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ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

The MN State Fair. Good times, used to live on N. Pascal Str. parked cars on the lawn for $5.00 and sell kool-aid to people on their way into the fair. Good money as a kid . When the fair wasn't in session it was a great place to sneak into and just wander around. Good times.

(They took out the racing track a few years ago. No more car races or harness racing. But still, good concerts.)

ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

(They took out the racing track a few years ago. No more car races or harness racing. But still, good concerts.)

NOOOOOOO!!!! One of the first fairs that I distinctly remember included going to the Grandstand for a stock car race. Followed by a Helen Reddy concert and fireworks. Talk about mixed messages[:D]

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

Haven't been to a state fair since my teens. I couldn't make it to the Iowa fair, but we are going to try the Nebraska fair. Problem is it's further away then the Iowa was. They used to have it in Lincoln , but now it's in Grand Isle. But we'll try. [:D]

Can't go this weekend. Offutt AFB is having it's air show, and beside's it's my 29th Anniversary. [8|]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: AW1Steve

Haven't been to a state fair since my teens. I couldn't make it to the Iowa fair, but we are going to try the Nebraska fair. Problem is it's further away then the Iowa was. They used to have it in Lincoln , but now it's in Grand Isle. But we'll try. [:D]

Can't go this weekend. Offutt AFB is having it's air show, and beside's it's my 29th Anniversary. [8|]

I think at the Iowa fair they carve a whole full-sized cow out of butter. Bigger is not always better, however. Seeing a princess in a ski parka inside the cooler while you're eating ice cream in the 99 degree pavilion is part of the experience.

I imagine that Nebraska's is good too. Anywhere with lots of grain and lots of farm critters makes for a good fair.

ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

(They took out the racing track a few years ago. No more car races or harness racing. But still, good concerts.)

NOOOOOOO!!!! One of the first fairs that I distinctly remember included going to the Grandstand for a stock car race. Followed by a Helen Reddy concert and fireworks. Talk about mixed messages[:D]

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

(They took out the racing track a few years ago. No more car races or harness racing. But still, good concerts.)

NOOOOOOO!!!! One of the first fairs that I distinctly remember included going to the Grandstand for a stock car race. Followed by a Helen Reddy concert and fireworks. Talk about mixed messages[:D]

I actually like(d) Helen Reddy. She had a very throaty voice to this 16-YO at the time. And I was never afraid of feminism. I saw it as the opening of the field of play that my father never got.[:)]

They hadn't had car races there in awhile I think. There are a number of smaller tracks around the metro now, and the grandstand track was pretty small. They did do a massive re-vamp of the whole grandstand about four years ago. Concrete stairs, new heads, new seating, much safer, better sight-lines. I think it seats about 17,000 for a concert. I don't know the whole concert schedule, but I know they have Kelly Clarkson, Weird Al Yankovich, Rush, the BoDeans, Kiss, and Tim Mcgraw. And Garrison Keillor does "A Prairie Home Companion" as a concert every year now.

I saw that Boyz II Men are playing the free Leinie Lodge bandshell this year. How the mighty have fallen.

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(They took out the racing track a few years ago. No more car races or harness racing. But still, good concerts.)

NOOOOOOO!!!! One of the first fairs that I distinctly remember included going to the Grandstand for a stock car race. Followed by a Helen Reddy concert and fireworks. Talk about mixed messages



I actually like(d) Helen Reddy. She had a very throaty voice to this 16-YO at the time. And I was never afraid of feminism. I saw it as the opening of the field of play that my father never got.

They hadn't had car races there in awhile I think. There are a number of smaller tracks around the metro now, and the grandstand track was pretty small. They did do a massive re-vamp of the whole grandstand about four years ago. Concrete stairs, new heads, new seating, much safer, better sight-lines. I think it seats about 17,000 for a concert. I don't know the whole concert schedule, but I know they have Kelly Clarkson, Weird Al Yankovich, Rush, the BoDeans, Kiss, and Tim Mcgraw. And Garrison Keillor does "A Prairie Home Companion" as a concert every year now.

I saw that Boyz II Men are playing the free Leinie Lodge bandshell this year. How the mighty have fallen.




Oh, I liked her , but she just doesn't seem the sort of person I'd see at a state fair. Any more than I'd expect the NY symphony or the Boston Pops!

ORIGINAL: thegreatwent

As an example the capitol was known as Pig's Eye after a squatter who started a distillery near Ft. Snelling.

ORIGINAL: Razz

Too bad our county fair is 3x

There's a reason I left the Great White North.

Surfing, Sking, and a Grand 'ol fair.

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

And the boar:

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

And the boar:

How can you tell it's a boar and not a sow? [8|]