These 12 Minnesota State Fair Posts will look a bit different, seeing everything is contained within the Fair grounds some of the quick references will be located at the top of blog instead of being repeated multiple times.
General Spot: Minnesota State Fair
Length of time: 12 days (August 22- September 2, 2024)
Website: Minnesota State Fair
Type of Spot: Fair
Cost: $$
Reservations: No reservations required
Indoors/Outdoors: Mix of Outside and Inside
Seating Availability: Plentiful
Terrain: Sidewalks, Streets, Hills, Grass, Inside Buildings Smooth Flooring
Known Busier Times: 10am - 9pm
Spot: Performance Areas when not hosting a performance
Overview of spot:
Finding a stage or performance area when a show is not happening is a great way to have some quieter time at the fair. Also seating is plentiful.
Indoors/Outdoors: Outside
Seating Availability: Plenty
Spot: The outer edges of the fair
Overview of spot:
Afternoons can be the hardest to find calmer spots. It really is when the fair is the busiest.
Looking at the camp trailers or equipment on the North End or the Fine Arts Building, can be less crowded.
Down by the Barns, finding a seat in the Coliseum can offer quieter spots.
Indoors/Outdoors: Mix of Outside and Inside
Spot: Buildings Along the Parade Route
Overview of spot:
When the daily parade is happening at 2pm some of the buildings are less crowded, but they become jammed after the parade goes by.
You will have to time your visit to a building before the parade starts. As it can be hard to cross streets during the parade.
Again won't be the quietest time, but it's a lot calmer than right after the parade. And it should give you a more room to move than being shoulder to shoulder.
Recommend a Calmer Spot at the your favorite Fair or Festival
