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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
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IOWA STATE FAIR
WEDNESDAY
TODAY’S ACTIVITIES
8 a.m.
Olympics Broadcast (unl 10:30
p.m.)- Oman Family Youth Inn
9 a.m.
Care Iniaves Display (all day) –
Grand Concourse
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
Iowa Cra Beer Tent (all day) – Rock
Island Avenue
Central Iowa Tractor Club Display
(all day) – Grand Concourse
9:30 a.m. Fitness on the Hill, Enhance Fitness
Without Weights sponsored by
Healthiest State Iniave – Expo Hill
sponsored by Medica
10 a.m.
Naonal Anthem – Administraon
Building
The Des Moines Register Soapbox
(all day) – Grand Concourse
Q&A with Division Admin. Kelley
Myers- DNR Building Courtyard
Paint A“Fair” (also at 1 p.m.; Limit
40 people per class, $40/class) Expo Hill
Iowa Farm Environment Leader
Awards- Penningroth Media Center,
John and Emily Putney Family Cale
Barn sponsored by Vermeer
11 a.m.
Noon
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3:30 p.m. Scholasc Chess Tournament
(registraon begins at 3 p.m.) –
Administraon Building Porch
4:30 p.m. Fairlympics- Grand Concourse
5:30 p.m. Speed Chess Tournament
(registraon begins at 5 p.m.) –
Administraon Building Porch
BRUCE L. RASTETTER 4-H EXHIBITS BUILDING
SPONSORED BY TOUCHSTONE ENERGY
COOPERATIVES OF IOWA
9 a.m.
CME Group Ag Commodity Carnival
(unl 6 p.m.)
Hands-on Acvies Corner (unl 4
p.m.)
Educaonal Presentaons and
Working Exhibits (also at 1:30 p.m.)
Noon
Share the Fun (also at 5 p.m.)
JOHN DEERE AGRICULTURE BUILDING
SPONSORED BY ALLIANT ENERGY
9 a.m.
Gingerbread Building (all day)
10 a.m.
Gladiolus Show
11 a.m.
Cooking with Honey, Iowa Honey
Producers Associaon (also at 3 p.m.)
Noon
Flower Show
12:30 p.m.Fruit, Vegetable and Nut
Idenficaon Contest
2 p.m.
Glad’s and Arrangement of Glad’s,
Yvonne McCormick, Federated
Garden Clubs of Iowa
4 p.m.
Fun with Ostrich, Iowa Ostrich
Associaon
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 2 & 6 p.m.)
Bandaloni One Man Band sponsored
by Mountain Valley Spring Water
(also at 1 & 3 p.m.) – Strolling
11 a.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
11:30 a.m.The Way We Live Award sponsored
by WHO NewsRadio 1040 presented
to Jenne Family Farm, Blockton, IA
The Thank A Farmer Magic Show
sponsored by Iowa’s Farmers (also at
1 & 3 p.m.)
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Cedar Rock:
Living Simply and In Harmony with
Nature – DNR Building Courtyard
Noon
Agriculture Bingo, Iowa Agriculture
Literacy Foundaon
4 p.m.
Hedrick’s Pig Racing (also at 2 & 5
p.m.) – Kids’ Zone
Minute to Win It: Farm Edion, Iowa
Pork Producers
5 p.m.
Milk Chug-A-Lug sponsored by
Iowa’s Farmers
Celebraon of Eagle Scout ProjectsDNR 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.
Ding Darling, Cartoonist to
Conservaon Leader- DNR Building
Courtyard
2 p.m.
Animal I Spy Acvity, Avenue of
Breeds – Swine Barn
PATTY AND JIM COWNIE CULTURAL CENTER
9 a.m.
Miniature Farm Display featuring
Seth Ebenhardt– Atrium sponsored
by Bankers Trust
Arst Demonstraon Stage- Third
Floor
Wood Carving Demonstraons, Mid
Iowa Wood Carvers
Wood Turning Demonstraons, Des
Moines Wood Turners Inc.
Poery Demonstraon, Alex Wilson
(also at 2 p.m.)
Create Your Own Perfume ($10;
unl 9 p.m.)
Charcoal, Pastel & Pencil Portraits,
Kathy Cunningham (unl 7 p.m.)
