FESTIVALS | FAIRS Across the state, and throughout the year, communities celebrate festivals and fairs, and a wide variety of other events, as well. Music festivals, ethnic festivals and county fairs.

1. Minnesota State Fair
Across the state, and throughout the year, communities celebrate festivals and fairs, and a wide variety of other
events, as well. Music festivals, ethnic festivals and county fairs.
 The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of Minnesota State in USA. Its slogan is "The Great Minnesota Get-
Together."
 It is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance. It is also the 2nd largest state fair by
total attendance, trailing only the State Fair of Texas.
 The state fairgrounds are used the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, Midway between the
state's capital city of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
 The fair runs for 12 days from late August into early September, ending on Labour Day.

2.  In 2009, total attendance was 1,790,497, equivalent to about 34% of the state's population and up almost
100,000 from the previous year.
 The highest daily attendance in the entire history of the fair was set on Saturday, August 30, 2014 when
252,092 people visited the fair.
 The Minnesota State Fair was named the best state fair in the United States in 2015 by readers of USA Today.
 Whatever the season, whatever the day, you're bound to find a celebration breaking out in the streets of
Minneapolis.
Minnesota State Fair