Press Release

The Colorado State Fair is proud to host the 4-H State Championship Youth Horse Show and to provide live-streaming of this year’s events taking place over four days. Young riders ages 8-18 will compete in four distinct disciplines for premium money, class awards, and High Point Awards.

Additionally, riders will participate in a Parade of Colorado Counties and High School Senior Recognitions to close the 2020 horse show events.

The 2020 Grand Champion Market Beef was sold for $50,000 at today’s 2020 Colorado’s Electric Cooperatives Junior Livestock Sale at the Colorado State Fair.

The steer was raised by Ema Richardson of Yuma, Colorado and purchased by Sam Brown and Family.

More than $298,200 was raised in the auction of 98 animals raised and shown by young people from across Colorado. All youth exhibitors who participated were required to keep a detailed record book of their animal project while learning responsibility, leadership, showmanship, and best animal care practices.

The 2020 Colorado’s Electric Cooperatives Junior Livestock Sale will be held Tuesday, September 1 beginning at 3:30pm at the Colorado State Fairgrounds, with approximately 100 4-H and FFA youth scheduled to sell their prize winning beef, pigs, goats, sheep, turkeys and chickens.

In response to high demand at the Fair Food Drive-Thru on opening day at the Colorado State Fair today, additional dates have been added next weekend. More than 400 cars drove through the fairgrounds, and nearly 2,000 food items were sold, with the top three favorites being funnel cakes, jumbo corn dogs and fresh squeezed lemonade.

The drive-thru will operate on the following times:

The 148th Annual Colorado State Fair officially opens Friday, August 28, 2020 with a wealth of new, virtual event offerings and a first-ever Drive-Thru Fair Food event.

In consideration of the ongoing COVID-19 public health crisis, the Colorado State Fair Board of Authority voted early this summer to modify activities during the 2020 State Fair, with a priority and focus on supporting Colorado’s 4-H and FFA youth.

The theme of the 2020 Colorado State Fair is “A Walk on The Wild Side,” and all are invited to join in this year’s free events:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 26, 2020
Contact: Mary Peck, 720-428-0441, mary.peck@state.co.us

Broomfield, Colo. - A number of Colorado Conservation Districts have been awarded funds for Coronavirus Relief Funding (CVRF) through the Colorado Department of Local Affairs (DOLA).

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 24, 2020
Contact: Mary Peck, 720-428-0441, mary.peck@state.co.us

The Colorado State Fair is calling all kids to head to the 2020 State Fair Day Camp--from the safety of their own homes. The virtual, first-ever State Fair camp will be held on four afternoons from Monday, August 31 through Thursday, September 3, beginning at 3:30 p.m. each day.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 18, 2020
Contact: Mary Peck, 720-428-0441, mary.peck@state.co.us

There’s nothing quite as fun as fair food, and the Colorado State Fair has created a way to make sure visitors can get their annual taste of the fair this season--while staying safe and healthy--by holding a Drive-Thru Fair Food event for the first time in its 148-year history.