--- title: "Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day" Is Now a Holiday in Minnesota description: The Minnesota governor announced that Aug. 8 would be Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day in his state, adding to Beyoncé Day on May 23. canonical: https://time.com/5362797/beyonce-jay-z-day-minnesota/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-08-09T16:27:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:54:15.231Z og:title: "Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day" Is Now a Holiday in Minnesota og:description: It's the second Beyoncé-related holiday that the governor has approved og:url: https://time.com/5362797/beyonce-jay-z-day-minnesota/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88464dcc997ec06a/6989376a7cdbac25ffd5d9f5/beyonce-jayz-on-the-run-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4159 og:image:height: 2339 og:image:alt: Beyonce and Jay-Z "On the Run II" Tour - Glasgow og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: "Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day" Is Now a Holiday in Minnesota twitter:description: It's the second Beyoncé-related holiday that the governor has approved twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88464dcc997ec06a/6989376a7cdbac25ffd5d9f5/beyonce-jayz-on-the-run-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day' Is Now a Holiday That Exists in Minnesota > Sponsored content. 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Kevin Mazur—Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 9, 2018 4:27 PM UTC Bow down, [BeyHive](http://time.com/5347651/beyonce-scholarship-winner/): the governor of Minnesota may very well be Beyoncé’s biggest fans. First, he named May 23 “Beyoncé Day” [back in 2016](http://time.com/4346679/beyonce-day-minnesota/) in honor of Ms. Carter’s [_Formation_ show](http://time.com/4211888/beyonce-formation-activism/) that year. And now, he’s declared that Aug. 8 is “Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day” officially in his state. Governor [Mark Dayton](http://time.com/4398146/15-photos-and-videos-from-a-deadly-week-of-shootings/item/mourners-demonstrate-ourside-minnesota-gov-mark-daytons-house-on-july-7/) shared the update in an official proclamation, honoring the [_On the Run II_ Tour](http://time.com/5195480/beyonce-jay-z-otr-ii-tour-dates/) concert that Beyoncé and Jay-Z were set to perform on Wednesday evening at Minneapolis’s U.S. Bank Stadium. “Through their lives and music, Beyoncé and Jay-Z have inspired Minnesotans and music fans around the world,” Dayton’s proclamation states, adding that “Beyoncé has influenced many Minnesota girls and women with the powerful, positive messages in her music” and enumerating both artists’ lists of accolades and career accomplishments. (Beyoncé was born in Texas, and Jay-Z in New York, but clearly Minnesota does not discriminate against out-of-state citizens.) The couple are on the U.S. leg of their [international](http://time.com/5339645/michelle-obama-at-beyonce-concert/) _On the Run II_ tour, having recently left the East Coast to continue blessing audiences nationwide with their performances. Beyoncé also recently covered the September issue of U.S. _Vogue_, sharing powerful statements about [motherhood and body image.](http://time.com/5358618/beyonce-vogue-interview/) > [](https://twitter.com/GovMarkDayton/status/1027313307399712768) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5362797/beyonce-jay-z-day-minnesota/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5362797/beyonce-jay-z-day-minnesota/"},"headline":"'Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day' Is Now a Holiday That Exists in Minnesota","datePublished":"2018-08-09T16:27:03.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:54:15.231Z","description":"It's the state's second Beyoncé-related holiday","url":"https://time.com/5362797/beyonce-jay-z-day-minnesota/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Beyonce","Holidays"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88464dcc997ec06a/6989376a7cdbac25ffd5d9f5/beyonce-jayz-on-the-run-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88464dcc997ec06a/6989376a7cdbac25ffd5d9f5/beyonce-jayz-on-the-run-ii.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Beyonce and Jay-Z \"On the Run II\" Tour - Glasgow","caption":"Beyonce and Jay-Z \"On the Run II\" Tour - Glasgow","creditText":"Kevin Mazur—Getty Images For Parkwood Entertainment","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5362797/beyonce-jay-z-day-minnesota/","name":"'Beyoncé and Jay-Z Day' Is Now a Holiday That Exists in Minnesota"}}]}] ```