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The Iowa State Fair board will seek a new operator for its venerable Steer N' Stein concession stand after employees, ... The 2024 fair drew almost 1.183 million people, 4% more than the 1.134 ...
August 4, 2024 at 6:51 AM Check out this year's full Iowa State Fair daily guide. This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: 2024 Iowa State Fair daily guide
The Iowa State Fair is an annual state fair held in Des Moines, Iowa, every August. It began in 1854 and has been held on the Iowa State Fairgrounds since 1886. It is based in the state capital Des Moines, Iowa over an 11 day period in August.
The Iowa State Fair was held in a different community every two years after it was first established. The first fair was held in Fairfield in 1854. The other towns that hosted the fair included Muscatine, Oskaloosa, Iowa City, Dubuque, Burlington, Clinton, Keokuk and Cedar Rapids. [2] The state fair moved to Des Moines permanently in 1878.
The Wisconsin State Fair. A state fair is an annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. state's population, usually held in late summer or early fall. 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.
2024 officially holds the record for the highest turnout at the Iowa State Fair, with more than 1 million people visiting this year.
The Iowa State Fair returns this Aug. 8-18 with music, butter cows and of course, new foods. This year brings a bumper crop of 84 new dishes that will make their debut at the 2024 Iowa State Fair.
The poll has been conducted by the Iowa Secretary of State with results posted to their website. [1] [2] It was begun in 2015 after the Republican Party of Iowa announced it would no longer hold its official Iowa Straw Poll given that a majority of presidential candidates declined to participate. [3]