Celebrate Minnesota: Walker Hayes & Crowder at Ledge Amphitheater

Celebrate MN

Celebrate MN is putting on a show at The Ledge Waite Park Amphitheater on Friday, September 18th, 2026 with Walker Hayes and Crowder as co-headliners. There will be lots of great food, lots of fun games and activities throughout the night, and some of the best local artists from Celebrate Minnesota will be taking the stage throughout the night.

Walker Hayes

With his current hit songs “Fancy Like”, “AA”, “Y’all Life” and many more Walker Hayes has defined the sound of modern country music over the last few years. His newest album “17 Problems” (2025) has some fun songs as well as some very personal songs.

Grammy nominee Walker Hayes received multiple nominations for the 2025 Billboard Music Awards. The multi-platinum singer, songwriter and published author of 17 Problems, has received multiple RIAA certifications including RIAA 3x Platinum for “Fancy Like” which became the song of a nationwide Applebee’s commercial after his 15 year old daughter posted a TikTok video of herself dancing to it in an Applebee’s which got 32 million views. 

Crowder

The songs that he will play will be able to get the crowd to their feet as he sings of songs such as “Good God Almighty,” “In The House,” “Somebody Prayed,” and “Grave Robber.” His last album, The Exile was released in 2024.

David Wallace Crowder, better known simply as Crowder, is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and former member of the Christian rock band David Crowder Band. After releasing 3 studio albums with The David Crowder*Band in 2004-2012, Crowder has gone on to pursue a solo career as a modern Christian musician.

He has earned 3 Grammy Award nominations and has won 13 Dove Awards in his career to date. He has also gone on to sell over 3 million units worldwide and has earned multiple #1 songs on the Christian radio charts. A published author, Crowder wrote the book “Praise Habit: Finding God in Sunsets and Sushi” in 2010.

The Ledge Waite Park Amphitheater Information

The Ledge Amphitheater is located at 1700 Parkway Drive, Waite Park, MN 56387, situated between two of the beautiful quarry’s in Waite Park. There are 6,000 possible guests at any given time, and The Ledge features Airflex chairs in the main seating area. The venue has a designated pit area for the more rowdy of fans for general admission seating. There is also limited ADA seating on a first-come basis, and there are also box seating and Falcon Club seating available for the more premium of fans.

There will be food trucks in the West Concessions at The Ledge Waite Park Amphitheater for this event. The BBQ and Burger Truck, Pizza 4 The People, The Ice Cream Truck and more will be available along with cashless bars with a full menu of refreshments in the East and West Concessions as well as restrooms. The venue is wheelchair accessible and strollers are welcome. This is a rain or shine event and there is NO re-entry. For more information about The Ledge Waite Park Amphitheater please contact us at (320) 640-6701.

Ticket Information

Tickets for this spectacular event will start at $53 and can be purchased online at Ticket Squeeze, the secure marketplace for buying tickets to events—or at the venue’s box office. Click on the “buy tickets” link above to secure the best seats for this fun event filled with great music and Christian connection.