Air Brush & Watercolor
Demonstraons, The Paleks (unl 2,
also at 4 & 6 p.m.)
Noon
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.)
Glass Beads and 3D Printed Jewelry,
Suzanne LaTour Stevens (also at 2, 4,
6 & 8 p.m.)
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.)
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)
10 a.m.
Crocheted Wire Jewelry, Barb Vask
6 p.m.
Acrylic Painng Demonstraon &
Color Theory Basics, Kaitlin Flury
ELWELL FAMILY FOOD CENTER SPONSORED BY
WELLS BLUE BUNNY ICE CREAM
Main Floor
Noon
Older Iowans’ Cookie Decorang
Henna Taoo Art (unl 9 p.m.)
2:30 p.m. Cookie Decorang Winners Posted
Barbed Wire Art, Vicki Ferris (also at
1:30 p.m.)
Judging Room 1
10 a.m. Seminar: Slow Cooker, Rosemary
Hedlund
Wheel Thrown and Hand Sculpted
Poery, Jim & Judith Miller (unl 7
p.m.)
11 a.m.
Seminar: Kitchen Tips & Baking
Hints, Claudee Taylor
Tie-Dye, Anita Allen
Noon
Mrs. Grimes Chili Cook-Off
Stained Glass Demonstraon, Grant
Dyer
1 p.m.
Purnell Old Folks’ Sausage Cook-Off
2 p.m.
Seminar: Aging Well, Courtney
Slater, Hy-Vee Diean
3 p.m.
Iowa’s Big Four
4 p.m.
Clabber Girl Biscuits
Origami: Hopping Frog, Hansen
Family Origami (also at 2 p.m.)
Coin Jewelry Demonstraon, Ken
Sims (also at 3, 5 & 7 p.m.)
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MAP LEGEND
Administration Building…….…..........…J7
Agriculture Building………....….........…J9
Museum…………………….....………..H13
Animal Learning Center……..........….H10
Outdoor Arena………………....…….P11
Bud Light Stage…..........…………………..O3
Parking/Tow Office…………….....….C2
Pavilion…………………………….....……L9
JohnDeereAgricultureBuildingsponsored
byAlliantEnergy
RalphH.DeetsHistoricalMuseum
Museum Complex…………....………I14
RichardL.EasterMuseumComplex
PaulR.KnappAnimalLearningCenter
sponsored by Christensen Farms
BudLightStagesponsoredbyLocal5
Cattle Barn (Milking Parlor/Boulevard
of Dairy Breeds/Penningroth Media
Center)…..........................................N9
Bob&DebPulverOutdoorArena
PioneerLivestockPavilionsponsoredby
Prairie Meadows
Pioneer Hall……..........................J13
Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall
Poultry, Pigeons & Rabbits..........H13
Public Safety…………………...………….J2
Country School……….........………………I12 Riley Stage……………………...…………K7
Anne&BillRileyStagesponsoredby
Cultural Center……………..............…..L11
John&EmilyPutneyFamilyCattleBarn
sponsored by Vermeer
PepsiwithmediasponsorCWIowa23
Patty&JimCownieCulturalCenter
Discovery Garden…...…..........………….K9
Exhibition Center………………...........….N5
RichardO.JacobsonExhibitionCenter
Fabric & Threads Exhibits…...............K4
Family Theaters…...........…...........…….I3
MaytagFamilyTheaters
First Aid Center……………….............….J11
Hy-VeeHealth&FirstAidCenter
Food Center…………..............…………….L2
ElwellFamilyFoodCentersponsoredbyBlue
Bunny Ice Cream
4-H Building……………......................…P4
BruceLRastetter4-HExhibitsBuilding
sponsoredbyTouchstoneEnergy
CooperativesofIowa
Fun Forest……….......................……….J10
Gallery……………………...................……I14
RichardO.JacobsonHall&KenyonGallery
Giant Slide………………................……..M7
Service Center (Lost Children &
Adults)….................................…..J6
RobertG.Horner&SheriAvisHorner
ServiceCentersponsoredbyTheDes
Moines Register
Sheep Barn………….........…………….P7
Shoppers’ Mart…………..…………….H4
Sky Glider East………………………I8/J13
SkyGliderEastsponsoredbySleep
Number
