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IOWA STATE FAIR
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Continuous activities and Fair visitor services are listed in the complete 11-day daily program available at
Fair gates, information stations and various exhibit buildings. Program subject to change without notice.
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IOWA STATE FAIR
FRIDAY
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
AUGUST
19
2 p.m.
Animal “I Spy” Acvity, Avenue of
Breeds – Swine Barn
Turtles of Iowa – DNR Building
Courtyard
8 a.m.
Olympics Broadcast (unl 10:30
p.m.)- Oman Family Youth Inn
3 p.m.
9 a.m.
Iowa Corn Display (all day) – Grand
Concourse
4:30 p.m. Fairlympics- Grand Concourse
Adapve Sports on the Grand
Concourse Day (unl 5 p.m.) – Grand
Concourse
Casey’s General Stores Day of
Volunteers at Lile Hands on the
Farm (all day) – Kids’ Zone
BRUCE L. RASTETTER 4-H EXHIBITS BUILDING
SPONSORED BY TOUCHSTONE ENERGY
COOPERATIVES OF IOWA
9 a.m.
Hands-on Acvies Corner (unl 4
p.m.)
Running With the Bull, Straw
Sculpture by Brian Sobaski - Ruan
Plaza
Hedrick’s Peng Zoo (unl 9 p.m.)
– Kids’ Zone
I Milked a Cow sponsored by ISU
Dairy Science Club ($2 fee; 2 hours;
also at 1 & 4 p.m.) – Boulevard of
Dairy Breeds, John and Emily Putney
Family Cale Barn sponsored by
Vermeer
Youth Checkers Tournament
(registraon begins at 8 a.m.) –
Administraon Building Porch
Iowa Cra Beer Tent (all day) – Rock
Island Avenue
9:30 a.m. Fitness on the Hill, Pilates sponsored
by Healthiest State Iniave – Expo
Hill sponsored by Medica
10 a.m.
Naonal Anthem - Administraon
Building
Q&A with Fisheries Bureau Chief Joe
Larscheid- DNR Building Courtyard
The Des Moines Register Soapbox
(all day) – Grand Concourse
Paint A“Fair” (also at 1 p.m.; Limit
40 people per class, $40/class) Expo Hill
11 a.m.
Bandaloni One Man Band sponsored
by Mountain Valley Spring Water
(also at 1 & 3 p.m.) – Strolling
Noon
Share the Fun (also at 5 p.m.)
JOHN DEERE AGRICULTURE BUILDING
SPONSORED BY ALLIANT ENERGY
9 a.m.
Gingerbread Sculpng (all day)
11 a.m.
Free Sweet Corn Feed – Outside
Agriculture Building
Noon
Flower Show
2 p.m.
Honey and Bee Keeping, Iowa Honey
Producers Associaon
3 p.m.
Flower Show Judge Queson and
Answer
4 p.m.
Fun with Ostrich, Iowa Ostrich
Associaon
Cooking with Eggs, Iowa Egg Council
PAUL R. KNAPP ANIMAL LEARNING CENTER
SPONSORED BY CHRISTENSEN FARMS:
CHRISTENSEN FARMS STAGE
10 a.m.
Buer Sculpng Contest sponsored
by AMPI (also at Noon & 6 p.m.)
11 a.m.
The Thank A Farmer Magic Show
sponsored by Iowa’s Farmers (also at
1 & 3 p.m.)
11:30 a.m. The Way We Live Award sponsored
by WHO NewsRadio 1040 presented
to McKinney Family Farm, Colo, IA
2 p.m.
Visual Pork Field Trip presented by
Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundaon
4 p.m.
Turtles of Iowa – DNR Building
Courtyard
Minute to Win It: Farm Edion, Iowa
Agriculture Literacy Foundaon
5 p.m.
