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Iowa State Fair Sunday Schedule: Rooster Crowing, Miranda Lambert And More

What are you looking forward to at the fair today?

Round out the weekend with a trip to the Iowa State Fair.

Here's a quick rundown of today's events, both free and paid. For a full list of events visit the Iowa State Fair website.

4H Events in Bruce Rastetter Building
10:30 a.m. Junior Cook This! Culinary Challenge
Noon Share the Fun
1:30 p.m. Educational Presentations and Working Exhibits
4:30 p.m. Junior Cook This! Culinary Challenge Awards Ceremony

Fun Events
9 a.m. Micro-mini tractor pull at the Budweiser State
10 a.m. Rooster Crowing Contest in the Pigeon/Poultry/Rabbit Building
10:30 a.m. 'Decorate Iowa' Celebrating Iowa's Birthday in the Elwell Family Food Center
1 p.m. Monster Arm Wrestling Tournament, weigh-ins 10 a.m. to noon in the Cattle Barn
4 p.m. Party of Four - A Cappella Quartet from Urbandale on the Budweiser Stage

Free Stages
7 and 9 p.m. Handsome Little Devil on the Anderson Erickson Dairy Stage
8 p.m. The Afters on the Anne & Bill Riley Stage
7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Elvis Impersonator Travis LeDoyt on the Budweiser Stage
8 p.m. Blackberry Smoke on the Susan Knapp Amphitheater

Grandstand Event
8 p.m. Miranda Lambert with Pistol Annies. Tickets $48

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Where to Park

  • North, Sims and Northeast Lot Parking: $10
  • Motorcycle Parking: $10
  • Bicycle Parking (inside Gate 10): $2
  • Buses and Drivers: FREE

Paid parking will also be available in a new lot just east of East 36th Street on East University Avenue.

Park & Ride
Show your advance admission ticket at one of DART’s three State Fair Park & Rides and ride for $1 for adults and 50-cents for children ages 6 to 10, seniors and people with disabilities. Children ages 5 and younger ride for free.

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Regular roundtrip prices are $2 for adults, and $1 for children, seniors and people with disabilities.

Locations for park & ride:

  • Center Street Park & Ride (Seventh and Center streets, enter on Seventh Street)
  • Southeast Polk School (Northeast 80th Street and Highway 163)
  • State Capitol (East 12th and Grand Avenue)

Service to and from park & ride locations run from 8:30 a.m. to midnight during the fair. Service will be extended for late-ending Grandstand shows.


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