The Steve Miller Band, scheduled to play the New York State Fair and two other Upstate New York concerts next month, announced the cancellation of their entire 2025 tour on Wednesday night and blamed … the weather.
The band made the announcement on social media Wednesday night. The band had 31 dates scheduled this year, starting with an Aug. 15 show in Bethel Woods, N.Y., and ending with a show in Anaheim, Calif., on Nov. 8, according to Pollstar.
The band was scheduled to perform in Syracuse at the State Fair’s Suburban Park stage on Aug. 21, and the Seneca Allegany Resort & Casinos in Salamanca on Aug. 30.
The band’s website now lists no tour dates. Instead, it has this note:
“Dear Steve Miller Band fans,
You make music with your instincts
You live your life by your instincts
Always trust your instincts …
The Steve Miller Band has cancelled all of our upcoming tour dates.
The combination of extreme heat, unpredictable flooding, tornadoes, hurricanes and massive forest fires make these risks for you our audience, the band and the crew unacceptable. So …
You can blame it on the weather … The tour is cancelled.
Don’t know where, don’t know when … We hope to see you all again.
Wishing you all Peace, Love and Happiness,
Please take care of each other.
Steve, The Band and the Crew”
The band drew one of the largest crowds in State Fair concert history with 36,900 fans in 2015. Miller was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2016.
The 2025 New York State Fair runs from Wednesday, Aug. 20, through Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 1.
2025 NYS Fair concert lineup
Aug. 20 at 2 p.m.: The Concert: A Tribute to ABBA at Chevy Court
Aug. 20 at 6 p.m.: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic at Chevy Court
Aug. 20 at 8 p.m.: Nate Smith at Suburban Park
Aug. 21 at 1 p.m.: Taylor Dayne at Chevy Court
Aug. 21 at 6 p.m.: Cheap Trick at Chevy Court
Aug. 22 at 1 p.m.: Lily Rose at Chevy Court
Aug. 22 at 6 p.m.: Neon Trees at Chevy Court
Aug. 22 at 8 p.m.: Jessie Murph at Suburban Park
Aug. 22 at 9 p.m.: The Lady Gaga Tribute at Chevy Court
Aug. 23 at 1 p.m.: Kidz Bop at Chevy Court
Aug. 23 at 6 p.m.: Kameron Marlowe at Chevy Court
Aug. 23 at 8 p.m.: O.A.R. at Suburban Park
Aug. 24 at 1 p.m.: Los Lonely Boys at Chevy Court
Aug. 24 at 6 p.m.: Grouplove at Chevy Court
Aug. 24 at 8 p.m.: Busta Rhymes at Suburban Park
Aug. 25 at 1 p.m.: Slippery When Wet – The Ultimate Bon Jovi Tribute at Chevy Court
Aug. 25 at 6 p.m.: Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at Chevy Court
Aug. 25 at 8 p.m.: 98 Degrees at Suburban Park
Aug. 26 at 1 p.m.: Herman’s Hermits starring Peter Noone at Chevy Court
Aug. 26 at 6 p.m.: Sister Hazel at Chevy Court
Aug. 26 at 8 p.m.: Lil Jon at Chevy Court
Aug. 27 at 1 p.m.: Tusk, the Classic Fleetwood Mac Tribute at Chevy Court
Aug. 27 at 6 p.m.: Red Hot Chilli Pipers at Chevy Court
Aug. 27 at 8 p.m.: Carly Pearce at Suburban Park
Aug. 28 at 1 p.m.: Tom Nitti and Ashley Bryant at Chevy Court
Aug. 28 at 6 p.m.: Maddie & Tae at Chevy Court
Aug. 28 at 8 p.m.: Lynyrd Skynyrd at Suburban Park
Aug. 29 at 1 p.m.: Vertical Horizon at Chevy Court
Aug. 29 at 6 p.m.: Yacht Rock Revue at Chevy Court
Aug. 29 at 9 p.m.: DJ Pauly D at Chevy Court
Aug. 30 from 12-9:15 p.m. JAMS Funk Fest feat. Rose Royce (at 8:15 p.m.) at Chevy Court
Aug. 31 at 1 p.m.: Blippi at Chevy Court
Aug. 31 at 6 p.m.: En Vogue at Chevy Court
Aug. 31 at 8 p.m.: Shaggy at Suburban Park
Sept. 1 at 12 p.m.: Dionne Warwick at Chevy Court
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