Milk Chug-A-Lug sponsored by Iowa’s
Farmers
The Thrill of the Catch to the Frying
Pan (unl 4 p.m.)– DNR Building
Courtyard
Slt Circus presents the Bistrevsky
Brothers Variety Show (also at 3
& 6 p.m.) – Expo Hill sponsored by
Medica
12:30 p.m.The Gantry Show sponsored by
Cellular Advantage (also at 2:30 &
6:30 p.m.)- Strolling
1 p.m.
Educaonal Presentaons and
Working Exhibits (also at 1:30 p.m.)
Milking Demonstraon (also at 3 & 7
p.m.) – Milking Parlor, north side of
John and Emily Putney Family Cale
Barn sponsored by Vermeer
Hedrick’s Pig Racing (also at 2, 5 &
6:30 p.m.) – Kids’ Zone
Noon
CME Group Ag Commodity Carnival
(unl 6 p.m.)
Fishing Basics for Beginners and Kids
– DNR Building Courtyard
PATTY AND JIM COWNIE CULTURAL CENTER
9 a.m.
Miniature Farm Display featuring
Seth Ebenhardt– Atrium sponsored
by Bankers Trust
Wood Carving Demonstraons, Mid
Iowa Wood Carvers
Wood Turning Demonstraons, Des
Moines Wood Turners Inc.
Create Your Own Perfume ($10; unl
9 p.m.)
Charcoal, Pastel & Pencil Portraits,
Kathy Cunningham (unl 7 p.m.)
Glass Beads and 3D Printed Jewelry,
Suzanne LaTour Stevens (also at 2, 4,
6 & 8 p.m.)
Name Bracelet Make & Take ($2;
unl 5 p.m.)
Decorave Painng, Sandy Gookin
(unl 6 p.m.)
China Painng, Iowa Chapter of
the World Organizaon of China
Painters (unl 5 p.m.)
Fingernail Art Design ($2; unl 8
p.m.)
Candle Make & Take, Mom’s
Candleworks ($5; unl 9 p.m.)
Personalized Magnet Make & Take
($1; unl 5 p.m.)
Wire Jewelry Make & Take, Chrisna
Catron ($5 fee; unl Noon)
1 p.m.
Art Aack sponsored by Sprint (unl 5
p.m.) - Courtyard
3 p.m.
Wire Jewelry Demonstraon,
Chrisna Catron (also at 7 p.m.)
6 p.m.
Acrylic Painng Demonstraon &
Color Theory Basics, Kaitlin Flury
Crocheted Wire Jewelry, Barb Vaske
ELWELL FAMILY FOOD CENTER SPONSORED BY
WELLS BLUE BUNNY ICE CREAM
Judging Room 1
10 a.m.
Midwest Living & Gold Medal Flour
Cookies (Drop, health, refrigerated or
rolled, cake mix, youth)
Barbed Wire Art, Vicki Ferris (also at
1:30 p.m.)
1 p.m.
Thelma’s Creave Cookie Contest
Handmade Poery, Rebecca
Brandow (also at 12:30, 2:30, 4:30 &
6:30 p.m.)
3:30 p.m. World’s Greatest Taco
Henna Taoo Art (unl 9 p.m.)
10 a.m.
Judging Room 2
Tie-Dye, Anita Allen
10 a.m.
Flavored Homemade Marshmallows
Stained Glass Demonstraon, Grant
Dyer
11 a.m.
Foods Made with Honey
Noon
Picklicious Recipes with Gedney
Pickles
Origami: Hopping Frog, Hansen
Family Origami (also at 2 p.m.)
Coin Jewelry Demonstraon, Ken
Sims (also at 3, 5 & 7 p.m.)
Poery Demonstraon, Alex Wilson
(also at 2 p.m.)
Noon
2:30 p.m. C&H Chocolate Chip Cookie Creaon
Air Brush & Watercolor
Demonstraons, The Paleks (unl 2,
also at 4 & 6 p.m.)
1 p.m.
Best Templeton Rye Dessert
2 p.m.
Spud Studs
3 p.m.
Seminar: Slow Cooking, Rosemary,
Hedlund
Judging Room 3
10 a.m.
