Minnesota State Fair Attendance

If you haven’t already seen the Minnesota State Fair Attendance numbers, here they are for 2008:

Thursday 103,974
Friday 96,993
Saturday 171,663
Sunday 183,528
Monday 130,767
Tuesday 117,196 (less than 1,000 people away from a record)
Wednesday 88,228
Thursday 116,143
Friday 165,194
Saturday 209,399
Sunday 189,228
Monday 121,220
TOTAL 1,693,533

Wow! That is a lot of Minnesota State Fair goers. In 2007, there were a total of 1,681,678 fair attendees. That means this year’s Minnesota State fair attracted over 11,000 (eleven THOUSAND) more visitors. Wow. That is hard to imagine.

Minnesota State Fair Season

It was a good Minnesota State Fair this year. I was happy that I went as many times as I did. Next year, I hope to go more times (I say that every year). I enjoyed the food and the people watching and the Minnesota State Fair entertainment is always first class. I am not sure what I am going to do with this Minnesota State fair blog. I don’t really love blogging like I used to, but I want to keep the site. Maybe I will give the site an extreme makeover for next year’s great Minnesota get together! See ya at the fair!

Toby Keith at the State Fair

I just received an e-mail from one of my loyal readers looking for Minnesota State Fair tickets for the Toby Keith show on Monday, September 1st. It is to my dissatisfaction to have to report that this is an extremely difficult ticket to get - especially great ones, which my reader is looking for. State Fair tickets for this show sold super fast, including the great ones in Plaza 1. It has been my past State Fair experience that 9 out of 10 seats at the Minnesota State Fair Grandstands is a bad one. Unless you are in Plaza 1 you really do not have a clear view of the stage or the band you’re trying to see.

Minnesota State Fair tickets went fast for all of the big shows this year – the Minnesota State Fair schedule is a great one this season. In addition to Toby Keith there were other country acts, rock acts like the Black Crows and top 40 acts like Paramore and Gnarls Barkley. If you are looking forward to Toby Keith at the Minnesota State Fair you may want to use all of your resources to do so! Good Luck.

Minnesota State Fair 5 Day Countdown

I can’t believe it is almost fair time! The Minnesota State Fair starts in 5 DAYS (not counting today) – wow! I can’t make it out to the fair on Thursday aka Opening Day, but I will be out on Friday for sure. I think we are going to take my 15 year old niece who has never been to the Minnesota State Fair before! I know, I know – does she live under a rock? No, my sister aka her mother just doesn’t like fairs much – she is the black sheep of the family (and I mean that in the most loving way sis.) Who doesn’t like the fair? Only crazy people.

Friday is the Governors Fire Prevention Day and when you are married to a firefighter, this is a big deal. I am looking forward to hitting the pavement at the fairgrounds and I told my husband to open up the wallet because we are stopping at all the hottest food booths . . . twice! I love the Minnesota State Fair! See ya there!

Minnesota State Fair Countdown

Let the Minnesota State Fair Countdown begin! As far as I can tell, the fair is only 15 days away! Hooray! I am so excited! I have been to a couple of county fairs this season and although I have enjoyed them immensely it is not the same as enjoying the great Minnesota get together, the Minnesota State fair. Keep marking those days off the calendar fair fans and we will see you at the fair!


Want to make plans to see a great concert at the Minnesota State fair grandstand? Check-out tickets at Ticket King and the entire Minnesota State Fair Schedule!

State Fair talent contest

Has anyone ever tried out for the Minnesota State Fair's Amateur Talent Contest? The state fair website says the fair is inviting performers with talents of all kinds to try out and become one of the 120 chosen to perform during the semifinals. I was wondering if I could enter my guitar hero skills in the contest. I could rock the Minnesota State Fair!

Hot Air at the Fair

I heard on the news that this week is statistically the hottest week of the Summer. If this is true why is it always thousands of degrees hotter at the Minnesota state fair during the end of August? Is it the large crowds of people creating all this heat? Or is it all the hot air coming out of the politician supporters raging about how open minded they are? Despite the heat, there always seem to be a whole lot of people there. Rain or shine, hot or cold (mostly hot) Minnesotans' love the state fair. The lines seem to get longer each year especially waiting in the cheese curd line as the heat engulfs me.