Make your way to the State Fair!
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
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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
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
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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
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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!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Nature Is Healing, pt. 12: Wisconsin State Fair headliner lineup is exactly what it should be
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the 2021 Wisconsin State Fair headliner lineup!
• The 2021 Wisconsi...
The people have spoken, and the 2021 Wisconsin State Fair is happening
The 2021 Wisconsin State Fair is totally happening, the State Fair announced Wednesday. Health and safety protocols will be in place for the deep-fried event, scheduled for August 5-15.
"We are happy to conf...
Wisconsin State Fair wants to know if you would attend 2021 Wisconsin State Fair
Every Friday, Stuff We Missed looks to other Milwaukee publications (and beyond) for, well, stuff we missed throughout the week. This week: the 2021 Wisconsin State Fair! And more!
• The Wisconsin State Fa...
State Fair’s 2020 Sporkies invite you to “vote for the finalist you think would taste the best”
It's an age-old thought experiment: If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound? In the harsh reality of Wisconsin circa 2020, however, the thought experiment could be upda...