Fair schedule

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The Utah State Fair is Sept. 7-17 at the Utah State Fairpark, 155 N. 1000 West, Salt Lake City. Hours are 3 to 10 p.m. on opening day; Fridays and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sundays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for youth and seniors, and free for children 5 and under. Parking is $5 at surrounding Fairpark lots.

Ongoing activities at the fair include live music, magic shows, midway rides and games, the Little Hands on the Farm exhibit for children and demonstrations of arts and crafts. For a complete day-by-day schedule, visit http://www.utahstatefair.com.

Most events are free with admission but some Grandstand events require free tickets available at the Grandstand ticket office beginning at noon the day of the show (limit 6 per person). Paid event tickets are available at Smith's Tix outlets at 1-800-888-TIXX or http://www.smithstix.com. Prices listed below do not include service charge.

Today: Opening day special admission price of $2. Gates open at 3 p.m.

Today's highlights

3-8 p.m.: Scrapbook demonstration with Lorrie Ferguson & Kathy Miller (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

4 p.m.: Michael Griffin, master of escape (Gazebo Stage)

4:30 p.m.: Upsidedown, modern folk (South Plaza Stage)

5 p.m.: Destroyers (Navy Band), top 40s Rock (Gazebo Stage)

6 p.m.: Family Fun Contest registration (River Stage, contest at 6:30 p.m.)

Intermountain Country Dance Association (Promontory Hall)

7 p.m.: Miss Utah State Fair Scholarship Program (Grandstand)

Music Competition Winners Recital (Pioneer Building)

PRCA Rodeo (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Judging, Ghirardelli Chocolate Championship Cook-Off (Zion Building)

8:30 p.m.: Music Competition Winners Recital (Pioneer Building)

9 p.m.: Clint and Eddy (South Plaza Stage)

Judging, Camp Chef Smoke Vault Mystery Bag Cook-Off (Specialty Tent)

Friday

Today's highlights

8:30 a.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA dairy goats, showmanship (Goat Barn)

9 a.m.: Horse Show, gaited horses, halter and performance classes (Arena)

Judging, pigeons (Poulty/Pigeon Barn)

10:30 a.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA dairy goats, junior doe show (Goat Barn)

Noon: Judging, Dexter cattle (Showring)

12:30 p.m.: Harold Newman, rock 'n roll to country to big band and Broadway (South Plaza Stage)

3 p.m.: Judging, Simmental beef cattle (Showring)

5-8 p.m.: Stained Glass demonstration, Art Institute at Thanksgiving Point (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

5:30 p.m.: Judging, Gelbvieh beef cattle (Showring)

6 p.m.: Judging, Utah Beef Council Dutch Oven Mystery Bag Cook-Off (Specialty Tent)

Intermountain Country Dance Association (Promontory Hall)

Scrapbook demonstration with Susan Smith, Memory Preserves (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

7 p.m.: Associated Square Dancing Club of Utah (Promontory Hall)

Music competition winners recital (Pioneer Building)

PRCA Rodeo (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Raven-Symone with special guest Lil' J (Grandstand)

Saturday

Today's highlights

9 a.m.: Judging - Pigeons (Poultry / Pigeon Barn)

Judging - Rabbits, Open Class (Rabbit Barn)

Judging - Swine, Open Class (Swine Tent)

10 a.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA dairy cattle, showmanship (Showring)

Judging, 4-H/FFA dairy goats, senior doe show (Goat Barn)

11a.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA dairy cattle, Jersey & Holstein (Showring)

2 p.m.: Registration for Odor-Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest (South Plaza Stage)

2-8 p.m.: Quiet books demonstration with Linda Stocking (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

2- 5 p.m.: Demonstration-Scrapbooks / Candace Hohosh (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

3 p.m.: Judging, Camp Chef Ultimate Dutch Oven Challenge Cook-Off (Specialty Tent)

4 p.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA breeding sheep (Showring)

7 p.m.: PRCA Rodeo (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Judging, Great American SPAM Championship - Judging (Zion Building)

Kutless with special guest Disciple (Grandstand)

