For the Reporter

Country superstar Tim McGraw performs at the Washington State Fair on Sept. 4, part of the Washington State Fair’s Columbia Bank Concert Series.

Tickets for the concert in Puyallup go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 5

Tickets will start selling by phone (888) 559-FAIR (3247) daily, 7 a.m.-8 p.m., or on the Fair website. Tickets can also be purchased in person at the fair’s box office at 9th Ave Southwest and Meridian Street on Saturdays, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Tickets are $350, $250, $95 and $85, and include fair gate admission. Online and phone purchases are subject to standard processing fees. Tickets purchased on site will be charged a $2 per ticket service fee.

In addition, VIP packages are on sale, with $250 and $350 options.

McGraw has sold more than 40 million records worldwide and dominated the charts with 36 No. 1 singles. He’s won three Grammy Awards, 16 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards, 10 American Music Awards, three People’s Choice Awards and numerous other honors.

McGraw’s iconic career achievements include being named the BDS Most Played Artist of the Decade for all music genres and having the Most Played Song of the Decade for all music genres with “Something Like That.”

He is the most played country artist since his debut in 1992, with two singles spending over 10 weeks at No. 1 (“Live Like You Were Dying” and “Over and Over”). His current single, “Top Of The World,” off his Damn Country Music album is his 58th top 10 single.

His critically acclaimed acting skills were highlighted in the award-winning “Friday Night Lights” and “The Blind Side”. McGraw most recently starred in Disney’s “Tomorrowland”.

Connect with McGraw at: TimMcGraw.com, Facebook.com/TimMcGraw, on Instagram @TheTimMcGraw, on Twitter @TheTimMcGraw, and onYoutube at youtube.com/TimMcGraw.

The fair

The Washington State Fair is one of the biggest fairs in the world, and the largest in the Pacific Northwest. It started in 1900 in Puyallup, and welcomes more than one million guests to the single largest attended event in the state.

Star-studded entertainment, the PRCA Rodeo, rides, exhibits, food, flowers and animals are mainstays of the 21-day event that kicks off the Friday of Labor Day weekend.

For more information about the Sept. 2-25 fair (closed Tuesdays), visit www.thefair.com.

DATE, PERFORMANCE, TIME, PRICES (including fair gate)

Sept. 4 – Tim McGraw (country), 7:30 p.m., $350 VIP package, $250 VIP package, $95, $85

Sept. 9 – Rodeo playoffs with Thompson Square concert (country), 6:30 p.m., $40 Golden Saddle, $30; standing in dirt,concert, $35

Sept. 10 – Rodeo playoffs, Saturday matinee, 1 p.m., $30 Golden Saddle; $20

Sept. 10 – Rodeo playoffs with Chris Janson concert (country), 6:30 p.m., $40 Golden Saddle, $30; standing in dirt concert, $35

Sept. 11 – Rodeo, Puyallup finals, 1 p.m., $35 Golden Saddle; $25

Sept. 12 – for King & Country and Matt Maher (Christian), 7:30 p.m., $46 Golden Circle, $36, $26

Sept. 22 – Dierks Bentley (country), 7:30 p.m., $100 Golden Circle, $80, $65, pre-show dinner $38

* Friday 1 p.m. rodeo does not include fair gate admission. Gates are open free from 10 a.m.-noon.