Minnesota State Fair Attendance Tops 1.3 Million

Total attendance for the 2021 Minnesota State Fair is just over one-point-three million, substantially less than the record two-point-one million visitors in 2019.  But General Manager Jerry Hammer it’s an unfair comparison because 2019 was “like just the Everest of fairs, just so over-the-top. It was perfect every day.”

He called this year’s fair during the pandemic “really extraordinary.”  Hammer says everyone involved did amazing work pulling everything together in a very short time under difficult and changing circumstances.

Officials say a stormy opening weekend, more rain later in the fair, a labor shortage and supply chain issues did not dampen the spirit of exhibitors, vendors, agriculturists, performers, volunteers, and the State Fair’s one-point-three million guests.