FAIR SPIRIT: August 13-23, 2026 in Des Moines! #IowaStateFair #FairSpirit
Des Moines, IA
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A new record🏆
Meet Finnegan, the biggest boar the Iowa State Fair has ever seen! Visit him on the West side of the Swine Barn.
#IowaStateFair #FairFever #BiggestBoar
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Congrats to our National Thanksgiving Turkey, Corn! 😭Please let us know how we can help make your turkey travel dreams come true. 🦃💭🎡 #PresidentialTurkey
Meet your National Thanksgiving Turkey candidates!
First up, "Corn," who loves college football and hopes to visit the Iowa State Fair one day:
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Get ready to shake it! @LukeBryanOnline with special guest @JonTLangston is coming to the Fair! Tickets go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m. #WhatMakesYouCountry 🤠
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JUST ANNOUNCED! (x2) 🥳
Demi Lovato joins the ISF Grandstand lineup on Aug. 14! Plus, @disturbed with special guest @ChevelleInc will perform on Aug. 19. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday (March 11) at 10 a.m. at iowastatefair.org! #Grandstand2022
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MN governor: I feel bad for you
me: I don't think about you at all
Uh oh....
Minn @GovTimWalz talking smack about the #iowastatefair
axios.com/local/des-moines/2… @IowaStateFair @Mnstatefair #LittleWarmUp @linhmaita
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The Iowa State Fair has once again proven why Nothing Compares, shattering its single-day attendance record with an astounding 128,732 visitors on Saturday, August 10.
#FairFever #IowaStateFair
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This year, we're heartbroken to say we won't be able to come together to celebrate the year's best in ag, industry, entertainment and achievement at the Iowa State Fair. Fairwell for now, and we'll see you Aug. 12-22, 2021. For more info, please visit bit.ly/3ffplAT.
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On sale now! 🎫 Find tickets for Blake Shelton with special guest Matt Stell, presented by Homemakers Furniture, here: bit.ly/396FLu6.
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Exciting news: @KeithUrban and special guest Russell Dickerson are coming to the Grandstand on Saturday, Aug. 15! Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. Who’s ready? 🙌 @russelled #nothingcompares
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Our Fairgoers are the best. Officially. 🤩 Saturday, Aug. 20 was the most attended day at the Fair EVER.
August 20 marks the highest one-day attendance of all time at 128,298 attendees. The previous record was 127,277 people on Saturday, Aug. 17, 1991. #ISFFindYourFun
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1,182,682 cured their Fair Fever❤️
Thanks for making this year the largest Iowa State Fair EVER!
#IowaStateFair #FairFever
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Congratulations to Hailey Swan of Davis County! 🎉 She is the 2018 Iowa State Fair Queen. 👑bit.ly/ISFqueen
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Just announced! A capella group @PTXofficial with special guest Rachel Platten is coming to the Fair on August 17! Tickets will go on sale next Friday, February 15 at noon. #pentatonix #nothingcompares
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🎶 Singer/songwriter, winner of American Idol season 16 and Iowa native, @MaddiePoppe, will be recognized at Opening Ceremonies on Thursday, August 9 at 9 a.m. in the newly renovated Grandstand! 🎶
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Record breaking attendance! For 11 nearly perfect days, an estimated 1,130,071 of people visited the 2017 Iowa State Fair! #NothingCompares
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The countdown is on! Less than 24 hours remain until the 2019 Iowa State Fair begins! 🥳 Are you ready?! What’s the first thing you’ll do when you get here? 🥤🍿🥓🍦🍺🌭🎢🏆🐊🌽🎡🎵 #FairFavorites #ISF2019 #nothingcompares
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The 2024 Iowa State Fair has officially wrapped up! Thank you for your excitement for FAIR FEVER; we'll see everyone again in 353 days and 10 hours August 7-17❤️
#IowaStateFair
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That's all, folks. 🥺❤️ Thank you for joining us in 2022, we hope you found your fun! 🎆
We'll see you once again next year, August 10-20, 2023!
