{"id":403936,"date":"2026-07-18T23:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403936\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T23:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T23:53:08","slug":"wyclef-jean-concert-canceled-at-california-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/403936\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyclef Jean concert canceled at California State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Cal Expo water tower is seen during the California State Fair media day on Cal Expo in Sacramento on Wednesday, July 15, 2026.<\/p>\n

ZIYU JULIAN ZHU<\/p>\n

julian.zhu@sacbee.com<\/p>\n

There\u2019s been a change to the California State Fair\u2019s Saturday night concert lineup.<\/p>\n

The fair announced Wyclef Jean will not perform that evening due to \u201cunforeseen circumstances.\u201d Ticket refunds are expected to be processed that same day.<\/p>\n

Wyclef Jean was slated to perform 8 p.m<\/a>. at the Sky River Casino Stage as part of the Toyota Concert Series, according to the State Fair\u2019s website. A news release announcing the cancellation was sent at 3:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

He is a three-time Grammy Award winner who was once part of the Fugees, a hip-hop group in the 1990s. The rapper has since released eight albums as a solo artist, according to the state fair\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Those with questions about refunds can email boxoffice@calexpo.com.<\/p>\n

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Corey Schmidt<\/a><\/p>\n

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Corey Schmidt is a watchdog reporter for the Sacramento Bee, focusing on Folsom, El Dorado Hills and Sacramento County\u2019s eastern suburbs. Previously, he was the government watchdog reporter for the St. Cloud Times in Minnesota. Schmidt received his bachelor\u2019s degree from DePaul University in Chicago and his master\u2019s degree from Yale University.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cal Expo water tower is seen during the California State Fair media day on Cal Expo in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-403936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}