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Local
August 28, 2019

State Fair attendance was 96,716 on Monday

Music
August 28, 2019
Lady Lark performed Friday night. ] ANTHONY SOUFFLE • anthony.souffle@startribune.com Review of the annual Best New Bands showcase of noteworth

First Avenue expands again, this time to State Fair for free concerts

The club's two revue-style shows at the Schell's Stage will "show people what we're all about."
Eat & Drink
August 28, 2019
Halo Cone, Halo Cone and CloudRoll.] ALEX KORMANN • alex.kormann@startribune.com

53 new foods at the Minnesota State Fair, ranked from best to worst

The Minnesota State Fair's 2019 new foods roster includes the perennial mix of attention-seekers, potential gut bombs and trend-observant hopefuls.
Local
August 28, 2019
Great state fair? Or greatest state fair?

Brooks: No way to stand pat at Minnesota State Fair

A daylong jaunt around the fairgrounds makes for 9 miles and touching all the animals one can.
Music
August 28, 2019
Weird Al Yankovic performing his song The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota early in his set Tuesday night at the Grandstand.

'Weird Al' pulls some strings — and twine, too — in sold-out fair concert

Yankovic packed the State Fair grandstand with a full orchestra. No kidding.
Politics
August 27, 2019
Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan greeted fairgoers as the gates opened Thursday morning.

Politics, and conflict, unavoidable at Minnesota State Fair

Election Day is far off, but politics are tough to escape at the State Fair.
Music
August 26, 2019
(Left) Jalaina Ellingson from Invergrove Heights danced with Ivy Gould from Minneapolis during Joyann Parker's set at the West End theater.

Live gigs run nonstop at the fair, and for one day, so did our music critic

From a local Tom Petty tribute band to the screaming boy-band fans at the grandstand, one critic took in 18 acts in 13 hours at the fair.
Local
August 25, 2019
Eddie Hoeschen, 2, rode on his grandpa Kevin Hoeschen's, of Duluth, shoulders as they walked through a thick crowd at the Minnesota State Fair in Falc

Minnesota State Fair, Day 3: Not quite the mob of a year ago

St. Paul
August 24, 2019
Protesters headed away from the fair late Saturday afternoon.

Snelling reopened in wake of protest

Local
August 24, 2019
MAGA presidential hats and T-shirts for sale at the Republican Party booth Thursday at the Minnesota State Fair.

GOP says volunteer was groped at Minnesota State Fair booth

Local
August 24, 2019
Miranda Groth and Bryan Koll, both of Apple Valley, shared a moment while waiting for the daily parade to begin Thursday.

On the Minnesota State Fair's second day, a second record is set

Music
August 24, 2019
Dale Kivimaki has been at every State Fair grandstand show for the past 25 years but he hasn't seen one of them live. That's because he's the video di

10 great grandstand moments at the Minnesota State Fair

Video director Dale Kivimaki remembers 25 years of stellar shows and near-mishaps at the State Fair.
Local
August 24, 2019
1976: Marie and Donny Osmond delight the crowd.

Decades of musical legends on the State Fair's grandstand stage

From Ricky Nelson to Christina Aguilera, take a trip back in time with these photos of headline acts from the Star Tribune archives.
Business
August 24, 2019
Shoppers at the Good Things tent, a Twin Cities retailer making its first appearance at the Minnesota State Fair this year.

Minnesota State Fair is a magnet that some small retailers use the entire year

A booth can bring business to brick-and-mortar stores long after event has run its course.
Curious Minnesota
August 23, 2019
Lorraine Robitaille, right, handed Margarita Nunez a large stuffed dog as they hung prizes at their game stand in the Midway the day before opening da

Nearly $60M flowed into State Fair coffers last year. Where did it go?

We asked what State Fair facts you were curious about, and several readers have done the math and want to know what happens to all that dough.
Local
August 23, 2019
Evelyn Mueller made a cross necklace with her parents Matt and Zion Mueller at Crossroads Ministries at the Minnesota State Fair. Crossroads is one of

Prayer at the fair? Seekers will find plenty of Christian worship spaces

Photography
August 23, 2019
Violet Lyford harvested rhubarb from her backyard garden to use in her creative apple pie entry, which will have apples, rhubarb, cranberries and stra

Follow this pie from ingredients to State Fair delicacy

How does a pie go from a few ingredients to prizewinning delicacy? Violet Lyford, 83, takes us along as she prepares pies for the Minnesota State Fair.
Local
August 23, 2019
People walked up Judson Avenue at the Minnesota State Fair on Thursday morning, Aug. 22, 2019, before the crowds got too thick.

First day of Minnesota State Fair sets attendance record

Music
August 23, 2019
Hootie & the Blowfish featuring Darius Rucker were the main feature at the Grandstand.

Hootie, the bar band, blows up again at Minnesota State Fair

Twenty-five years later, the South Carolina group is bigger than ever.
Variety
August 23, 2019
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5 things to do Friday at the State Fair: A-Maize-ing Corn Day and crickets

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