The 174th Wisconsin State Fair, presented by UScellular® features delicious dishes, thrilling rides, vibrant shopping, educational agriculture exhibits, live music, and so much more.

Schedule:

Friday, August 8
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Piggly Wiggly Day

Join Piggly Wiggly for family fun at the Wisconsin State Fair! Head to Central Park for a full day of kids games, FREE samples from your favorite Piggly Wiggly brands, and more from 10am-4pm. Don’t miss the crowd-favorite Kemps Ice Cream Eating Contest — sign up from 10am-1pm, contest kicks off at 2pm.

Piggly Wiggly has been proudly serving Wisconsin since 1916 — local since forever. Shop the Pig!

Agriculture

THE COLISEUM
9am Belgian & Percheron Draft Horse Hitch Show
1pm Belgian & Percheron Draft Horse Hitch Show
3:30pm Dog Sports Demonstration
6pm Champions Challenge – Hunter Over Fences

CATTLE BARNS
Featuring Beef & Dairy Cattle

LIVESTOCK HORSE BARN
All Day CLOSED
Draft Horses can be seen in the Coliseum at 9am and 1pm. Saddle Horses can be seen in the Coliseum at 6pm.

POULTRY & RABBIT PALACE
Featuring Poultry
9am Junior Poultry Show – Turkeys, Bantams, Guineas, & Pigeons
3pm CLOSED

SHEEP & GOAT BARN
Featuring Sheep

PIGGLY WIGGLY SWINE & GOAT BARN
Featuring Dairy Goats
5pm Open Dairy Goat Show – Young Stock & Non-Milkers

Free Entertainment Stages & Experiences

GRAND CHAMPION HALL STAGE
All Day Horticulture, Textile, Craft, & Culinary Exhibits
11am, 12pm Flower Crew Friday
1pm, 2pm Homebrew Demonstration
3pm Bonsai Demonstration
4pm Being a Grand Champion Hall Exhibitor
5pm Orchid Demonstration

K-9 SPORTS ARENA
Presented by Yutka Fence
10:30am,12:30pm Dock Diving Demonstration
11am Nosework Demonstration
11:30am Stunt Dogs Demonstration
12, 1:30pm Group of the Day Demonstration
2:30, 4:30, 6:30pm Dock Diving Competitions
3:30pm K-9 Police Demonstration
5:30pm Dog Agility Demonstration
7:30pm Dock Diving Finals
8:30pm Stunt Dogs Demonstration

MILKING PARLOR
Demonstrations courtesy of Wisconsin State Fair Dairy Promotion Board
11am, 1, 3, 5pm Cow Milking Demonstration
12, 2, 4pm Goat Milking Demonstration

SAZ’S RACING PIGS
Presented by Milwaukee Admirals
See the pig races at 11am, 12:30, 1:30, 3:30, 4:30, 5:30, 7:30pm

WE ENERGIES ENERGY PARK
10am-6pm Children’s Safety Wristbands
10am-4pm Focus on Energy
10am-5pm Discovery World Solar Power Pollinators
10:15am Raptor Meet & Greet
10:45am, 1:30, 4pm Melinda Myers
11am, 2, 5pm National Theatre for Children
11:30am, 2:30pm Raptors of Schlitz Audubon
12:30pm Cowbunga
1:15pm Wildlife of Wisconsin

FAMILY VARIETY STAGE
11:30am,2:30, 5:30pm Steve Trash: Rockin’ Eco-Entertainer
12:30, 3:30,6:30pm Kenny Ahern: Physical Comic
1:30, 4:30, 7:30pm Groovy Guy: Comedy Juggler

WI PRODUCTS PAVILION STAGE
11am WI Maple Syrup Producers
11:30am WI Dairy Promotion
12pm Cedar Crest Ice Cream
1pm Alice in Dairyland
2pm Prairie Junction Farms
3pm WI Honey Producers
4pm Ketchup Please
5pm WI Department of Tourism
6pm Rustic Oak

Free Music Stages

BANK FIVE NINE AMPHITHEATER
Nightly Entertainment presented by Leinenkugel’s

10:30am WI State FFA Honors Band
11:30am WI State FFA Honors Choir
1, 2:30pm Kids from Wisconsin
4:30, 5:45pm The Cleverlys
8:30pm Ying Yang Twins

APOLLO’S GYROS
1pm The Cactus Bros.
6pm Abracadabra

BIG SKY COUNTRY BAR & GRILL
1pm Bobby “Ramblin’ Man” Maurer
6pm Jim & Mike

BLUE MOON TAVERN AT THE PARK
11am Conscious Pilot
3pm Annex
8pm Road Trip

BUD PAVILION
11am The Messengers
3:30pm Plumb Loco
8pm Generation Z

CAMP BAR
11am Myles Wangerin Trio
2:15pm Dirty Boogie
5:15pm Joe Wray
8:30pm Rebel Grace

CRACOVIA
4pm Still Stormin’

FLYING SOLO BAR & GRILL
1pm Midnight Train
7pm Sound Therapy

KNUCKLEHEAD
11am Sonya & Geoff
3pm Foo Fighter Experience
8pm Lunch Money Bullies

LEFF’S MILLER LITE SPORTS BAR & GRILL
12pm The Stangs
3:45pm Mississippi Leg Hounds
8pm Bella Cain

MAJOR GOOLSBY’S HEARTLAND
12pm Ryan McIntyre
7:15pm Weird Science

PISTOL PETE’S
11am Mike & Kelly
3:30pm Crossfire
8pm Mt. Olive

ROBERT’S RESTAURANT / LEADFOOTS RACE BAR & GRILL
11:30am Nate Scheurell
3:30pm Buddy Love
7:30pm Milwaukee Blues Rock Collective

ROCK & ROLL BEER GARDEN
11am Marcell Guyton
3pm The Black Sheep
7:30pm Party Animal

SAZ’S BBQ
1:30pm Southbound
7pm Cold Sweat & the Brew City Horns

SAZ’S MILLER HIGH LIFE PAVILION
2pm Nobody’s Hero
7:30pm Bobby Friss

SLIM MCGINN’S IRISH PUB
4, 5:30, 7pm Trivia with America’s Pub Quiz

TROPICS
11:30am Bobby Way
3pm Downtown Harrison
7pm Indika Reggae Band

WÜRSTBAR
1pm Six Pack Sammy
7pm The First Wave

Barn Closure Schedule
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Friday, August 8
• Livestock Horse Barn closed
• Poultry & Rabbit Palace – 3pm

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