#ISFFindYourFun
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Iowa, it’s been real. 😌❤️ We’ll be back before you know it: We’ll see you again August 11-21, 2022. #HowDoYouFair
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Congratulations to the Apple Egg Roll! 🎉 They are the 2018 People’s Choice Best New Food Winner!
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🌟 SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟
Country queen @carrieunderwood will grace the ISF Grandstand presented by @shophomemakers on August 21!
Tickets go on sale at iowastatefair.org this Friday, Jan. 14 at 10 a.m.
#Grandstand2022 #ISFFindYourFun
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It's official Fair fans! A record breaking, estimated 1,117,398 people visited #ISF2015 August 13-23! #NothingCompares
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Slipknot is coming to the Iowa State Fair on August 10, 2019 for the FIRST TIME EVER! Tickets go on sale, November 2, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at iowastatefair.org/entertainm…
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Looking for New Kids on the Block at the Iowa State Fair? You Got It!
The Homemakers Grandstand Concert Series presents your favorite pop heartthrobs on Saturday, August 12 on the Kum & Go stage. 🖤 Details at iowastatefair.org.
@NKOTB #bestdaysever
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Chris Stapleton is coming to the Iowa State Fair in 2020! See him on the Grandstand Friday, August 21. Mark your calendars, tickets will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 2. #nothingcompares #ChrisStapleton #Grandstand2020 @chrisstapleton
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Sky Glider chairs are going up! Only 50 more days until we see each other again! #MyIowaStateFair #NothingCompares
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Nothing Compares to warm chocolate chip cookies from the Iowa State Fair! 🍪❤️ Celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day with us tomorrow with discount buckets of cookies. From 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Aug. 4 only, our brand new cookie kitchen will be open for walk-up orders!
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Excited to announce our first new concert of 2021 with @blakeshelton and special guest @MattStellMusic! 🎸🤠 They’ll take the Kum & Go Stage on Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 8 at 10 a.m. Visit bit.ly/3ndLi7j for more info! #Grandstand2021
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🏆Your 2024 Best New Food Winner🏆
Bacon Cheeseburger Eggroll from Winn & Sara’s Kitchen
#IowaStateFair #FairFever
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JUST ADDED! 🎉🎶
Tickets for Demi Lovato on Aug. 14 and Disturbed with special guest Chevelle on Aug. 19 are both on sale now. #Grandstand2022
Direct links to each show:
Demi: bit.ly/3vQW1fE
Disturbed with Chevelle: bit.ly/3MC8lqk
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🎶It's beginning to look a lot like Fair time🎶 #ISF2015 #NothingCompares #9DaysUntilTheBestTimeOfTheYear
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The 2025 Iowa State Fair has officially wrapped up! Thank you for your excitement for FAIR SWEET FAIR; we'll see everyone again August 13-23, 2026 ❤️
#IowaStateFair #FairSweetFair
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It’s the sweetest holiday ❣️🍪 Happy #NationalChocolateChipCookieDay! Reply to this tweet to be entered to win:
-A cup + bucket of cookies
-A pair of Sky Glider tickets
-4 Fair admission tickets
We’ll choose two winners tomorrow! Good luck!
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Congratulations to Jacqueline Ehrlich of Dubuque County! She is the 2017 Iowa State Fair Queen! #IowaStateFairThrills #NothingCompares
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Check out the largest dinner ever hosted at the Iowa State Fair! 🍽 Today Farm to Fair continued the conversation about Iowa farming and food. 🚜➡️🎡
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We ❤️ Teddybear. Do you see the heart on our Super Bull’s face?!
Teddybear weighs 3,060 lbs and will be located in the cattle barn during the #IowaStateFair #FairFever
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who attended #ISF2015! We hope you had fun. We will see you next year, August 11-21!
