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Countdown to Wisconsin State Fair 2024 · Ask The Experts

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  Speaker 1: A fifty thirteen to ten Wiba Madison in the morning.
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  Speaker 1: Just a couple of days away from the kickoff of
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  Speaker 1: the Wisconsin State Fair, running August first through Sunday the eleventh.
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  Speaker 1: More information available the website Wistatefair dot com. That's wistatefair
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  Speaker 1: dot com. And joining us from the Wisconsin State Fair
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  Speaker 1: is Christy. Chuckle, Christy, welcome back to the program. There's
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  Speaker 1: an energy in the air right now, isn't there.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you? Yes, I love that little intro. Just a
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  Speaker 2: couple of days until we kick it off here.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and there's we'll get into some of the headliners,
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  Speaker 1: and we'll also talk a little bit about of course,
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  Speaker 1: can't talk to State Fair without talking about some of
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  Speaker 1: the egg and some of the some of the presentations
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  Speaker 1: going on. But first off, food, which is another, you know,
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  Speaker 1: kind of the required conversation about about the State Fair
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  Speaker 1: because we all love to sample some new things and
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  Speaker 1: every year, something new, something big comes to the State Fair.
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  Speaker 1: Couple of new and big things. You guys do the
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  Speaker 1: sporkes each year, which the winners are going to I
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  Speaker 1: think announced before we're opening day. I saw the drinkies
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  Speaker 1: is drinkies? Is that something newer Have I just been
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  Speaker 1: completely oblivious and so obsessed with the sporkies that I
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  Speaker 1: completely overlooked the drink part of it.
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  Speaker 2: You're completely oblivious.
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  Speaker 1: It's two years old, okay.
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  Speaker 2: So it was new last year. The sporkis were now
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  Speaker 2: in the eleventh year, and it's been such a hit
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  Speaker 2: that we thought we wanted to change it up a
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  Speaker 2: little bit. Add the drinkies. So you've got eight Sporky
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  Speaker 2: finlists and four drinkies and they're always just fun, non
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  Speaker 2: alcoholic cocktails. Then you know, one of them has glitter
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  Speaker 2: in it this year that's completely edible, lots of tropical flavors.
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  Speaker 2: And then there's a pretty delicious sounding float, a coffee
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  Speaker 2: float that's glazed doughnut flavored coffee with whip cream and
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  Speaker 2: lots of fun things of course, and then a doughnut
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  Speaker 2: on top. So that's just one of the drinkies entries.
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  Speaker 2: Those sporkys entries are always kind of off the charts crazy,
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  Speaker 2: so you'll have to take a look at all of
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  Speaker 2: those zbistapier dot com. But we've got sweet and savory
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  Speaker 2: and everything in between. And that's just those eight. There's
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  Speaker 2: one hundred new foods and beverages total, so I think
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  Speaker 2: you can definitely find one of those when you're here.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned something sweet and something savory. I saw hot
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  Speaker 1: ham and glazers, which looks to cover both of those
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  Speaker 1: as well.
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  Speaker 2: Yeapless see a lot of them. Do The Sunday has
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  Speaker 2: a waffle ice cream bake it Oh no sausage sausage
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, lots of mix of sweet and savory breakfast
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  Speaker 2: items all over the place when you look at those
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  Speaker 2: new foods. So check it out online.
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  Speaker 1: That's Wi Statefair dot com. That's Wi Statefair dot com.
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  Speaker 1: You can check out the sporkies and drinkies there. Music,
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  Speaker 1: and of course I remember many years ago a year
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  Speaker 1: have been two thousand and two, maybe, I guess, said
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  Speaker 1: Dwight Yoakam. You guys always get like big, like these
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  Speaker 1: big big names. I know this year kicks off. You
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  Speaker 1: guys got comedy, You've got TLC coming up on Friday,
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  Speaker 1: Young Gravy on Saturday. Just a great and a little
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  Speaker 1: bit of And this is something that always impresses me
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  Speaker 1: about the Wisconsin State Fair. Your headliner stage, but also
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  Speaker 1: we'll talk about some of the other stages, but your
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  Speaker 1: headliner stage, you guys always have something for everyone, like
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  Speaker 1: you seem to do a really good job of kind
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  Speaker 1: of saying we've got a little something for just about
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  Speaker 1: everybody out.
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  Speaker 2: There, don't you we do. That is our first priority
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  Speaker 2: really when it comes to booking a main stage, We
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  Speaker 2: want to make sure that we have a nice diverse lineup.
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  Speaker 2: We have two country shows this year that are both
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  Speaker 2: really big Brothers Osbourne and then Riley Green's up and coming,
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  Speaker 2: so excited about that. You mentioned the pretty much you
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  Speaker 2: talked about the whole opening weekend. Then we have Charlie
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  Speaker 2: Barron's Coming Back which will be a lot of fun
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  Speaker 2: on Thursday, the second Thursday, and the Foreigner Farewell Tour,
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  Speaker 2: which is one of our taps selling shows. So all
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  Speaker 2: those concerts at our main stage still have tickets available.