Best Templeton Rye Appezer
11:30 a.m.Egg-ceponal Egg Cooking Contest
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MAP LEGEND
Administraon Building…….…..........…J7
Agriculture Building………....….........…J9
John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored
by Alliant Energy
Museum…………………….....………..H13
Ralph H. Deets Historical Museum
Museum Complex…………....………I14
Richard L. Easter Museum Complex
Animal Learning Center……..........….H10
Outdoor Arena………………....…….P11
Bud Light Stage…..........…………………..O3
Parking/Tow Office…………….....….C2
Pavilion…………………………….....……L9
Paul R. Knapp Animal Learning Center
sponsored by Christensen Farms
Bud Light Stage sponsored by Local 5
Cale Barn (Milking Parlor/Boulevard
of Dairy Breeds/Penningroth Media
Center)…..........................................N9
Bob & Deb Pulver Outdoor Arena
Pioneer Livestock Pavilion sponsored by
Prairie Meadows
Pioneer Hall……..........................J13
Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall
Poultry,Pigeons&Rabbits..........H13
John & Emily Putney Family Cale Barn
Public Safety…………………...………….J2
sponsored by Vermeer
Country School……….........………………I12 Riley Stage……………………...…………K7
Anne & Bill Riley Stage sponsored by
Cultural Center……………..............…..L11
Pepsi with media sponsor CW Iowa 23
Pay & Jim Cownie Cultural Center
Discovery Garden…...…..........………….K9
Exhibion Center………………...........….N5
Richard O. Jacobson Exhibion Center
Fabric & Threads Exhibits…...............K4
Family Theaters…...........…...........…….I3
Maytag Family Theaters
First Aid Center……………….............….J11
Hy-Vee Health & First Aid Center
Food Center…………..............…………….L2
Elwell Family Food Center sponsored by Blue
Bunny Ice Cream
Bruce L Rasteer 4-H Exhibits Building
sponsored by Touchstone Energy
Cooperaves of Iowa
Fun Forest……….......................……….J10
Gallery……………………...................……I14
Richard O. Jacobson Hall & Kenyon Gallery
Giant Slide………………................……..M7
Reichardt Family Giant Slide
Grandfather’s Barn (Wine Experience/
Art Fair)…………….........................….K14
Grandstand………………...............….....H5
Halls of Law & Flame….............……….H6
Horse Barn…………………...............…….N7
Kids Zone…………………............………..G10
Legacy Terrace………….......………………..I5
Principal Plaza at Legacy Terrace
Robert G. Horner & Sheri Avis Horner
Service Center sponsored by The Des
Moines Register
Sheep Barn………….........…………….P7
Shoppers’ Mart…………..…………….H4
Sky Glider East………………………I8/J13
Sky Glider East sponsored by Sleep
Number
Sky Glider West………….……….M2/L8
4-H Building……………......................…P4
Vermeer Grandfather’s Barn
Service Center (Lost Children &
Adults)….................................…..J6
Sky Glider West sponsored by Sleep
Number
Strollers/Wheelcharies/Scooters…
……................................….I2, F9, P8
Susan Knapp Amphitheater….....H11
Susan Knapp Amphitheater sponsored
by Coors Light with media sponsor
KDSM Fox 17
Swine Barn (Avenue of Breeds)….P9
Taxi Stand…………………..................J1
Varied Industries Building………….K4
William C. Knapp Varied Industries
Building sponsored by The Principal
Financial Group
Volunteer Office…………............…O2
Walnut Center Cras…………………M6
Wind Turbine & Educaonal
Center......................................K11
MidAmerican Energy Wind Turbine &
Educaonal Center
Lile Hands on the Farm…...………….G10
MidAmerican Energy Stage….………..K11 Ye Old Mill………...................……….I9
MidAmerican Energy Stage with Iowa Realty
Youth Inn..………...................…...O12
& media sponsor KCCI TV 8 News
Oman Family Youth Inn
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1 p.m.
Healthy Creaons Fruit Pizza
4 p.m.
