Press Room

For media attending fair, show your media identification at Gate 8. Gate attendants at Gate 8 will direct you to media parking and the media center which is located at the building west of the Nordby Exhibit Hall. Please check in at the Media Center to receive South Dakota State Fair media credentials. **Please note gate entrance and location.

2026

• South Dakota State Fair Announces Nate Smith as Saturday Grandstand Act: Released January 13

2025

• Larry the Cable Guy Kicks Off 2025 South Dakota State Fair Grandstand Lineup: Released February 25
• Red Wilk Construction Tuff Hedeman Bull Bash Back at South Dakota State Fair: Released March 11
  
• Thunder at the Fair Truck and Tractor Pull Returns: Released March 18
  
• Educators Encouraged to Enter Students' Work in the South Dakota State Fair: Released March 21
  
• The All-American Rejects to Perform at the South Dakota State Fair: Released March 25
  
• South Dakota State Fair Announces Lee Brice as Saturday Grandstand Act: Released April 1
  
• State Fair Seeks Guest Entertainers on Centennial Stage: Released April 4
  
• Largest Classroom and Read and Win Program Offered for Students to Attend South Dakota State Fair: Released May 15
• South Dakota State Fair Introduces Sensory-Friendly Morning for 2025: Released July 15
  
• Successful South Dakota State Fair Celebrates America250: Released September 30
  
• South Dakota State Fair to Host 21st Annual Vintage Snowmobile National Championship Show and Swap: Released November 13
  
• South Dakota State Fair to Host National Rambouillet Sheep Show and Sale: Released November 24
  
• South Dakota State Fair to Host 66th Annual Family Campers and RVers (FCRV) Campvention: Released December 8
• South Dakota State Fair to host 75th National Targhee Sheep Show and Sale: Released December 11
  
• 2026 National Red Power Round Up Returns to South Dakota State Fairgrounds: Released December 18
  

2024

• South Dakota State Fairgrounds Announces Renaming of Key Buildings to Better Reflect their Versatile Functions: Released February 20
• Teachers Encouraged to Enter Students’ Work in the South Dakota State Fair: Released February 26
  
• South Dakota State Fair Makes First Concert Announcement: Released March 5
  
• South Dakota State Fair and DANR to Announce the DEXtravaganza Concert Act: Released March 11
  
• DEXtravaganza to Feature Country Music Superstar, Thomas Rhett: Released March 15
  
• Country Music Icon Trace Adkins to Perform at South Dakota State Fair: Released March 26
  
• Goo Goo Dolls to kick off South Dakota State Fair Concert Series: Released April 2, 2024
• South Dakota State Fair Shifts Official Start Date to Wednesday: Released April 19, 2024
  
• State Fair Seeks Guest Entertainers on Centennial Stage: Released April 24, 2024
  
• South Dakota State Fair Admission Passes Available for Read & Win Program: Released May 7, 2024
  
• South Dakota State Fair announces RED - A Taylor Swift Tribute: Released June 6, 2024
  
• South Dakota State Fair Announces Trash to Treasure Contest: Released July 19, 2024

• Ultimate Peaceful Pines Senior Living Grand Family Giveaway: Released August 1
  

• Ways to Save Money at the State Fair: Released August 20
• Successful SD State Fair Delivers a Memorable Celebration for All Ages: Released October 10, 2024