2008, U Gotta Love it!

Are State Fare is a great state fare! Ewe all will have a good thyme at the fare. Eye no eye will.

Oh yes it is that time again. August 7 - 17 is The IOWA STATE FAIR! While I am not a huge fan of the fair, a million people a year can't all be wrong. So in the spirit of state pride and the love of mullets let's examine things you can do at the fair.

Tickets to Grand Stand Shows (click here for ticketmaster link):

• Micheal W Smith
• Josh Turner : Craig Morgan
• Rick Springfield : Patty Smyth and Scandal
• Foreigner : Night Ranger
• Deery Brothers late Model race
• The Charlie Daniels Band : .38 Special : Shooter Jennings
• Grand Outlaw National Tractor and Truck Pull
• Vanessa Hudgens : Corbin Bleu
• Blake Shelton : Tracy Lawrence
• Demolition Derby with Doctor Danger
• Def Leppard
• The Rhubarb Tour with Garrison Keilor : Suzy Boguss

Have I heard of all these acts? No. But they are pay acts at the Iowa State Fair, so you know they are good. If you ever get the chance to hear Garrison Keilor spin a yarn I highly recommend it. Amazing story teller.

Heck then the free entertainment, just to mention a few

• The Blenders
• The Nadas
• Ron Dante of the Archies
• Lady Antebellum

There is the midway, the double ferris wheel and Big Ben Tower Drop, to game that can't be won eeerrrrrr I mean games of skill

Iowa Olympian Shawn Johnson will be honored next to the butter cow as a butter sculpture. So that is cool.

There is the Bill Riley Talent Search.

Animals with giant testicles. I mean some are GIANT!

and the food, good Lord the food on sticks ( I have read there are over 30 items on a stick this year)...

• Fried Pineapple on a stick (the new kid on the block)
  
• Salad on a Stick (the health Choice)
  
• Pork Chops on a stick
• Cheese on a stick
• Turkey drumsticks
• Corn Dogs on a stick
• Cotton Candy
• Dutch Bologna on a stick
• Candy bar on a stick

And of course there is East Side Pride Night. If you don't already have a mullet grown or an outfit picked out I suggest you get on it. I already did (you may need to click to look closer):