Tag: Wisconsin State Fair

Here are the Main Stage headliners for the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair

April 10, 2024

Ah, the Wisconsin State Fair. The food, the animals, the food, the rides, the food, the dog-days-of-summer heat, and the food. We're still four months away from the 2024 installment of the Fair (August 1-11), b...

Relive Dana Ehrmann’s prize-winning Wisconsin State Fair coverage with this video

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 15, 2023

If you've been following us on TikTok (or Instagram, or Facebook, or Twitter), you've probably seen a handful of brilliant video reports from the recently wrapped 2023 Wisconsin State Fair. All of these videos ...

Wisconsin State Fair attendance tops 1 million—again

Matt Wild

August 15, 2023

If, during your visit(s) to the 2023 Wisconsin State Fair last week (and two past weekends), it seemed like roughly one million other folks were there with you, enjoying the Fair's sights, sounds, smells, and p...

We ate all of Wisconsin State Fair’s 2023 Sporkies and Drinkies finalists

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 4, 2023

From August 3-13, the Wisconsin State Fair will once again offer up oodles of entertainment, oodles of animals, stands to buy novelty T-shirts, rides for folks of all ages, and much more. Oh, and food! In addit...

Make your way to the State Fair!

Press Release

August 3, 2023

MAKE YOUR WAY TO THE STATE FAIR! Getting Here by Car General and motorcycle parking are available through the following vehicle gates: • Gate 1 – located at W. Greenfield Avenue and S. 79th Street | Opens ...

Celebrate the first day of the 2023 Wisconsin State Fair with 10 years of ride-inspection news stories

Matt Wild

August 3, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); Summer is the best. Join Milwaukee Record and Lakefront Brewery August 2-9 as we search the city and beyond for the Spirit Of Summer. Today marks the glorious first day of the 2023...

Dill Pickle Donuts and Alligator Ribs: 100 new foods coming to 2023 Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

July 11, 2023

If our ongoing Wisconsin Fair Bracket hasn't gotten you sufficiently pumped for the 2023 Wisconsin State Fair, maybe this will do the trick. From August 3-13, folks can enjoy not one, not two, not 99, but 100 n...

Make your picks in Round 2 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 10, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); And then there were 32! Following an opening Wisconsin Fair Bracket round that found more than 15,000 total votes being cast, our hand-selected field of 64 Wisconsin State Fair fixtur...

Vote in Round 1 of our Wisconsin Fair Bracket

Milwaukee Record Staff

July 3, 2023

broadstreet.zone(152652); The Wisconsin State Fair will return August 3-13. As we await the 11-day celebration of food, entertainment, Wisconsin-made products, agriculture, and other activities, we figured we'...

Don’t forget to order your special Valentine’s Cream Puffs!

Matt Wild

January 10, 2023

With just over a month until Valentine's Day, it's time to issue this annual reminder: special strawberry and cocoa versions of Wisconsin State Fair's popular/contentious Original Cream Puffs are available for ...

Stuff We Missed: Yep, the Wisconsin State Fair topped 1 million attendees this year

Matt Wild

August 19, 2022

Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. • Every July, Milwaukee has a field day with the question of how many people a...

We ate all 8 of Wisconsin State Fair’s 2022 Sporkies finalists

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 5, 2022

Three words: Wisconsin State Fair. Starting yesterday and running through August 14, the annual celebration of all things Wisconsin is offering up oodles of entertainment, a variety of animals, stands to buy no...

Celebrate the first day of the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair with 9 years of ride-inspection videos

Matt Wild

August 4, 2022

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 4-14, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sights, ...

Here’s the local lineup for the Lakefront Brewery Beer Garden at the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

August 1, 2022

One doesn't hit up the Wisconsin State Fair (August 4-14) to eat organic small plate cuisine and witness evocative performance art. People go to the fair to eat cream puffs and weird stuff on a stick, watch pig...

State Fair’s 2022 Sporkies: Fried Pickle Cheese Curd Tacos, Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Chicken On-a-Stick, more

Matt Wild

June 28, 2022

It's almost time for the 2022 Wisconsin State Fair (it runs August 4-14), which means it's time to unveil, ponder, and drool over and/or worry about this year's Sporkies finalists. You know, the Sporkies! The S...

608 people got a free cream puff (and a COVID vaccine) at the Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

August 16, 2021

Proving, once again, that Wisconsinites will do anything for a free food item that would normally cost them $4, Gov. Tony Evers announced on Monday that 608 people received a COVID-19 vaccine at this year's Wis...

Someone claims they saw a 7-foot winged demon at State Fair and we believe it

Matt Wild

August 10, 2021

It's always something with the Wisconsin State Fair. In 2017 it was the couple humping in the bleachers. In 2018 it was the joker who stole a golf cart and drove it all the way downtown. In 2020 it was, well, n...

We ate all 8 of Wisconsin State Fair’s 2021 Sporkies finalists

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 9, 2021

Three words: Wisconsin State Fair. Starting last Thursday and running through August 15, the annual celebration of all things Wisconsin will offer up oodles of entertainment, a variety of animals, stands to buy...

Celebrate the first day of the 2021 Wisconsin State Fair with 8 years of ride-inspection videos

Matt Wild

August 5, 2021

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2021 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 5-15, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sights, ...

Here’s the local-tastic lineup for the Lakefront Brewery/WMSE stage at Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

July 21, 2021

Hey! The 2021 Wisconsin State Fair is right around the corner! The big shindig takes place August 5-15! Be there! Oh, and while you're there (and before you enjoy the sounds of Billy Idol and Boyz II Men), b...

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