Wisconsin State Fair

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The Wisconsin State Fair is an annual event held at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. The modern Fair takes place in August (occasionally beginning late July) and lasts for 11 days. The 2006 Fair was held from August 3 to August 13.

The first Wisconsin State Fair was held in 1851 in Janesville with approximately 8,000 to 12,000 people in attendance [1]. The fair would migrate to different towns before finding its permanent home in West Allis in 1892. According to State Fair officials, 860,078 people attended the 2005 Fair.

1 Events and entertainment
2 Fairgoer demographics
3 Notable attendance records
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Events and entertainment

The 2005 Fair introduced the famous Budweiser Clydesdales
Circus World Museum shows and exhibits
Agricultural exhibits of horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, rabbits, and other animals
The Birthing Barn (introduced in 2004) in which fairgoers can witness the birth of farm animals
Live music
A great variety of food and drink, including Profiteroles (cream puffs)
A large number of vendors
There is a large carnival featuring rides from Murphy Brothers Exposition. Some rides that might appear at this fair are Rainbow Valley's Freak Out, Spin Out, Super Loops, Kamikaze, Double Shock, Yo-Yo, Sizzler, a Zyklon Roller Coaster, and much more.

[edit] Fairgoer demographics

Average age of a fairgoer: 39
42% of children are between the ages of 11 and 15
88% of fairgoers reside in Wisconsin – half of them live in metropolitan Milwaukee
Average visits to the fair: 2 times
Average hours spent at the fair: 6 hours