Sky Glider West………….……….M2/L8
Sky Glider West sponsored by Sleep
Number
Strollers/Wheelcharies/Scooters…
……................................….I2, F9, P8
Susan Knapp Amphitheater….....H11
SusanKnappAmphitheatersponsored
byCoorsLightwithmediasponsor
KDSMFox17
Swine Barn (Avenue of Breeds)….P9
Reichardt Family Giant Slide
Grandfather’s Barn (Wine Experience/ Taxi Stand…………………..................J1
Art Fair)…………….........................….K14 Varied Industries Building………….K4
VermeerGrandfather’sBarn
Grandstand………………...............….....H5
Halls of Law & Flame….............……….H6
Horse Barn…………………...............…….N7
Kids Zone…………………............………..G10
Legacy Terrace………….......………………..I5
PrincipalPlazaatLegacyTerrace
WilliamC.KnappVariedIndustries
BuildingsponsoredbyThePrincipal
Financial Group
Volunteer Office…………............…O2
Walnut Center Crafts…………………M6
Wind Turbine & Educational
Center......................................K11
MidAmericanEnergyWindTurbine&
Little Hands on the Farm…...………….G10
EducationalCenter
MidAmerican Energy Stage….………..K11 Ye Old Mill………...................……….I9
MidAmericanEnergyStagewithIowaRealty
Youth Inn..………...................…...O12
&mediasponsorKCCITV8News
Oman Family Youth Inn
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Judging Room 2
10 a.m. Des Moines Register’s Hog (and
Corn) Heaven
11 a.m.
Kid’s Egg-On-A-Sck Decorang
Noon
Quiche Me In the Morning
1 p.m.
Seminar: Baking with Less Fat &
Sugar, Mary Petersen
11:30 a.m.Old-Fashioned Hymn Sing sponsored
by GuideOne Insurance – First Church
1 p.m.
1:30 p.m. Horseshoe Pitching: Open Singles –
Horseshoe Courts
2:30 p.m. Cooking with Sorghum
3:30 p.m. Seminar: Baking Tips, Rosemary
Hedlund
Establishing & Operang a Vineyard
and Winery in Iowa, presented
by Stan Olsen, Penoach Winery –
Grandfather’s Barn
Stories and Plays – Country School
2 p.m.
Art Fair Demonstraon: Metal
Smith Jewelry, Dennis Victor –
Grandfather’s Barn
Judging Room 3
10 a.m. Something Hot
2:30 p.m. Arts and Cras – Country School
11 a.m.
4 p.m.
Seminar: Farm to Fork, Will Fe,
Iowa Agriculture Literacy
Foundaon
12:30 p.m.Seafood Prepared in the Heartland
Art Fair Demonstraon: Creang
with Crayons, John Jannenga –
Grandfather’s Barn
1:30 p.m. My School Sack Lunch
2:30 p.m. Seminar: Recipes from My
Cookbook, Bee Dryer
3:30 p.m. All American Apple Pie
Judging Room 4
10 a.m. Innovave Chocolate
11a.m.
Cooking with Cookies’ Sauces &
Seasonings
Noon
Cookies’ Salsa Creaon
1:30 p.m. Ostrich: The Smart Choice
2 p.m.
Sleepy Hollow Appezer Contest
4 p.m.
The Carrington Classic Cadillac
Cake
HY-VEE FUN FOREST
Fun Forest Stage sponsored by Community
Choice Credit Union
All performances ASL interpreted.
10 a.m. Blue Ribbon Kids’ Club: Art Aack
Day
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
Ricky Smith, Metro Arts artABILITY
“The Silence that Speaks Louder
than Words” (also at 2 & 4 p.m.)
HERITAGE VILLAGE
In general, Heritage Village/Farm Bureau
Pioneer Hall contest registraon begins 30-60
minutes before each contest.
9 a.m.
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
9:30 a.m. Horseshoe Pitching: Seniors’
Iowa State Fair Championship –
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
Fruit Wines of Iowa, presented by
Ron & Tony, La Vida Loca Winery –
Grandfather’s Barn
7:30 p.m. Osiella – Grandfather’s Barn
Farm Bureau Pioneer Hall
9:30 a.m. Alice’s Gospel Old Songs with New
Sounds, Oskaloosa
11 a.m.