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The gates are officially open! Who's excited for #ISF2014 ?
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Country favorite @ThomasRhett with special guest @DBradbery is the newest addition to the #ISFGrandstand2018 line-up!
Tickets go on sale Friday, May 11 at 10am! Learn more: bit.ly/Granstand
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It's happening 🤩 The Fairgrounds are coming to life with all the vendors and exhibitors.
We're less than 24 hours away from opening the gates at the 2024 Iowa State Fair!
#FairFever #IowaStateFair
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Congratulations to our 2019 Iowa State Fair Queen, Hannah Koellner from Mahaska County! 👸🏻💃🏻 #FairFavorites #ISF2019 #nothingcompares
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Retweet for a chance to win tickets to see Thomas Rhett when he rocks the #ISFGrandstand18 on August 15! #NothingCompares
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Tix for @KISSOnline at the #ISFGrandstand are on sale now. Get 'em before they're gone: bit.ly/1TsD4l8
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Our new Barksdale’s State Fair Cookie Kitchen is really coming along. ☺️ Check out the sign just installed last week! Stay tuned for more details on how you can still get your hands on a bucket (or two or three) this summer! 🍪 #cookies #HowDoYouFair #nothingcompares
ALT The new Barksdale’s State Fair Cookie Kitchen on the Iowa State Fairgrounds
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Congratulations to McKenna Henrich from Plymouth County, our 2021 Iowa State Fair Queen! 💐👑 #HowDoYouFair #iowastatefair2021
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Morning news to make your day: Coming to the Grandstand 8/13 is Dan + Shay! ☀️ Tickets will go on sale this Thursday at 10 a.m.
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It's official: 1,031,278 of you visited #ISF2016! Thank you, thank you, thank you!! #MyIowaStateFair
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How Do You Fair? Today is Opening Day! ☀️ We're so happy to welcome you back this morning after a very long year away.
What's first on your list when you walk through the gates?
#HowDoYouFair #iowastatefair2021
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A HUGE thank you to everyone who attended #ISF2016! We hope you had fun. We will see you next year, August 10-20.
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Congrats to Amanda Riniker from Buchanan County! She was crowned the 2016 Iowa State Fair Queen tonight! #MyIowaStateFair #NothingCompares
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Only 20 days left til #ISF2016, and the @ISF_ButterCow is being sculpted. Make sure to stop by and say hi Aug 11-21!
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Our newest Fair royalty has been crowned. 👑 Congratulations to our 2022 Iowa State Fair Queen, Mary Ann Fox from Mitchell County! 💐
#ISFFindYourFun #iowastatefair
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The Butter Cow heads to the prairie with her 2017 companion sculpture, Laura Ingalls Wilder! See them in the Agriculture Building, Aug 10-20
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A very big thank you to everyone who worked around the clock to make the 2017 Iowa State Fair a thrilling success! 🎉 #IowaStateFairThrills
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🥰 Contest time! 🥰 Like and retweet this for a chance to win 2 tickets to see @PTXofficial on Aug. 17! The lucky winner will be notified tomorrow, full legal rules here: iowastatefair.org/legal. #contest
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The hottest recorded day at the Fair was a toasty 108 degrees -- a mere 119 degrees warmer than it is today. #FairTrivia
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6 months OR 26 weeks OR 181 days...however you want to look at it we are halfway to the 2017 Iowa State Fair! #NothingCompares
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The love for Carrie Underwood was so strong this morning it may have broken the Internet a little bit. 😬❤️ Things seem to be looking up now, so please keep trying + reloading the ticket-buying page to be placed into the queue. bit.ly/33db5s3
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We'd like to thank our Fairgoers once again for an amazing Fair Sweet Fair. The 2025 Fair was the 3rd most attended Fair with 1,160,121 total Fairgoers through our 11-day run. We hope to see everyone again next year Aug. 13-23.
