FAIRLEA, WV (LOOTPRESS) – The State Fair of West Virginia has just released its next performing artist for the 2023 State Fair which will run from August 10th-19th.
Officials with SFWV have announced that Grammy Award-winning rap superstar Nelly will return to the State Fair of West Virginia on Friday, August 11, 2023. Tickets for the show will go on sale Friday, February 10, 2023, at 10 AM.
Nelly last performed at the State Fair of West Virginia in 2021 in front of a sellout crowd.
Nelly, is an American rapper. He embarked on his music career with the hip-hop group St. Lunatics in 1993 and signed with Universal Records in 1999.
Under Universal, Nelly began his solo career in the year 2000, with his debut album Country Grammar, of which the featured title track and the single “Ride wit Me” were top ten hits. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard 200, and became Nelly’s best-selling album to date, selling over 8.4 million copies in the United States.
Nelly and country music star Cody Johnson are currently the only 2023 concerts announced so far at the West Virginia State Fairgrounds.