Tagged Wisconsin State Fair

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

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...

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, ...