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Watch Bert Lauderdale report from The Great State Fair Flood of 2025

August 11, 2025

"Storm coming through! Mother Nature means business! State Fair is about to get...rocked!" So proclaims Bert Lauderdale in his report from the penultimate day of this year's Wisconsin State Fair—a.k.a. The G...

Middle Child Syndrome lives it up on the fairgrounds in “I’m A Fair Lover”

Tyler Maas

August 8, 2025

Believe it or not, the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair's days are numbered. Come Monday morning, State Fair Park will be devoid of indulgent foods and drinks, unique activities, second-to-none shopping, and other int...

Hanging out in Exploratory Park at Wisconsin State Fair: The Milwaukee Record Review

Matt Wild

August 7, 2025

The Wisconsin State Fair is wonderful, but the Wisconsin State Fair can be a bit of a madhouse. There are tens of thousands of people. There are tens of thousands of animals. There are miles upon miles of pu...

We ate/drank all of Wisconsin State Fair’s 2025 Sporkies and Drinkies finalists

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 1, 2025

From July 31 through August 10, the Wisconsin State Fair is once again offering oodles of entertainment, oodles of animals, oodles of questionable T-shirts, rides for folks of all ages, and much more. Oh, and f...

Celebrate the first day of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair with 15 years of ride-inspection news stories

Matt Wild

July 31, 2025

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair. From July 31 - August 10, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the ...

Here are your 2025 Wisconsin State Fair Sporkies and Drinkies winners

Matt Wild

July 30, 2025

There are roughly 24 hours to go before the opening of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair (July 31 - August 10). As always, Milwaukee Record staff (all two of us) will be on site bright and early, parking our cars i...

Wisconsin State Fair’s 2025 Sporkies and Drinkies: Blueberry Breakfast Bratwurst, Dirty Pancakes, more

Matt Wild

June 12, 2025

It's almost time for the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair! (It runs July 31 - August 10.) And that means it's time to unveil, ponder, drool over, and/or worry about this year's Sporkies and Drinkies finalists! You kno...

Here’s 100% of the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair main stage lineup

Matt Wild

May 20, 2025

The 2025 Wisconsin State Fair will take place July 31 - August 10. As always, we can't wait. The food! The fun! The pig races! The T-shirt tents where one shirt is Taylor Swift, the next one is "SORRY IF I OFFE...

Here are the Bank Five Nine Amphitheater headliners for the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair

Matt Wild

April 22, 2025

The 2025 Wisconsin State Fair is exactly 100 days away. That's 100 days until the sights, sounds, and smells of the State Fair take over West Allis from July 31 through August 10. As for the music, we already k...

Skynyrd! State Fair!

Matt Wild

February 11, 2025

Lynyrd SKYNYRD will headline the Bank Five Nine Main Stage at the 2025 Wisconsin State Fair on Saturday, August 9. Tickets range from $70 - $90, and go on sale Friday, February 14 at 10 a.m. Other Main Stage...

Wisconsin State Fair announces Darius Rucker for newly named Bank Five Nine Main Stage

Matt Wild

November 19, 2024

Summerfest has been doing the whole "announce headlining acts more than six months in advance" thing lately, so why not the Wisconsin State Fair? Yep! Longtime country superstar (and Hootie & The Blowfis...

Relive Dana Ehrmann’s 2024 Wisconsin State Fair coverage with this video

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 14, 2024

In case you missed it, the Wisconsin State Fair drew a record-breaking 1,136,805 festival-goers in 2024. That's a lot of festival-goers! And one of those festival-goers was local stand-up comic (and West Allis ...

Wisconsin State Fair sets attendance record in 2024: 1,136,805

Matt Wild

August 12, 2024

The 2024 Wisconsin State Fair wrapped up on Sunday, and the attendance numbers are already out. And they're BIG. According to the Fair, 1,136,805 fairgoers visited the annual event during its 11-day 2024 run...

We ate/drank all of Wisconsin State Fair’s 2024 Sporkies and Drinkies finalists

Milwaukee Record Staff

August 2, 2024

From August 1-11, the Wisconsin State Fair is once again offering up oodles of entertainment, oodles of animals, oodles of questionable T-shirts, rides for folks of all ages, and much more. Oh, and food! In add...

Celebrate the first day of the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair with 14 years of ride-inspection news stories

Matt Wild

August 1, 2024

Today marks the glorious first day of the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair. From August 1-11, hundreds of thousands of proud Wisconsinites will flock to the State Fair Grounds in West Allis to take in all the sights, ...

Mille’s Italian Sausage family will leave Wisconsin State Fair after 2024

Matt Wild

July 31, 2024

The Wisconsin State Fair is a Fair of icons. Think the Original Cream Puffs, the Milk House, the Giant Slide, and anything and everything deep-fried and on-a-stick. But the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair (August 1-1...

State Fair’s 2024 Sporkies: Cool Ranch Doritos Pickle, Hot Ham & Glazers, more

Matt Wild

June 12, 2024

It's almost time for the 2024 Wisconsin State Fair! (It runs August 1-11.) And that means it's time to unveil, ponder, drool over, and/or worry about this year's Sporkies finalists! You know, the Sporkies! The ...

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

Matt Wild

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...

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