8 p.m.: South Aire (Air Force Reserve Band), Celtic music (South Plaza Stage)

9:30 p.m.: Carla Frandsen, alternative rock (South Plaza Stage)

Sunday

Sunday highlights

9 a.m.: Horse Show, Appaloosa halter and performance Classes (Arena)

10 a.m.: Judging, Dorset sheep (Showring)

11a.m.: Judging, Hampshire sheep (Showring)

2 p.m.: Judging, Suffolk sheep (Showring)

3 p.m.: World Colosimo Sausage Eating Championship (South Plaza Stage)

5 p.m.: Kemari, country music (South Plaza Stage)

5:30 p.m.: Country Gold Tour with Leroy Van Dyke, Rex Allen Jr., T. Graham Brown, Helen Cornelius and Bobby Bare (Grandstand)

7 p.m.: Medicine Circus, rock music (South Plaza Stage)

PRCA Rodeo (Arena)

Monday

Today's highlights

All Day: Patriot Day: All military and emergency services personnel with proper identification will be admitted free.

2 News Family Value Day: free gate admission for kids 12 and under, adults are $6. Also, two-for-one on All-You-Can-Ride carnival wristband.

6 a.m and 6 p.m.: Judging, dairy goat official milk competition (Goat Barn)

9 a.m.: Utah Team Penning Association competition (Arena)

9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Working artist Ortho Fairbanks, sculptor (Fine Arts - Bonneville Building)

10 a.m.: Never Forget - A tribute to Sept. 11, 2001 (South Plaza Stage)

11 a.m.: Judging, dairy cattle (Showring)

3 p.m.: Utah Dairy Council of Utah Ice Cream Festival, all you can eat for $3 (Specialty Tent)

4-9 p.m.: Working artist, Brady Fairbanks, sculptor (Fine Arts - Bonneville Building)

4-8 p.m.: Japanese art demonstration, University of Utah Japanese Exchange Students (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

6 p.m.: Midnight Mirage, American belly dancing (South Plaza Stage)

7 p.m.: Watch Utah's funniest kids, selected earlier at regional competitions around the state (Pioneer Building)

7:30 p.m.: Judging, Marie Callender's Governor Huntsman's Favorite Pie Contest Cook-Off (Zion Building)

Josh Gracin (Grandstand)

Taylor Vaifanua - Pop & hip-hop (South Plaza Stage)

9 p.m.: Endless Summer Band, classic rock (South Plaza Stage)

Tuesday

Tuesday highlights

All Day: KTVX Channel 4 Discount Day: Save $4 after 4 p.m. and $4 off one “All-You-Can-Ride” carnival wristband available at http://www.abc4.com.

9 a.m.: Horse show, open halter and performance classes (Arena)

10 a.m.: Judging, beef cattle, Horned and Polled Hereford (Showring)

Judging, dairy goats, open junior doe show (Goat Barn)

10:30 a.m.: Murray High School Jazz Band (South Plaza Stage)

Noon: Lone Peak High School Jazz Band (South Plaza Stage)

1 p.m.: Horse show, open performance classes (Arena)

1:30 p.m.: Clogging Grandmas (South Plaza Stage)

2:30 p.m.: Bear River High School Jazz Band (South Plaza Stage)

3:30 p.m.: Chelsey Stallings, adult contemporary (South Plaza Stage)

Judging, Angus beef cattle (Showring)

4:30 p.m.: North Sanpete High School Jazz Band (South Plaza Stage)

5-8 p.m.: Wood Turning demonstration with Joe Wagner, Utah Association of Woodturners (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

5:30 p.m.: Provo High School Jazz Band (South Plaza Stage)

7 p.m.: Associated Square Dancing Club of Utah (Promontory Hall)

Horse show, open performance classes (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Kansas (Grandstand)

Wednesday, Sept. 13

9 a.m.: Horse show, open halter and performance classes (Arena)

Judging, dairy goats, open senior doe show (Showring)

Judging, poultry (Poultry/Pigeon Barn)

10 a.m.: Judging, Montadale sheep (Showring)

