2 popular bands to headline Mid-State Fair concerts. Here’s how to score tickets
A legendary heavy metal band and a popular country music group are set to take the main stage at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles this summer.
Megadeth, a Grammy award-winning group that’s been making metal music since the 1980s, will headline at the Chumash Grandstand Arena at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, July 20, with “thrash legends” Exodus as their opening act, a news release said.
The country rock band Treaty Oak Revival will take the same stage a few nights later at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, July 23, according to the release. Special guest William Clark Green, a singer-songwriter from Texas, will open for the five-piece band.
This year’s festival theme is “Back to the 80s,” the release said.
How to get tickets to Megadeth concert in SLO County
Megadeth has churned out metal music for more than 40 years, popularizing the thrash metal genre known for dual head guitars, high-speed tempos and aggressive drumming.
“It would be nearly impossible to conceive where heavy music and culture would’ve gone without the band founded, fronted, and fueled by vocalist, guitarist, songwriter, and producer Dave Mustaine,” the release said. “The blast radius of their impact has only magnified since 1983.”
Megadeth has won a Grammy award, along with 12 other Grammy nominations, as well as nabbed the No. 8 spot for Rolling Stone’s list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.
Tickets for the band’s Mid-State Fair concert will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and will be priced at $50, $60, $80 and $90, the release said.
Tickets will be available online only via MidStateFair.com and Ticketmaster.com.
Country rock group coming to Mid-State Fair
Treaty Oak Revival will be touring their third studio album “West Texas Degenerate” at the Mid-State Fair in July.
Hailing from Odessa, Texas, the county rock band has become a “formidable” force in modern-day country rock music, wracking up nearly 8 million monthly listeners on Spotify.
“Blending Southern grit, punk energy and red-dirt storytelling, the five-piece band built a fiercely loyal following by touring relentlessly and releasing music on their own terms,” the release said.
Tickets for the Mid-State Fair concert will go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday and will be priced at $50, $75 and $100, the release said.
You can purchase tickets at MidStateFair.com.
This story was originally published March 23, 2026 at 12:36 PM.
