Casting Crowns with Tauren Wells

Monday, August 5, 2024 @ 7:30pm

Prices: $35 – $45

Award-winning Christian music group Casting Crowns will bring their uplifting hits to the State Fair Main Stage on Monday, August 5. 

The seven-member band grew from its roots as a youth worship group into a dominant force of Christian music. Fans will love hearing chart-topping songs like “Who Am I,” “East to West,” and “Lifesong” along with their latest album, Healer.

Contemporary Christian & Gospel artist Tauren Wells will open the 7:30pm show. Since his debut in 2017, Tauren has entertained with No. 1 pop hits like “Love Is Action,” “Known,” “Hold Us Together (featuring H.E.R),” and “Joy In The Morning.” 

All seating for this show is reserved, and tickets are $35, $40, and $45. Each concert ticket includes admission to the State Fair for the day of the show when purchased before entering the State Fair. Venue opens at 6:30pm for show seating.

Wisconsin State Fair is not responsible for tickets purchased from third parties. No single ticket for this concert should exceed $45.

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About Casting Crowns

With more than 13 million albums sold to date including one RIAA double platinum album, five platinum and seven gold records, two platinum and four gold DVDs, one RIAA platinum-certified single, and six RIAA gold-certified singles Casting Crowns remains Billboard’s top-selling act in Christian music since 2007. The award-winning group consists of Mark Hall (lead singer/songwriter), Melodee DeVevo (violin, cello, vocals), Brian Scoggin (drums), Megan Garrett (piano, keyboards, vocals), Juan DeVevo (guitar, vocals), Chris Huffman (bass guitar, vocals), and Josh Mix (lead guitar, vocals).

Casting Crowns got its start as a youth group worship band originally based in Florida. Today, each of the seven members remains active in student ministry at their respective churches in Nashville and Atlanta. Lead singer/songwriter, Mark Hall, is serving in his 25th year in youth ministry as student pastor at Eagle’s Landing First Baptist Church in Atlanta.

Building on a strong foundation forged by their self-titled major-label debut in 2003 that went Double Platinum, Casting Crowns has earned some of the industry’s most prestigious accolades, including seven Grammy nominations, winning a Grammy for the band’s 2005 effort, Lifesong. In addition, over the past decade, Casting Crowns has garnered 18 GMA Dove Awards, four American Music Awards, and two Billboard Music Awards, among others. The band was named “Artist of the Year” exclusively by fans at the 2014 K-LOVE Fan Awards.

Their chart-topping songs — including “Who Am I,” “Voice of Truth,” “Praise You In This Storm,” “Until The Whole World Hears,” “Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me),” “Just Be Held,” and “Oh My Soul” have earned them thirteen No. 1 hits at radio and six RIAA Gold certified digital singles. Furthermore, the band has been featured by a variety of high-profile media outlets such as Billboard, Associated Press, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Charisma, HomeLife, and CCM Magazine, among others. In 2008, the band performed on TNT’s annual “Christmas In Washington” concert special alongside Kristin Chenoweth, Julianne Hough, Darius Rucker, and Straight No Chaser. In addition, Casting Crowns has appeared on “Good Morning America,” NBC’s “Today,” CNN, MSNBC, “Fox News,” “Fox & Friends,” “Huckabee,” and more. They also had their debut performance at Carnegie Hall in January 2015.

Always looking for opportunities to use their platform for greater good, over the course of their career, Casting Crowns has seen more than 112,000 children sponsored through their advocacy efforts at concerts. Moreover, the band was a part of a team of first responders who helped distribute supplies to survivors following the earthquake in Haiti in 2010.

Learn more about Casting Crowns on their website: CastingCrowns.com.

About Tauren Wells

Tauren Wells is a celebrated platinum-selling recording artist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, with 10 Grammy award nominations, six No. 1’s, 330+ million career video views, eight GMA Dove Awards, Billboard Music Award nomination, and over 1.1 billion global streams to date. Through his precise artistry, masterful lyrics, and dance-oriented performances, Tauren uniquely connects his contemporary Christian and Gospel sound with elements of pop, hip-hop, and R&B. 

With No. 1 pop hits like “Love Is Action,” “Known,” and his most recent collaboration with H.E.R., “Hold Us Together,” was nominated for a 2022 Grammy for “Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song,” along with a 2022 BET Award nomination and a 2022 NAACP Image Award nomination. His album Citizen of Heaven (Live) was up for 2022 Grammy for “Best Contemporary Christian Music Album” and generated the RIAA gold-certificated single, “Famous For (I Believe).”

Having toured with the iconic likes of Lionel Richie and Mariah Carey, Tauren averages nearly 90 shows a year across North America and spent 2022 and 2023 crisscrossing America on the “Joy in the Morning Tour,” his third headline outing (along with special guests Aaron Cole and Lakewood Music) in support of his latest album Joy In The Morning, which features the hit singles “Fake It,” “Empty,” “Come Home,” and the title track.

Learn more about Tauren Wells on his website: TaurenWells.com.

Disclaimer

Each Main Stage ticket will be assessed a $9 facility fee.

Etix is the only authorized ticketing partner of Wisconsin State Fair Park (WSFP). The State Fair Ticket Office and Etix (accessed via the WiStateFair.com or Etix.com websites) are the ONLY authorized sources for State Fair Main Stage Tickets.

If you purchase tickets from any other source, WSFP cannot guarantee the validity of the tickets and you risk being denied admission, refunds and/or exchanges.