2:30 p.m. Kid Snack with Live Healthy Iowa
3:30 p.m. Snack Time with Live Healthy Iowa
Art Fair Demonstraon: Watercolor,
Jeremy Jannenga – Grandfather’s
Barn
7:30 p.m. Osiella – Grandfather’s Barn
Judging Room 4
10 a.m. Liqueur’lish Desserts
Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall
11 a.m.
Gluten Free Appezers
9 a.m.
Noon
Creaons with Mrs. Clark’s
Dressings
10 a.m.
Husband Calling Contest
1 p.m.
Fudge
11 a.m.
Mom Calling Contest (ages 5-9)
James David Brown Country Gospel
Recording Arst, New Virginia
2 p.m.
My Favorite Ice Cream Topping
11:30 a.m.Mom Calling Contest (ages 10-15)
3 p.m.
Candy Chemistry
1 p.m.
Joke Telling Contest (ages 5-9)
2 p.m.
Youth Hog Calling Contest (ages 5-16)
HY-VEE FUN FOREST
Fun Forest Stage sponsored by Community
Choice Credit Union
All performances ASL interpreted.
10 a.m.
Blue Ribbon Kids Club: Veggie
Day with the Iowa Department of
Agriculture.
11 a.m.
Steve Brogan and Co Comic
Ventriloquist (also at 1 & 3 p.m.)
11:30 a.m.The Chipper Experience (also at 1:30
& 3:30 p.m.)
Noon
2:30 p.m. Adult Hog Calling Contest (ages 17 &
over)
4 p.m.
7 p.m.
Ricky Smith, Metro Arts artABILITY
“The Silence that Speaks Louder
than Words” (also at 2 & 4 p.m.)
9:30 a.m. Horseshoe Pitching: Two Player ProAm – Horseshoe Courts
10 a.m.
Chainsaw Carvers A.J. Luer and
Gary Keenan (also at Noon, 3:30 &
5:30 p.m.) – South of First Church
11 a.m.
Grape Stomp (also at 2, 3 & 6 p.m.) –
Grandfather’s Barn
Iowa State Fair Best of Show
Wine Sampling (unl 8 p.m.) –
Grandfather’s Barn
11:30 a.m.Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing
sponsored by GuideOne Insurance
(also at 6:30 p.m.) – First Church
1 p.m.
Iowa Wine, presented by John
Barber, The Cellar at Oak and
Oawa Vineyards – Grandfather’s
Barn
1:30 p.m. Stories and Plays – Country School
2 p.m.
Art Fair Demonstraon: Mixed
Media Jewelry, Marcia Jannenga –
Grandfather’s Barn
Horse Show: Percheron (also at 6
p.m.) – Richard O. Jacobson Exhibion
Center
Swine Show: Hampshire, Duroc,
Yorkshire – Swine Barn
FFA and 4-H Meat Goat Show:
Breeding – Swine Barn
8:30 a.m. Sheep Show: Wether Sire/Dam –
Sheep Barn
9 a.m.
10 a.m.
Muon Busn’ (also at Noon, 2,
4 & 6:30 p.m) – Pioneer Livestock
Pavilion sponsored by Prairie
Meadows
1 p.m.
Beef Cale Show: Miniature Hereford
– Bob & Deb Pulver Outdoor Arena
2 p.m.
Swine Sale: Hampshire, Duroc,
Yorkshire – Swine Barn
3 p.m.
Beef Cale Show: Simmental Bulls –
Bob & Deb Pulver Outdoor Arena
5 p.m.
Sheep Sale: Wether Sire/Dam – Sheep
Barn
6 p.m.
Dairy Goat Show: Costume Class –
Swine Barn
Horse Show: Clydesdale, Percheron,
Dra Pony - Richard O. Jacobson
Exhibion Center
2:30 p.m. Horseshoe Pitching: Open Singles –
Horseshoe Courts
From Vineyard to Bole, presented
by Kevin Fifo, Madison County
Winery – Grandfather’s Barn
Horse Show: Clydesdale – Richard O.
