Here's who is performing at the Ohio State Fair this year

The Ohio State Fair is just around the corner, and with the 12 days of unique food, butter sculptures and more, a lively concert lineup provides entertainment to fairgoers.

This year's schedule includes popular rappers, country bands and comedians spanning the July 24-Aug. 4 Ohio State Fair.

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KIDZ BOP performs at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday. Tickets are $32. Alabama performs at 7 p.m. on Thursday. Tickets are $65 or $75, depending on seating.

Stone Temple Pilots rock out at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are $37 or $47, depending on your seat choice. Boyz II Men takes the stage at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Get your tickets for $38 or $48.

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La Zenda Nortena performs at 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets cost $20. Lauren Daigle takes the stage at 7 p.m. on Monday. Tickets cost $58 or $68, depending on seating.

Rapper Ice Cube performs at 7 p.m. on July 30. Tickets cost $52 or $62, and comedy comes to Columbus with Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias at 7 p.m. on July 31. Tickets cost $55 and $65.

Stephen Sanchez performs at 7 p.m. on Aug. 1. Tickets cost $50 and $40. Ohio Players & Midnight Star take the stage at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 2; tickets are $23 or $33.

To finish off this year's performances, Jamey Johnson takes the stage at 7 p.m. on Aug. 3. Tickets cost $38 or $48, depending on seating.

Tickets for these concerts can be purchased at ticketmaster.com/OhioStateFair.

In addition, two free concerts included in fair admission are scheduled. The All-Ohio State Fair Band & Youth Choir is to perform at 1 p.m. on Sunday and Hotel California, an Eagles tribute, is set for 1 p.m. on July 30.

All concerts are held in the indoor, air-conditioned WCOL Celeste Center.

The Ohio State Fair also enacted a new safety policy restricting youths to be unaccompanied at the fairgrounds after 6 p.m., but what about the concerts?

Ohio State Fair's new safety policy:No unaccompanied minors after 6

There is one exception to this rule: Underage concertgoers with valid tickets will get a bit of leeway and be permitted to enter the fair and concerts after 6 p.m. without an adult. However, once the concert is over, they will be required to leave the fair "in a timely manner" or meet up with a chaperone.