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354: 29: 456:, a popular addition when it was introduced in 2011. As the State Fair is known for its many different and wild dishes, a new addition as of 2020 is the popular apple egg rolls voted #1 fair food. The 2023 People's Choice Best New Food was Deep-Fried Bacon Brisket Mac-n-Cheese Grilled Cheese from What’s Your Cheez. Other meat-on-a stick products include pork chop, the most endemic food at the fair, given the state's status as the country's top hog producer, and a bacon-wrapped hot dog dipped in a cornmeal batter. The footlong 201: 1219: 1771: 209: 570:. The police officers are state-certified officers, but funded by the Iowa State Fair Authority. Officers work year-round, providing services to the State Fair and other events held at the Fairgrounds. There are six full-time police officers and a number of part-time officers, made up of both retired and active-duty officers. People arrested at the Fair are booked on site, and transported to 338:
Agricultural contests are held for the largest boar, ram, bull, and rabbit. There are 4-H, Future Farmers of America (FFA), and open-class shows for sheep, swine, beef and dairy cattle, horses, goats, llamas, rabbits, poultry and dogs. Contests include rooster crowing, hog calling, wood chopping, pie
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The Iowa State Fair has been home to many forms of entertainment over the years. Notably, in 1932 the Fair hired Joseph Connolly to crash two outdated locomotives together in front of the Grandstand. Connolly named one "Hoover" and one "Roosevelt" in honor of the presidential candidates of the day,
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Bill Riley's Iowa State Fair Talent Search debuted in 1959 and features Iowans ages 2 to 21. In 1996, Riley retired after 50 Fairs and 37 Fair Talent Shows and the Plaza Stage was renamed the Anne and Bill Riley Stage. He died in December 2006, succeeded by Bill Riley Jr., who has been host since
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The Iowa State Fair Parade is considered Iowa's largest parade, having around 200 floats, vehicles, and other performers. It occurs the evening before the opening of the State Fair. The parade begins at the State Capitol Complex and travels west on Grand to 15th Street.
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The Iowa State Fair has a variety of food, including healthy and gluten-free offerings, from more than 200 food stands. The fair is known for its food on a stick, which numbered over 70 offerings in 2015. Some of the most distinctive are deep fried, including
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1997. Nearly 100 local qualifying shows are held across the state. There are seven days of preliminary competition for Sprouts (ages 2–12) and Seniors (ages 13–21), followed by the semi-finals and, ultimately, the selection of a Sprout and Senior champion.
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was established in 2018, replacing the combination of private security guards and local law enforcement agencies that previously provided security and policing services to the Fairgrounds. Officers wear a blue uniform with a distinctive white
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In the past, the Iowa State Fair hosted a "healthiest baby" contest for more than 40 years. While the stated goal of the contest was to dispense advice for healthy family living, some believe that it was also an outlet for the promotion of
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The fairgrounds are spread over 450 acres (1.8 km), including 160 acres (0.65 km) of campsites. Located at East 30th Street and East University Avenue, it is a 10 minute drive east from downtown Des Moines.
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currently sponsors the "Political Soapbox,” which provides space for candidates to speak to the public. Candidates have 20 minutes to speak and can take questions from the crowd as well. Historically the
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The Iowa State Fair Grandstand was built in 1909 and was renovated to add more and improved seating in 1927, 1997 and then again in 2018. It is located on Grand Ave, just off of the main gate.
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on October 25–27, 1854, with a budget of $ 323. The Fair was held again in Fairfield in 1855, then for the next several years, moved from town to town, remaining mostly in eastern
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presaging the State Fair's role in Presidential nominations. The trains accelerated to approximately 50 miles per hour and smashed in a fiery spectacle before 45,000 fairgoers.
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Food has also been part of the friendly competition at the Iowa State Fair. Gathered in the Elwell Family Food Center are the best cooks and bakers
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have been the first contest in the presidential nomination process, and the fair preceding the caucuses is a high visibility event for candidates.
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city limits in 1878. After the Iowa State Legislature and the City of Des Moines appropriated funds for the Fair in 1886, it moved to its
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Rasmussen, Chris. "Progress and Catastrophe: Public History at the Iowa State Fair, 1854-1946." The Annals of Iowa 63 (2004), 357-389.
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was the first president to visit the Iowa State Fair in 1954. Since then, presidential candidates have visited the Fair, and the
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over an 11 day period in August. With over a million visitors, it is one of the largest and best known state fairs in the
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The Grand Concourse, located between the Grandstand and the Varied Industries Building, during the 2006 Iowa State Fair
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Other past entertainment includes a plane intentionally crashing into a model of a house, a circus elephant, and a
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played the Grandstand on 6/16/74, with part of the show being released as
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sculpted all six breeds of dairy cows over the next 45 years, as well as
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eating, monster arm wrestling, outhouse racing and cow chip throwing.
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Carnival in the Countryside: The History of the Iowa State Fair
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Carnival in the Countryside: The History of the Iowa State Fair
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The Fair was not held in 1898, due to the celebration of
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John K. Daniels' butter cow at the 1911 Iowa State Fair.
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Des Moines
Iowa
41°35′44″N 93°32′55″W / 41.59556°N 93.54861°W / 41.59556; -93.54861
Official Website
annual
state fair
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Des Moines, Iowa
United States


Fairfield
Iowa
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Iowa City
Dubuque
Burlington
Clinton
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
current location
the World's Fair
Omaha, Nebraska

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