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Garrison Keillor brings 'Minnesota Show' to State Fair Sept. 2

August 16, 2016 at 7:01PM
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor performed Friday night at the Minnesota State Fair's Grandstand. ] Aaron Lavinsky • aaron.lavinsky@startribune.com A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor and performed Friday, Sept. 4, 2015 at the Minnesota State Fair's Grand Stand.
Now retired from his longtime radio gig, Garrison Keillor, shown at the fair in 2015, will bring a companionable Minnesota Show to the grandstand this year. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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The Minnesota Show with Garrison Keillor

Now that he's retired from radio's "A Prairie Home Companion," workhorse Garrison Keillor will bring his "Minnesota Show" to the fairgrounds. Expect PHC-like fare, with reflections on the fair and its food, Guy Noir comedy, news from Lake Wobegon, an intermission singalong and some Minnesota music from the likes of Leo Kottke, Richard Dworsky and others. (7:45 p.m. Sept. 2, grandstand, $27 & $35.)

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