Illinois State Fair

📢 The celebration starts now! 🚨 For 24 hours only, you can purchase Adult Admission Books for just $30 — that’s a $15 savings off the regular price! 🎟️ How to buy: 💻 Online: Purchase at StateFair.Illinois.gov 🏢 In Person: Stop by the Emmerson Building

📢Exhibitors! The 2026 Livestock, General and Horse Show Premium Books are now available online! Applications will be accepted through ShoWorks starting June 1. 🔗Visit statefair.illinois.gov for more information.

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🎶 Grandstand Announcement! 🎶 Get ready, Illinois! The Chicks are coming to the Illinois State Fair Grandstand stage on Saturday, August 22, 2026! 🤠✨ 🎫 Tickets go on sale on Ticketmaster at 10am Saturday, March 28.

The 2026 Grandstand Line-up is filling up. Another announcement is coming tomorrow – any guesses?

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Inspired by Route 66’s 100th anniversary and the Fairgrounds’ place along the route, this year’s theme celebrates the miles of fun waiting at the Fair—from carnival rides and concerts to the racetrack and everywhere in between, the Fair is full of adventure and even more smiles.

Illinois native Bailey Zimmerman is coming home! 🌽🔥 Catch the multi-platinum, chart-topping country star live on the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage on Friday, August 14, 2026. 🎫 Tickets go on sale on Ticketmaster at 10am Friday, February 13.

What’s that? Another grandstand announcement? Yeah, it is! Come back tomorrow to see who’s taking the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage on Ag Day.

🚨 We are UNWELL 🚨 Matchbox Twenty is coming to the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage on Sunday, August 16. 🎸 Get ready to sing 3AM, Bent, If You’re Gone and all the hits—loud. 🎫 Tickets go on sale on Ticketmaster at 10 am Friday, February 13.

This is a big one…check back tomorrow to see who we’ll be announcing next in our 2026 Grandstand line-up.

👏 💐 Congratulations to Krista Phillips of Effingham County on being named the 2026 Miss Illinois County Fair Queen! We look forward to working with her in her role as the official hostess of the Illinois State Fair this summer.

Big News, Fair Fans! The 2026 Illinois State Fair is going 100% digital with our new ticketing partner, etix! ✨ Here's what you need to know: ✔️ Buy in advance ✔️ Print at home or go mobile ✔️ No more paper admission tickets Get ready for a seamless fair experience in 2026!

✔ Lowest prices of the season ✔ Makes a great gift ✔ Makes great memories There is no downside.

🎤 JUST ANNOUNCED! Ella Langley is coming to the Illinois State Fair Grandstand on Friday, August 21, 2026! 🎟️ Tickets go on sale Saturday, December 6 @ 10am exclusively at Ticketmaster.com.

🚨 JUST ANNOUNCED 🚨 Country music trailblazer Lainey Wilson is coming to the Illinois Lottery Grandstand Stage at the 2026 Illinois State Fair on Saturday, August 15! 🌟 🎟 Tickets go on sale Saturday, November 8 @ 10am exclusively at Ticketmaster.com.

👀 Big news is coming… Tomorrow we’ll reveal the very first act for the 2026 Illinois State Fair Grandstand lineup! Any guesses who’s taking the stage? 🎤🎶

Starting NOW, enjoy the Lowest Prices of the Season on fair favorites — the perfect way to plan ahead and save big! 🔗 Buy now: statefair.illinois.gov

Hey, it’s the @IllinoisLottery here! Thank you for going BIG with us at the Illinois State Fair. Keep an eye out for us, because the BIG fun has only just begun 👀

Gates at 7PM | Show at 8PM 🚨 Walk-through metal detectors and bag checks at all entrances 📲 Download digital tickets before you arrive 💳 Grandstand concessions are now cashless! 🚫 No bags larger than 14"x8” allowed 🔁 Re-entry requires another security screening