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  Speaker 2: Some are pretty limited at this point, but you can
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  Speaker 2: go on wistatefair dot com get your tickets ahead of
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  Speaker 2: time because they include your fair admission, and make sure
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  Speaker 2: you're buying them from our website not from somewhere else.
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  Speaker 2: Because we keep our ticket prices really reasonable. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: our most expensive concert is you know, seventy dollars, which
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  Speaker 2: concerts are getting very expensive you probably know, so it's
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  Speaker 2: also a goal of ours to you know, keep those
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  Speaker 2: prices as well as we can.
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  Speaker 1: That's the other think that's too. That's great about the
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  Speaker 1: Wisconsin State Fair. You mentioned of course part of your
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  Speaker 1: part of your goal with the main stages is really
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  Speaker 1: appealing having shows and bringing in shows that a little
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  Speaker 1: something for everybody. Affordability is a big thing too with
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  Speaker 1: the State Fair. Anybody you know, whether you're single and
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  Speaker 1: is going out or if you've got kids in a family,
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  Speaker 1: money doesn't go as far as it once did. But
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  Speaker 1: the State Fair is still and I was surprised. I
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  Speaker 1: was looking at parking. I think it's like, are you
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  Speaker 1: guys seriously like it's a very affordable event. And I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if that's part of the mission of the
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  Speaker 1: State Fair or what, but I got to compliment you
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  Speaker 1: guys on on how you guys do such great work
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  Speaker 1: on not only having a great events, great acts, great food,
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  Speaker 1: great everything, but at a at a good price point,
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  Speaker 1: which is really really true to do these days.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you. It is. It's a very I mean,
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  Speaker 2: there's a top priority along with safety, of course, but yes,
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  Speaker 2: it is part of our mission statement to keep it affordable.
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  Speaker 2: We want families to be able to come in large
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  Speaker 2: groups and just people of all ages. You know, we
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  Speaker 2: have our eighteen dollar tickets at the gate, but we
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  Speaker 2: have admission promotions as well, especially during the week where
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  Speaker 2: you can get in for a discount. We do Veterans
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  Speaker 2: and Military Day still on that first Sunday, where vetsa
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  Speaker 2: military can get in free. We also have you know,
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  Speaker 2: kids under five are always free or I'm sorry, five
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  Speaker 2: and under are always free. So just lots of ways
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  Speaker 2: to get a good deal. We do things with our
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  Speaker 2: vendors as well. We have Crazy Grayson Day on Tuesday
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  Speaker 2: where you have smaller portions for smaller prices and then
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  Speaker 2: you can try more things. We also have the new
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  Speaker 2: eleven dollars meals deal this year that a lot of
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  Speaker 2: our vendors are doing again. You can trick all that
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  Speaker 2: out on wistatepare dot com.
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  Speaker 1: Should be a fantastic week ahead again kicking off on Thursday.
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  Speaker 1: This Thursday, the first running through the eleventh. All the information,
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  Speaker 1: as as Christy mentioned, of course available to you at
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  Speaker 1: wistatefair dot com. That's wistatefair dot com. Before we wrap
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  Speaker 1: this week, Christy, I think we go back to the
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  Speaker 1: history of state fairs and county fairs. It is really
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  Speaker 1: about egg livestock here in Wisconsin. No shortage of that stuff.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to be some great shows, great exhibits, and
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  Speaker 1: our thanks for everyone, isn't there.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely I'm glad you brought that up. I mean, if anything,
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  Speaker 2: just go through the barnes, walk through Discovery Barnyard, see
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  Speaker 2: some of the animals. If you can catch a show
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  Speaker 2: at the coliseum, that's great. They're shows in some of
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  Speaker 2: the barnes as well. But we always have the Junior
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  Speaker 2: Dairy Kiss here this first weekend, so we're looking forward
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  Speaker 2: to that show, and we have draft horses and then
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  Speaker 2: you know, we move into the beef cattle and the
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  Speaker 2: livestock auction on Wednesday. So again, if you have time,
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  Speaker 2: make some time for that. Wistatefair dot com. We have
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  Speaker 2: all the agriculture schedules as well.
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  Speaker 1: Should be a fantastic week plus of events. Ten days
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  Speaker 1: of events going on against alid State Fair Park right
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  Speaker 1: in West House, right off the interstate. As Christie mentioned,
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  Speaker 1: the website Wistatefair dot com. That's Wistatefair dot com. Christy
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  Speaker 1: will see you at the fair. You enjoy this upcoming week,
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  Speaker 1: and yeah, I look forward to doing doing this all
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  Speaker 1: again real soon.
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  Speaker 2: Awesome. Thanks for having me.
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  Speaker 1: News comes your way next right here at thirteen ten
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