Cow Chip Throwing Contest
sponsored by ESPN Radio (K.R.N.T.)
11:30 a.m.Beverly Kay: Vocalist 40’s-70’s Music
1 p.m.
The Castle Ridge: A Bluegrass Band,
Eastern Iowa
2:00 p.m. Ladies’ Rubber Chicken Throwing
Contest
3 p.m.
Harord Trio, Harord
4:30 p.m. The Authority: Classic Rock and
Blues Band, Des Moines
6:30 p.m. All Iowa Gospel Jubilee, Central Iowa
LIVESTOCK AWARDS, JUDGING AND SHOWS
7:30 a.m. 4-H Beef Cale Show: Market –
Pioneer Livestock Pavilion sponsored
by Prairie Meadows
8:30 a.m. Stock Dog Trials – Bob & Deb Pulver
Outdoor Arena
9 a.m.
Horse Show: Society (also at 1 & 7
p.m.) – Richard O. Jacobson Exhibion
Center
12:30 p.m.4-H Meat Goat Skillathon- Swine
Show Ring
2 p.m.
Sheep Show: Dorset – Sheep Barn
3:30 p.m. 4-H Meat Goat Showmanship – Swine
Barn
4:30 p.m. 4-H Parade of Market Beef
Champions – Pioneer Livestock
Pavilion sponsored by Prairie
Meadows
6 p.m.
Sheep Show: Southdown – Sheep
Barn
6:30 p.m. Rabbit Agility DemonstraonPigeon/Poultry/Rabbit Building
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
State Fair Sew-In (free; volunteers
Bud Light Stage sponsored by Local 5
needed; unl 9 p.m.) – South Hallway 9 a.m.
Devine Dancers, Des Moines
- Room A
10 a.m. Myra Henderson, Boone
Fabric and Threads “Make It and Take It”
11 a.m. Smilin’ Os, Des Moines
Sessions
Each session is located on the Second Floor.
12 p.m. Chrisan Chaos, Tipton
Cost of class depends on materials and paerns
1 p.m.
Madison and Co. Dance Studio, West
needed. Pre-registraon is encouraged.
Des Moines
10 a.m. Pillowcase in a Flash
2 p.m.
Nate Nelson and the State Street
Needlework Demonstraon
Band, Granger
Noon
Tool Time Demonstraon
8 p.m.
Bret Michaels
1:30 p.m. Sewing Project for Children
MidAmerican Energy stage with Iowa Realty
STAGES
and media sponsor KCCI TV 8 News
Iowa State Fair Grandstand presented by U.S. 9 a.m.
Iowa Energy Spark Plugs, Des Moines
Cellular
10 a.m. Metro Arts artABILITY presents “To
Firewords spectacular following the concert is
Shorten the Road”
sponsored by Miller Lite
8 p.m.
Grand Outlaw Naonal Tractor and
11 a.m. Des Moines PS Tappers, Des Moines
Truck Pull sponsored by Iowa Farmer
Noon
Vocal Trash (also at 2 p.m.)
Today
Anne and Bill Riley Stage sponsored by Pepsi
with media sponsor CW Iowa 23
9:30 a.m. Beverly Kaye, Ankeny
5 p.m.
KCCI TV 8 News at 5
8 p.m.
The Grass Roots
11 a.m.
Marvelous Hat Contest (registraon
begins at 10:30 a.m.)
Noon
Bill Riley Talent Search
Susan Knapp Amphitheater sponsored by Coors
Light with media sponsor KDSM Fox 17
10 a.m. Ankeny Country Cloggers, Ankeny
2:30 p.m. Iowan of the Day Presentaon
sponsored by Cookies Food
Products
4 p.m.
Navy Ceremonial Guard
4:15 p.m. Navy Band Great Lakes:
Sousapalooza Brass Band, Great
Lakes, IL
7 p.m.
Hypnost Ron Diamond (also at 9
p.m.)
11 a.m.
Pat Meade, Milo
Noon
The Chrisan Brothers, Ankeny
1 p.m.
All That Is, Des Moines
2 p.m.
Metro Arts artABILITY presents “To
Shorten the Road”
3 p.m.
Larry and the Messengers, Osceola
8 p.m.
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