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Bret Michaels announced as performer at 2018 Northwest Washington Fair

8 years ago in Local

Photo: KGMI/Mark Mazzanti

LYNDEN, Wash. — Glam rock comes to the Northwest Washington Fair as former Poison frontman Bret Michaels plays the Grandstand on Thursday, August 16th.

Tickets for the multiplatinum star’s show go on sale Thursday, May 3rd.

You can get them early by joining Friends of the Fair on the Northwest Washington Fair’s website.

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