#IowaStateFair #FairSweetFair
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#TBT to the Fair at the turn of the 20th century. This is on Grand Ave. looking east. We sure have come a long way!
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JUST ANNOUNCED! 🤗
@tylerhubbard of Florida Georgia Line with special guest @parmalee will perform on Friday, August 11!
Tickets go on sale this Friday (January 13) at 10 a.m. at iowastatefair.org. #BestDaysEver
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Join us at 9 a.m. for Opening Ceremonies in the newly renovated Grandstand where @MaddiePoppe will sing the National Anthem to kick off the 2018 Iowa State Fair! 🎤
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The Bill Riley Talent Search has just announced Bill will be retiring after the 2021 Iowa State Fair. Please join us in congratulating Bill Riley on his soon-to-be retirement and a job very well done! 👏
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🎉 ANNOUNCED 🎉
The Iowa State Fair Grandstand concert series presented by @ialottery will feature
@theavettbros with special guest @glove on Aug. 16, 2024. Tickets will go on sale Friday (Feb. 23) at 10 AM. 🎤
#IowaStateFair #Grandstand2024 #FairFever
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Fun Fact: The Pepsi clock doesn't spin on Leap Day. That's right, for one whole day, it gets confused and stands still.
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The Grandstand is rockin’ tonight with rock legend @KISSOnline and @TheDeadDaisies. Show starts at 8 p.m. #MyIowaStateFair #NothingCompares
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Tonight @4kingandcountry with @mattmahermusic kick-off this year's line-up! Get your seats to the show at the Grandstand Ticket Office!
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The world-famous Iowa State Fair Butter Cow will be featured alongside the Waterloo Boy tractor to celebrate the 100th anniversary of John Deere entering the tractor business! 🎉
Check out both butter masterpieces 🐄🚜 in the Agriculture Building, August 9-19!
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Pentatonix update: Due to a scheduling conflict, Rachel Platten will no longer be performing with @PTXofficial at the Fair on Aug. 17. Stepping in to take her place will be up-and-coming boy band @4th_Ave_Music! One night only, don’t miss out! 🎶
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We know it’s CORNY but we have the most UDDERLY amazing Fair fans!! 🌽🐄 Thank EWE for making #NothingCompare to the Iowa State Fair! 🐑 #ComplimentDay
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We're celebrating 50 years of Sesame Street with butter! ☺️ This year at the Fair, the Sesame Street gang will join our iconic butter cow as a companion sculpture. Whether it's Elmo, Cookie Monster, or Oscar the Grouch, who are you excited to see? #SesameStreet
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Throwback to the Fairgrounds in 1892! Can you see what pictured building is still a predominate fixture at the Fair? #tbt
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Always wanted a chance to go into the infamous Butter Cow cooler, create colorful works of floral art and get close to Iowa’s bee industry? You're in luck ➡️ bit.ly/isfAgAD
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Which will go for more 💰in the Woodcarvers' Auction at 3:30pm in the Cattle Barn Media Center? RT for Cy, Like for Herky
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We are excited to be able to bring you a small "taste" of what you'll be missing this year! 💛 Join us on select dates for your deep-fried, on-a-stick Fair favorites. 🤤 Vendor list on iowastatefair.org Presented by select Iowa Buick GMC dealers. #TasteOfTheFair
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A huge thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! 🍪🥳 You braved the lines, had patience, and for that, we appreciate you. If you missed out, stay tuned for more special events like this in the future!
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It's been a great 11 days! Thank you all for an "Amazingly Amusing" Fair. See you next year, August 13-23. #ISF2014
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It was a record breaking day at the Iowa State Fair Sale of Champions! Eight exhibitors broke a record with their champion animal. 🏆
#IowaStateFair #FairFever
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The Iowa State Fair #BlueRibbonFoundation receives the single-largest individual gift - $10 million donation from Richard O. Jacobson Foundation. bit.ly/2MzftZ6
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