose for that segment. On top of that, her timing is impeccable for fans “itching for a post-pandemic live music immersive experience.” Another factor is how much Swifties appreciate Taylor’s dedication to her craft: writing all her songs and reclaiming ownership of all of her music by re-recording her discography. Fans have also been buying and streaming the new versions of her old songs and the bonus tracks on her re-recorded versions of her albums. Her tour is expected to pass $1 billion in sales by this March and if that happens, the singer-songwriter will make history.

Then there's Adele, whose Las Vegas residency, Weekends With Adele has reached the finale. With 32 dates, the English singer-songwriter will be at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace from January to June. Known for spending time chatting with her fans and making her way down to the audience, the candid moments during Adele's residency has become well-documented on social media, showing the fun times fans have to see her.

Take a look below at which five music artists have the hottest concert tickets of 2024 so far, based on the prices of their tickets on Gametime.

Kicking off our list of the highest priced tickets of 2024, the "Piano Man" singer will only be performing for 15 dates. However, his average ticket price is $560.07 and he will be all over the globe, starting with a sold-out show in Tokyo, Japan, on January 24. With more sold-out shows sprinkled throughout his scheduled performances, Joel added additional dates to his original ten events. In additon to his Madison Square Garden residency, he will also play Florida, Texas, California, Washington, Illinois, Colorado, Missouri, and Wales.

The "WHERE SHE GOES" singer and rapper will be on his Most Wanted tour, with 47 dates. His median ticket price is $661.01, starting in Utah at the end of February. Bad Bunny will also be making stops in nearly every state: Nevada, Arizona, California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Minneapolis, Missouri, Illinois, Ontario, Michigan, Washington, D.C., New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and ending in Florida on May 28.

The "vampire" singer embarks on her GUTS World Tour, with her tickets' median price being $734.17. Rodrigo will be touring the US for 46 dates with accompanying acts Pinkpantheress, The Breeders, Chappell Roan, and Remi Wolf at select cities. The singer will kick off the tour a few days after her 21st birthday in California, before making stops in Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Missouri, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Canada, Massachusetts, then New York. She will leave North America for tour dates in Ireland, the UK, Scotland, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, France, Spain, and Portugal. After a few weeks break, Rodrigo will return to North America for 18 more dates, finally closing out her tour on August 17 in Los Angeles.

Coming in at second place, Adele's continuation and end of her Las Vegas residency boasts $2,079.42 as her median ticket prices to watch her perform live. The "Easy on Me" singer will be performing for 32 dates over the course of 2024, from January 19 to June 15 at The Colosseum at Caesar's Palace. She had 24 shows in 23 and the English singer-songwriter is set to outdo herself with the additional dates this year. Reflecting on X (formerly Twitter), the Grammy winner said, "This residency, these shows have changed my life. I desperately needed to fall back in love with performing live again, and I have."

The pop icon's median ticket price for her 2024 Eras Tour is a whopping $3,525.42, having her claim the top spot for highest-priced tickets of the year. With 18 tour dates this year, Swift will be heading all over the globe, making stops at Australia, Japan, Singapore, France, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, the UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Poland, Austria, then heading back to the US. She will be performing in Florida, Louisiana, and Indiana, before going global once again in Canada, closing out her tour on December 8 in Vancouver.