10:30 a.m.: Murray High School Jazz Band (South Plaza Stage)

11 a.m.: Judging, Corriedale sheep (Showring)

1 p.m.: Horse show, open performance classes (Arena)

Judging, Rambouillet sheep, (Showring)

3 p.m.: Judging, Columbia sheep (Showring)

3:30 p.m.: Trevor White, classical music (South Plaza Stage)

5 p.m.: Judging, sheep, other recognized breeds (Showring)

Sami Dare, comedy hypnotist (Gazebo Stage)

Young at Heart line dancers (South Plaza Stage)

6-9 p.m.: Scrapbook demonstration with Linda Larsen (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

Ceramics demonstration with Cindy Mangone, Artistic Touch Ceramics (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

7 p.m.: Draft Horse Pull (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Kenny Rogers and the Oak Ridge Boys (Grandstand); $28in advance, $33 day of show

Thursday, Sept. 14

All day: KSL Channel 5 free parking day: Saves $5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. with coupon from http://www.ksl.com.

9 a.m.: Horse show, open class halter and performance (Arena)

1 p.m.: Horse Show, open class performance (Arena)

Judging, 4-H/FFA Sheep, market lamb showmanship (Showring)

3-8:30 p.m.: Leatherwork demonstration with Richard Passey (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

4 p.m.: Judging - junior market steer showmanship (Showring)

6:30 p.m.: Judging, salsa cook-off (Specialty Tent)

7 p.m.: Horse show, open class performance (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Smashmouth (Grandstand); $24 in advance, $29 day of show

Touch of Polynesia, dances from the Islands (South Plaza Stage)

8:30 p.m.: Judging, Budweiser Chili Cook-Off (Specialty Tent)

Friday, Sept. 15

Today's highlights

All day: Beef Feast (Specialty Tent)

8 a.m.: Horse show, youth performance classes (Arena)

9 a.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA beef Cattle, Market Steers (Showring)

J udging, 4-H/FFA rabbits (Showring)

Noon: Judging, 4-H/FFA sheep, market lambs (Showring)

Horse show, youth performance classes (Arena)

5 p.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA swine, showmanship (Swine Tent)

Judging, 4-H/FFA swine, market hogs (Swine Tent)

7 p.m.: Horse show, championship classes (Arena)

7:30 p.m.: Miranda Lambert with Jason Aldean (Grandstand); $19 in advance, $24 day of show

Saturday, Sept. 16

Today's highlights

8 a.m.: Horse show, state 4-H Invitational Horse Show (Arena)

9 a.m.: Judging, 4-H/FFA rabbits (Showring)

10 a.m.: Judging, Boer Goats (Goat Barn)

2:30 p.m.: Judging, the Utah Wool Growers Association American-Grown Lamb Cook-Off (Zion Building)

2-8 p.m.: Woodworking demonstration with Tom Sevy (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

Scrapbook demonstration with Michelle Tanner & Candice Hohosh (Creative Arts - Conference Center)

4 p.m.: Junior livestock auction (Showring)

7 p.m.: Judging, Utah Farm Bureau Great American Dutch Oven Cook-Off

Truck Pull (Arena)

8 p.m.: Andrew Goldring and The Rosedale Power Company, blues/jazz (South Plaza Stage)

9:30 p.m.: Mama's Boys, bluegrass and country music (South Plaza Stage)

Sunday, Sept. 17

Sunday highlights

All day: FOX 13 Saved The Best For Last Day: $2 gate admission per person with coupon from http://www.fox13.com.

10 a.m.: Judging, beef cattle, other recognized breeds (Showring)

Judging, market goats (Goat Barn)

1 p.m.: Cake decoration demonstration with Stephenie Ogden (Zion Building)

4 p.m.: Ice Sculpture demonstration with Jeff DeJong (Zion Building)

6 p.m.: Demolition Derby (Arena)

7 p.m.: Range Fire, dountry band (South Plaza Stage)

8:30 p.m.: Jessica Robb, rhythm and blues/jazz (South Plaza Stage)