News Releases
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
12/16/2024
Iowa State Fair Board Elections
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
Media Information
If you would like to learn more about the Iowa State Fair, please contact:
Mindy Williamson
515/262-3111 ext. 204