Attendance in 2019 was a record 2,126,551 people. Around two million people attend the fair annually. The fair runs for twelve days from late August into early September, ending on Labor Day. The Minnesota State Fair was named the best state fair in the United States in 2015 by readers of USA Today. Residents of the state and region come to the fair to be entertained, exhibit their best livestock, show off their abilities in a variety of fields including art and cooking, learn about new products and services, and eat many different types of food-often on a stick. The state fairgrounds, adjacent the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, are in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, midway between the state's capital city of Saint Paul and the adjacent city of Roseville, near the Como Park and Saint Anthony Park neighborhoods of Saint Paul. Also known by its slogan, " The Great Minnesota Get-Together", it is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance and the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State Fair. The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013.The State Fair Gopher 'Fairchild' greets fairgoers.
^ "New York State Fair :: The Encyclopedia of New York State :: Syracuse University Press".The largest average per day attendance is at the Minnesota State Fair averaging just under 200,000 people per day. Though it is longer than an average state fair, ergo, it has an advantage. Awards are generally given according to the following scale: Īs of 2019, the largest attendance at a state fair in the US is in Texas with the fair having attracted 2,514,637 visitors. State and county fairs are famous for a variety of competitions that award ribbons. Provincial exhibitions in Canada Ī few annual exhibitions in the summer in Canada are similar to state fairs in the United States: Wisconsin State Fair Park Police Department.California Exposition and State Fair Police.Several state fairs maintain their own police departments, including: ^ Percentage based on combined population for all New England states.Each state has its own dedicated area during the fair. ^ The Eastern States Exposition, popularly known as The Big E, is a combined state fair for all six (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) New England states.List of state fairs United States The 2009 Tanana Valley State Fair in Fairbanks, Alaska State or Region Australian royal shows are organized by state agricultural and horticultural societies, and are described further in the agricultural show article.
Įvents similar to state fairs are also held annually in each state capital in Australia, known as royal shows. The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 to 2009. state fair was that of New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. Large fairs can admit more than a million visitors over the course of a week or two. evolved from a predominantly agrarian to an industrial society in the twentieth century, and the more service economy of the 21st century, modern state fairs have expanded to include carnival amusement rides and games, display of industrial products, automobile racing, and entertainment such as musical concerts. State fairs began in the nineteenth century for the purpose of promoting state agriculture, through competitive exhibitions of livestock and display of farm products. It is a larger version of a county fair, often including only exhibits or competitors that have won in their categories at the more-local county fairs. state's population, usually held in late summer or early fall. ( February 2023) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Ī state fair is an annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. Please improve the article by addressing link rot or discuss this issue on the talk page. This article uses citations that link to broken or outdated sources.