Jacobson Exhibion Center
9:30 a.m. Muon Busn’ Sign-Up (also at 11:30
a.m., 1:30, 3:30, and 5:30 p.m.) –
Pioneer Livestock Pavilion sponsored
by Prairie Meadows
Old Time Cra with Amy and John
Randolph - Country School
4 p.m.
Beef Cale Show: Gelbvieh, Red
Angus – Bob & Deb Pulver Outdoor
Arena
Dairy Goat Show: Open Junior Doe –
Swine Barn
School Acvies (unl Noon) –
Country School
Grape Getaway Kids Acvies (unl
9 p.m.) – Across from Grandfather’s
Barn
R.B.J. Trio, ‘50s and ‘60s Favorites,
Des Moines
LIVESTOCK AWARDS, JUDGING AND SHOWS
8 a.m.
HERITAGE VILLAGE
In general, Heritage Village/Farm Bureau
Pioneer Hall contest registraon begins 30-60
minutes before each contest.
9 a.m.
Fine Line Bluegrass Band, Albia
5:30 p.m. Pioneer String Band, Central Iowa
Largest Rabbit Contest – Pigeon/
Poultry/Rabbit Building
8 p.m.
Dairy Goat Celebrity Milking Contest
– Swine Barn
WILLIAM C. KNAPP VARIED INDUSTRIES
BUILDING SPONSORED BY THE PRINCIPAL
FINANCIAL GROUP
9 a.m.
Sandscapes sand sculpng
sponsored by Iowa Food and Family
Project- South Atrium
7 p.m.
Hypnost Ron Diamond (also at 9
p.m.)
Bud Light Stage sponsored by Local 5
9 a.m.
Dance 2Xtreme, Carlisle
10 a.m.
Reckless Road, Pella
11 a.m.
Hawk Mclntyre Duo, Boone
State Fair Sew-In (free; volunteers
needed; unl 9 p.m.) – South Hallway Noon
Darkhorse, Des Moines
- Room A
1:30 p.m. Marshall County Hangmen, State
Fabric and Threads “Make It and Take It”
Center
Sessions
8 p.m.
Femme Fatale
Each session is located on the Second Floor.
Cost of class depends on materials and paerns
MidAmerican Energy stage with Iowa Realty
needed. Pre-registraon is encouraged.
and media sponsor KCCI TV 8 News
10 a.m. Holiday Treats with Patrick Lose
9 a.m.
Nate Nelson Acousc Show, Granger
Wool Applique (also at 1:30 p.m.)
10 a.m. Metro Arts artABILITY presents Heath
Noon
Tool Time Demonstraon
Alan and Jusn Appel
1:30 p.m. Mesh Bag
11 a.m. Tanglefoot Coage Dance and
Tumbling, Des Moines
STAGES
Vocal Trash (also at 2 p.m.)
Iowa State Fair Grandstand presented by U.S. Noon
Cellular
5 p.m.
KCCI TV 8 News at 5
Firewords spectacular following the concert is
8 p.m.
Songblast: Dueling Guitars (also at 9
sponsored by Miller Lite
p.m.)
8 p.m.
KISS with The Dead Daisies
Susan Knapp Amphitheater sponsored by Coors
Anne and Bill Riley Stage sponsored by Pepsi
Light with media sponsor KDSM Fox 17
with media sponsor CW Iowa 23
9:30 a.m. Governor’s Lifesaving Awards
10 a.m. Decorated Diaper Contest and
Diaper Derby (registraon begins at Noon
United States Cizenship and
9:30 a.m.)
Immigraon Services Ceremony
Noon
Bill Riley Talent Search
1 p.m.
Metro Arts artABILITY presents Heath
Alan and Jusn Appel
2:15 p.m. Iowan of the Day Presentaon
sponsored by Cookies Food Products 2:30 p.m. Joshua Sinclair, Des Moines
3:30 p.m. Jamie Jo Thomas-Cranfield, Runnells
5 p.m.
8 p.m.
Lucy Angel
P.O.W. Band, Urbandale
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