By Shelby Moquin [email protected] Carnivals and fairs are a global phenomenon; kids love them, they have great food, and they remind adults of their childhood. With summer quickly approaching, it marks the beginning of fair season in Iowa. The Iowa State Fair (August 8th-18th) has been a tradition for years, providing food, entertainment, and food for all. This year the Iowa State Fair has a star-studded line up of performers and enough rides and attractions to keep visitors busy the entire eleven days. The free entertainment part of the fair includes performers such as Maddie Poppe, a small town woman from Iowa who won the hit show American Idol, Sweet Tea Trio, and an A Cappella group Kazual. The Grandstand entertainment (which involves purchasing tickets compared to free entertainment) includes groups like The Chainsmokers, Zac Brown Brand, Dan + Shay, and Luke Bryan who is headlining. Average tickets prices for tickets to see these groups range from $27-$85. Let’s not forget about the attractions The Iowa State Fair has! They offer a wide range of thrill rides at three levels: Thrill Ville, Thrill Town, and Thrill Zone. Thrill Ville is geared towards families who want to have good, clean fun. The rides are not only fun but are “spectacular, and jaw dropping” according to iowastatefair.org. Thrill Town is for the younger children who attend the fair. The location of the rides are convenient and absolutely enjoyable for little ones. Thrill Zone is the complete opposite, and not for the faint of heart. The rides guarantee you’ll be thinking about them even after the fair is over. The Iowa State Fair isn’t only for great attractions and entertainment, it also attracts a large amount of 4H participants. Hundreds of people flock to the fairgrounds to compete in livestock competitions, horse showings, FFA, 4H, and even a talent show. And of course, you can’t forget the wide variety of food vendors. Caramel apples are extremely popular as well as the traditional fair foods such as funnel cakes, corn dogs, chicken, hot dogs, and delicious burgers and fries. Even foods that you would expect to be at a fair will make an appearance such as pork belly on a stick, pickle poppers, chicken livers, fresh guacamole, and Polish sausage. Gluten free and vegetarian options will be available. And if you are over twenty-one, there will be plenty of options for alcoholic beverages. See you at the state fair! The fairgrounds pictured above.
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