Sunday At the Fair Elanco Day Aug. 5, 2012 Today’s Highlights Hispanic/Latino Music Day Events Free Stage: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Youth Talent Contest Farm Bureau Building: Noon Young Hoosier Piano Finals Ellison Building: 1 to 6 p.m. Lucas Oil Indy Super Pull ($5) Hoosier Lottery Grandstand: 1 & 7 p.m. Everyday Entertainment Ciao […]
2012 Indiana State Fair
2012 Indiana State Fair Day #2
Saturday At the Fair Ball State Day Aug. 4, 2012 Today’s Highlights Young Hoosier State Piano Comp. Ellison Building: 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Girl Scout Activities Free Stage: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Taste of the Wild Cookout DNR Area: 11 a.m. Allstar Weekend Free Stage: 5 & 7 p.m. Everyday Entertainment Ciao Italia […]
Winchester Community High School Claims State Fair Marsh Band Day Title
After winning the Indiana State Fair Band Day title for the second year in a row, Winchester Community High School can again call itself “Indiana’s Best Band.” This is Winchester’s third Band Day championship overall. Winchester’s show entitled “If It Is To Be…It Is Up To Me” also won first place in the preliminary class […]
Tickle Me Elmo III wins Second World’s Largest Hog title
Boar weighs in at 1,303 pounds In his third appearance at the Indiana State Fair‘s World’s Largest Male Hog Contest, Tickle Me Elmo III tipped the scales at 1,303 pounds, winning the competition by a margin of 343 pounds. Owner Cory Patton, 22, of Sellersburg, Ind., won the competition with Tickle Me Elmo in 2010, finished […]
2012 Indiana State Fair Day #1
Friday At the Fair St. Vincent Health Day Aug. 3, 2012 Today’s Highlights Opening Day Celebration Dairy Bar: 8:30 a.m. Indianapolis Children’s Choir Free Stage: 11 a.m. King Michael: A Tribute Free Stage: 6 & 8 p.m. World’s Largest Male Hog Contest Swine Barn: 7 p.m. Indiana Marching Bands Fight for Bragging Rights Today one […]
Giveaway: 2012 Indiana State Fair Tickets
Would you like to attend the 2012 Indiana State Fair Tickets for FREE courtesy of the Indiana State Fair? We have five pairs of tickets to giveaway to the 2012 Indiana State Fair, which runs August 3-19. To enter please fill out the form below or e-mail us with your full name,valid e-mail address by 11:59pm on Sunday, August 5, […]
Spaghetti ice cream named State Fair’s “Signature Food”
Colorful concoction defeats five other dairy creations Monroe Concessions‘ Spaghetti Ice Cream has been voted the 2012 ‘Signature Food’ at the Indiana State Fair. Online voters selected this dish after reading the insights from a panel of eight judges who tasted all six entries. Fairgoers can find the winning dessert on Main Street across from […]
Local food specialties featured at State Fair’s new DuPont Food Pavilion
Pavilion celebrates all components of Indiana’s “food chain” Everyone loves food. Hoosiers, in particular, love growing it, cooking it and learning about it. That’s why the fair created the new DuPont Food Pavilion located on Main Street near the iconic Midway Arch. The pavilion teaches fairgoers about the state’s “farm to fork” link while featuring more than 30 Indiana-made […]
2012 Indiana State Fair Grandstand Schedule
The Indiana State Fair‘s Hoosier Lottery Grandstand has a full line-up of activities for 2012. The long list of competitions, family shows and motor sports scheduled throughout the fair’s 17 days includes the return of the Lucas Oil Indy Mile AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National motorcycle race for the first time since 1998. Here is […]
“Year of Dairy Cows” at 2012 Indiana State Fair
New Cowtown USA exhibit offers dairy-related activities, snacks The Indiana State Fair would be quite different without creamy grilled cheese sandwiches or thick milkshakes in the Dairy Bar. This year, the Indiana State Fair celebrates the value of the dairy industry to Hoosiers with the “Year of Dairy Cows” presented by the American Dairy Association (ADA) […]