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Get the latest scoop about what's happening at the Iowa State Fair. You'll find it all right here — stories, photos and more. With all this going on, you'll quickly learn that nothing compares to the Iowa State Fair.

2024 News Releases

12/11/2024

Country Music and Christian New Artists of the Year on TWO Nights of the 2025 Iowa State Fair Grandstand

12/10/2024

Iowa State Fair Earns International Industry Honors

12/04/2024

25th Anniversary Hairball Celebration in the Iowa State Fair Grandstand

11/22/2024

2025 Iowa State Fair Items Now Available

11/14/2024

Homemade Holiday Candy-Making Classes with Chef Andrea Love

11/01/2024

Barksdale's State Fair Chocolate Chip Cookie DOUGH On Sale NOW

10/22/2024

Homemade Pasta Class with MasterChef® Champion Grant Gillon

08/19/2024

Iowa State Fair Wrap-Up

08/16/2024

2024 Iowa State Fair People’s Choice Best New Food Announced

08/11/2024

Iowa State Fair Record-Breaking Day

08/10/2024

Clarke County’s Elli Blackford Crowned 2024 Iowa State Fair Queen

08/06/2024

FREE Fun for Kids at the Iowa State Fair

08/01/2024

Know Before You Go to the Iowa State Fair

07/29/2024

Seven Iowa Farm Families Receive 2024 Way We Live Award

07/23/2024

2024 Iowa State Fair NEW Drinks

07/16/2024

Top 3 New Foods Announced

07/11/2024

Notable Nighttime Celebrities Join the Iowa State Fair Butter Cow in 2024

07/09/2024

2024 Iowa State Fair NEW Foods List Announced

07/08/2024

One Month Until the 2024 Iowa State Fair Begins

06/27/2024

Nothing Compares to Working at the Iowa State Fair

06/25/2024

Straight from the Farm to the Fair Dinner Table

06/20/2024

Sensory-Friendly Morning Returns to the Iowa State Fair

06/19/2024

50 Days Until Fair Fever 2024

05/21/2024

Farm Fun at the Fair

05/16/2024

Calling All Iowa Products: New Farmers Market Vendor Opportunities at the Iowa State Fair

05/14/2024

Calling All Young Talent: Enter Kids' Competitions at the Iowa State Fair

04/30/2024

100 Days Until the 2024 Iowa State Fair

04/23/2024

Eight Days of Action-Packed Elwell Family Park Events in 2024

04/16/2024

Iowa Lottery, Iowa State Fair Celebrate Years Of Partnership With New Game

03/26/2024

2024 Iowa State Fair Way We Live Award Entries Now Open

03/25/2024

Making the Cuts: Preparing Your Own Farm-to-Table Meal

03/06/2024

Last Two Acts Complete the 2024 Iowa State Fair Grandstand Lineup

02/21/2024

Two More Acts Announced for the 2024 Iowa State Fair Grandstand

02/13/2024

Kids in The Kitchen Cooking Class

02/07/2024

MOTLEY CRUE Set to Headline the Iowa State Fair Grandstand

02/05/2024

Save Time and Money at the Iowa State Fair

01/19/2024

KIDZ BOP LIVE 2024 at the Iowa State Fair

01/11/2024

Jelly Roll is Coming to the Iowa State Fair

2023 News Releases

12/19/2023

Hairball Returns to Rock the Iowa State Fairgrounds

12/13/2023

Thomas Rhett and NE-YO Coming to the 2024 Iowa State Fair Grandstand

12/12/2023

Iowa State Fair Board Elections

12/04/2023

Iowa State Fair Earns International Industry Honors

11/30/2023

First Two Nights of the 2024 Iowa State Fair Grandstand Announced

11/15/2023

2024 Iowa State Fair Tickets and Coupons on Sale NOW

11/01/2023

Barksdale's State Fair Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough On Sale

10/24/2023

Charcuterie Board Classes

08/21/2023

2023 Iowa State Fair By The Numbers

08/16/2023

2023 Iowa State Fair People’s Choice Best New Food Announced

08/12/2023

Henry County's Kalayna Durr Crowned 2023 Iowa State Fair Queen

08/09/2023

Parade to Kick-off 2023 Iowa State Fair

08/04/2023

Fun for Kids at the Iowa State Fair

08/03/2023

Know Before You Go to the Iowa State Fair

08/02/2023

Iowa State Fair Deals and Discounts

07/18/2023

2023 Iowa State Fair Top 3 New Foods Announced

07/12/2023

Nothing Could Be 'Butter' than Iconic Iowa Athletes

07/11/2023

2023 Iowa State Fair NEW Foods List Announced for National Fair Food Day

07/10/2023

11 Best Ways to Enjoy the 2023 Iowa State Fair

07/10/2023

Iowa State Fair to Host First Locally Sourced Farm-to-Fork Brunch

06/29/2023

Work at the Best Days Ever at the Iowa State Fair

06/22/2023

Sensory-Friendly Morning at the Iowa State Fair Presented by ChildServe

06/21/2023

Only 50 Days until the Best Days Ever at the 2023 Iowa State Fair

06/15/2023

NEW Thrill Parks Rides at the 2023 Iowa State Fair

06/08/2023

Volunteer and Corporate Opportunities at the Iowa State Fair

05/30/2023

Iowa State Fair Agricultural Experience Tickets On Sale

05/18/2023

NEW Kids Competition at the Iowa State Fair

05/04/2023

How to Get a Blue Ribbon at the 2023 Iowa State Fair

05/02/2023

100 Days Until the Best Days Ever

04/25/2023

Be Part of the Best Days Ever

04/19/2023

The Last Acts Announced for the 2023 Iowa State Fair Grandstand

04/14/2023

Action-Packed Elwell Family Park Events on Sale for 2023

04/11/2023

Cake Decorating Class at The Kitchen

04/05/2023

Two More Great Nights Announced on the Iowa State Fair Grandstand

04/04/2023

2023 Iowa State Fair Way We Live Award Entries Now Open

03/20/2023

New Kids On The Block Announce Iowa State Fair Tour Stop

03/02/2023

Perfect Pie Baking Class

02/22/2023

Maren Morris and Lindsey Stirling Announced

02/14/2023

Grammy® Award-Winning Global Superstars The Chicks Bring The Chicks World Tour 2023 to the Iowa State Fair

02/02/2023

Cooking Class with Blue Ribbon Winning, Local Food Network Star Nash Roe

01/13/2023

Jeremy Parsons To Be Named New Iowa State Fair CEO and Fair Manager

01/11/2023

2023 Iowa State Fair Grandstand Announcement

01/06/2023

Cold Weather Cocoa Bomb Making Class

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If you would like to learn more about the Iowa State Fair, please contact:

Mindy Williamson
515/262-3111 ext. 204