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The Wisconsin State Fair 2023 · Ask The Experts

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  Eight fifty two thirteen ten WIBA, and we are one week away from the
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  greatest state fair there is in the world. The Wisconsin State Fair kicks off
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  August third, runs through the thirteenth at State Fair Park in West Alice,
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  right off the interstate, just down the road a bit. It's a fantastic
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  event. A lot of great stuff going on this year with the State Fair.
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  And joining us from the State Fair is Jen Plenta. Jen, welcome
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  back the program. Exciting times. I know probably for you guys. Behind
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  the scenes, there's a lot of work going on. But as we kind
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  of go through, of course the State Fair, there's kind of the big
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  things the of course, agriculture and the exhibits, entertainment, food, food
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  and what else we're thinking about there, Oh, the rides as well.
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  Let's start off talking about um. First off, welcome back to the show.
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  Jen. Let's talk about some of the agriculture and really at the at
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  the heart of any fair, whether the county fair or the state fair.
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  In this case, agriculture, especially here in Wisconsin, is vital to the
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  event, isn't it. You are correct, and I will have to say
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  your intro gave me chills. One week out. I can't even believe it.
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  I got so excited. I was like, let's start the fair now,
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  but but we need a week. We got a week to go hear
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  people. But you're right. Agriculture is a cornerstone of what fairs are built
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  on, and that's what makes us different than a lot of other events.
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  And we're so proud to welcome all of these amazing young agriculturalists from all over
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  the state of Wisconsin to showcase our animals. Over seven thousand animals we'll see
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  during the eleven days of the Wisconsin State Fair. And it is honestly my
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  favorite when you go through the barns and ask these kids about their projects,
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  and you would think you were talking to this young adult professional who's maybe twelve
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  that will go on and on and on about you know, how their animal
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  was raised, what they feed them, what time they get up in the
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  morning. And it really is a true joy that a lot of people forget
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  to stop and talk to these kids. So if you've never done that,
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  I highly recommend you do that. Whether it's at the County Care of the
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  Statecare. It really is a very very unique piece of what we do.
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  It is amazing it's it's great too to walk through see the animals you mentioned,
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  chat with the kids who have put a lot of work into raising these
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  animals. I also love watching the judging and that as well. It's really
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  great to show the support and again that all taking place at the Wisconsin State
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  Fair August third through the thirteenth, one week away at State Fair Park.
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  And of course we've talked in the past about about the sporties, which is
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  a great, great thing that you guys do a competition with the food,
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  but you guys have up the game a bit and said, you know,
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  what about drinks? What about beverages? Are you guys? Did I see
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  that right? You're doing drinkies this year as well? That is correct,
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  we have introduced the drinkies competition, but untrue to Wisconsin fashion, they are
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  actually non alcoholic beverages because we really are a family friendly event here in Wisconsin
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  and a lot of people have chosen to live a sober lifestyle and we want
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  to make sure that we're giving them options as well. So we've got everything
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  from the Ferrest Mule, which is a great knockoff of our Mule beverage,
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  the Cotton Candy lemonade, which I'm really excited to try. So we'll be
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  announcing the Sporty Friskies winners on August first, so just before the ferrist to
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  make sure you stay and tuned to our socials at WI State Fair for all
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  those announcements. But I know I'm getting really excited about those, and you
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  know the sportis But you know, if you don't like all the while and
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  crazy foods, we do have one hundred and five new foods. Well,
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  you have nothing to do. Betweet now in August third, Wi state Fair
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  dot com. We have a list that you can go in and peruse and
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  plan your trip out. We also have great planning tools, ways you can
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  get deals, discounts, ways to save and plan your day. There's eleven
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  days of astouns and State Fair. We realize people can only maybe come for
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  a day, but we want you to make the best of your data.
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  You can come on out to the fair and Jen, as we talked to
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  about food, there's of course the staples that you know we always think of
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  cheese kurds and of course the original creampuff as well available at State Fair for
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  sure. That's right, you know the State Fair in the creampuff are synonymous.
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  This is the ninety nine year of the Creampuffs. Not that we're counting
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  or anything, but the creampuff, I don't know. There's just something about
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  it. Everyone says, oh, you work at State Fair, you must
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  love the creampuff. You know what. I love my creampuff once a year
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  because it's there's something about that cold, delicious whipped cream on a hot day
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  that just is amazing. It is and it's again as you mentioned, of
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  course, you guys got a lot of stuff going on on social the website
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  Wi state Fair dot com. That's Wi state Fair dot com. Before we
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  wrap up this morning, Jen, of course, there's all sorts of entertainment.
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  Of course, you got the midway, but you've also got a bunch
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  of stages, specifically the main stage. You've got some you've got some great
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  musical acts as well as I did I see Jeff Dunham also is going to
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  be on the main stage this year. That is correct, Jeff Denham's coming
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  back. We kick off the fair with Alabama. We're also bringing in Lindsay
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  Stirling, which is a electric violinist who's going to put on an amazing show.
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  We've got some nineties hip hop, which I'm personally very excited about.
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  We bring in for King and Country. We've got everything across the board.
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  We've got Ario speedwagons. We really do have something for everyone. Now,
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  make sure if you are buying concert tickets, you do buy them from State
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  Fair our website, because these concert tickets shouldn't cost you more than fifty sixty
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  bucks and they do include your fair admission when you buy them prior to the
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  fair so or prior to the show date. So that's really important to remember
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  because there's lots of people out there trying to make a buck on these really
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  affordable concert tickets that we try to provide to everyone, because we're not trying
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  to make a ton of money here, but we want to make sure that
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  we provide this great, affordable experience and it always is a great experience,
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  great memories to be made, that is for sure. Kicking off one week
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  from today, running through the thirteenth, is the Wisconsin State Fair twenty twenty
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  three. More details online Wistatefair dot com. That's Wistatefair dot com. Jen,
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  It's always great chatting with you. We'll see you at the fair absolutely
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  out the through to the thirteen Dan O'Donnell comes your way next with a chance
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  to win a thousand dollars right here at thirteen ten Wi Ba