Schedule for Friday, Sep 4
Youth Activity - Coloring Contest
Category: Horticulture Building
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
ALL DAYThursday, Sep 3
ALL DAYFriday, Sep 4
ALL DAYSaturday, Sep 5
10:00 amAnimal Olympics
Category: GFP Events
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
9:00 am - 5:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
9:00 am - 5:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
9:00 am - 5:00 pmAmerican Eagle Add-A-Feather Art Project
Category: Arts and Education Building
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
9:00 am - 8:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
9:00 am - 8:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
9:00 am - 8:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
9:00 am - 8:00 pmSunday, Sep 6
9:00 am - 8:00 pmMonday, Sep 7
9:00 am - 4:00 pmTegan's Light LEGO Building Contest
Category: Arts and Education Building
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
9:00 am - 8:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
9:00 am - 8:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
9:00 am - 8:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
9:00 am - 8:00 pmSunday, Sep 6
9:00 am - 8:00 pmSD Department of Education Book Reading
Category: Arts and Education Building
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
10:00 am - 2:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
10:00 am - 2:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
10:00 am - 2:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Sherwin & Pam Linton & The Cotton Kings
Category: Farm Bureau Dakotaland Stage
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
2:00 pm, 4:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
11:00 am, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pmPampered Chef Demonstrations - Kitchen
Category: Horizons Hall
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
11:00 amFriday, Sep 4
5:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
11:00 amSunday, Sep 6
10:00 amMonday, Sep 7
10:00 am
Arty the Circus Drummer
Category: Grounds/Strolling
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pmSunday, Sep 6
12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm, 6:00 pmMonday, Sep 7
11:00 am, 12:30 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm
Pied Piper of Percussion
Category: NorthWestern Energy Freedom Stage
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
12:00 pm, 4:30 pmThursday, Sep 3
12:00 pm, 4:30 pmFriday, Sep 4
12:00 pm, 4:30 pmMogen's Heroes
Category: DeSmet Farm Mutual Insurance Stage
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
12:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
12:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
12:00 pm, 3:00 pm, 5:00 pmStory Time with PaperPie Books
Category: Arts and Education Building
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
3:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
3:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
3:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
11:00 amSunday, Sep 6
11:00 amSD Pork Cooking Demonstrations - Kitchen
Category: Horizons Hall
Schedule
Wednesday, Sep 2
3:00 pmThursday, Sep 3
2:30 pmFriday, Sep 4
3:30 pmSaturday, Sep 5
3:00 pmSunday, Sep 6
3:00 pmKaraoke Rendezvous
Category: Specialty
Schedule
Thursday, Sep 3
5:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
5:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
5:00 pmSD State Fair Karaoke Rendezvous
Category: Midway Roadhouse
Schedule
Thursday, Sep 3
5:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
5:00 pmSaturday, Sep 5
5:00 pm
Arty the Circus Drummer
Category: NorthWestern Energy Freedom Stage
Schedule
Thursday, Sep 3
6:00 pmFriday, Sep 4
6:00 pmSourdough Bread Baking Demonstration - Kitchen
Category: Horizons Hall
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
9:30 amSaturday, Sep 5
9:30 am
Genie Break: Finding Your Story in Historic Newspapers
Category: Arts and Education Building
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
10:00 am2026 Growing Season Weather and Climate
Category: Horticulture Building
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
10:30 am - 11:30 amSD CattleWomen Cooking Demonstration: Cooking Tasty Beef - Kitchen
Category: Horizons Hall
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
12:00 pm, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm, 2:00 pm
Rodney Yost Horsemanship Demonstration
Category: Livestock
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
1:00 pm - 3:00 pmSunday, Sep 6
4:00 pmVegetable Diseases Observed in South Dakota in 2026
Category: Horticulture Building
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
1:00 pmGenie Break: Collection Care-Preserving Your Paper, Photos, and Digital Materials
Category: Arts and Education Building
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
2:00 pmHow Gardening Can Make Healthy Eating Fun.
Category: Horticulture Building
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
2:00 pm
Great American Hot Dog Eating Contest!
Category: NorthWestern Energy Freedom Stage
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
3:30 pmLargest Plant Specimens and GIANT VEGETABLES
Category: Horticulture Building
Schedule
Friday, Sep 4
4:00 pm
