Colorado State Fair

The Colorado State Fair is cranking up the nostalgia and throwing in country charm with its latest concert announcements for the Southwest Motors Events Center lineup.

The iconic "My Generation Tour" stars longtime crowd-pleasers Lovin' Spoonful, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, and The Hollies Greatest Hits, starring Terry Sylvester, on Thursday, Aug. 28. Showstopper Russell Dickerson will bring his unique brand of country music on Saturday, August 30. Tickets for both go on sale on Thursday, May 22.

The Colorado State Fair adds even more excitement to its lineup by announcing a Fiesta Day performance by the iconic Los Huracanes del Norte. 

“At the Colorado State Fair, we’re getting ready to dance, sing, and experience great food and fabulous culture,” said Andrea Wiesenmeyer, general manager of the Colorado State Fair. “We’re embracing the longstanding tradition of the Fair’s Fiesta Day and turning up the fun in 2025!”

The Colorado State Fair is turning up the heat this summer with two international legends: Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias and Flo Rida.

Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. on April 10 for both superstars, who will bring infectious beats and lots of laughs to the fair’s Southwest Motors Events Center.

Comedy legend Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias will perform on Sunday, Aug. 24, and global hitmaker Flo Rida will take the stage on Friday, Aug. 29.

Stake your claim as the Best in the West when you enter the Colorado State Fair’s annual Beer and Wine Competitions. With a fresh, new format that emphasizes homebrewing and hobby winemaking, the competition will showcase a diverse array of libations, giving Colorado's beverage wranglers a chance to show off their best.

Dust off your boots and mark your calendars, the 2025 Colorado State Fair is bringing three nights of country music to the Big R Arena, and it all kicks off after the action of the PRCA Rodeo from August 22-24.

This year’s star-studded concert lineup features rising sensation Cooper Alan, chart-topping country hitmaker Lee Brice, and legendary entertainer Clay Walker. 

After a competitive national search, the Colorado Department of Agriculture (CDA) and the Colorado State Fair Board of Authority are pleased to announce that Andrea Wiesenmeyer was selected as the new Colorado State Fair General Manager. Wiesenmeyer was chosen unanimously by the interview committee, which included members of the State Fair Board Governance Committee, representatives of the State Fair Foundation and Fiesta Day Committee, Commissioner of Agriculture Kate Greenberg and other senior level department staff. 

The 2024 Colorado’s Electric Cooperatives Junior Livestock Sale held yesterday at the Colorado State Fair brought in more than $476,000 in the auction of 105 animals raised and shown by young people from across the state.

Proto Taste won the coveted Golden Plate, selected by Governor Polis as the winner of the Governor’s Plate competition at the Colorado State Fair. Meanwhile, the voters selected Stoke Pizza to receive the 2024 People’s Choice Award.

The trucks competed with five other food trucks from Pueblo, Wheat Ridge, Arvada, and Denver to win the awards. The rules were simple: each dish had to include either Palisade peaches or San Luis Valley potatoes, as interpreted by the competing chefs. Submissions this year ranged from pizza to sliders to ice cream.

Today, Governor Polis, the Colorado Department of Agriculture and the Colorado State Fair announced the seven food trucks from across Colorado that have been selected to compete in the 2024 Governor’s Plate competition at the Colorado State Fair.  The event takes place at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27, 2024 at the State Fairgrounds in Pueblo.

The Department of Agriculture is seeking a talented and imaginative leader to take the reins of the Colorado State Fair, a well respected cultural and agricultural event older than the department itself. The fair’s General Manager provides the strategic direction and operational oversight of the Fair Division, the planning and execution of the 11-day State Fair Exhibition, as well as fairground management and master plan development.