Name: 2026 Minnesota State Fair + Giveaway Form
Start: 2026-08-27T00:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-09-07T23:59:59-05:00
Location: Minnesota State Fair

Date(S)

August 27 – September 7

Event Information

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Event Category

Day Trips, Family-Friendly, Out & About

Location

Minnesota State Fair

Address

1265 Snelling Ave N
Saint Paul, MN 55108 US

The Minnesota State Fair is always 12 Days of Fun, ending Labor Day! The fair runs from Aug. 27 to Sept. 7, 2026!

Fairgrounds admission: 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily (6 p.m. Labor Day)

This is The Great Minnesota Get-Together and our state’s favorite tradition!

Enjoy the best of the best in animal competitions, 900+ free shows and 100+ acts, tons to learn, 11 days & nights of Grandstand shows, endless shopping, 1,300+ different foods and so much more.

Learn more: mnstatefair.org

Enter to Win our 2026 Minnesota State Fair Giveaway Prize Pack!

What’s new in 2026:

Ultimate Dinosaurs

Come face to face with the biggest dinosaurs you’ve never heard of! Presented by the Science Museum of Minnesota.

Details

Through life-size skeleton casts, real fossils, augmented reality interactives and cutting-edge science, you’ll be introduced to some very strange dinosaurs – creatures that evolved in wild isolation across the Southern Hemisphere and look nothing like their northern, more familiar cousins. Then, get closer to home and see real Minnesota fossils, and find out just how massive our new official State Fossil, the giant beaver, actually was. Dig deeper with Science Museum of Minnesota paleontologists at Fossil Corner during select hours Aug. 27-29 and Sept. 2-4. Free with fair admission.

Meet paleontologists in the Fossil Corner
- Thursday, Aug. 27, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.; Friday, Aug. 28, noon-4 p.m.; Saturday, Aug. 29, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 2, 1-5 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 3, 1-5 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 4, noon-4 p.m.

Ultimate Dinosaurs is 12 days, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. (8 p.m. Labor Day)

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