The Iowa State Fair (August 12-22, 2027) might be the premier summer event in Iowa, but you don't have to wait to get your fill of blue ribbons and food on a stick! Visit any one of Iowa's county fairs and make fairtime last all summer long.
Adair County Fair
July 14-18
Greenfield
Adams County Fair
July 8-13
Corning
Allamakee County - Allamakee County Fair
July 14-18
Waukon
Allamakee County - Big Four Fair
June 18-20
Postville
Appanoose County Fair
July 28-24
Centerville
Audubon County Fair
July 13-18
Benton County Fair
June 23-27
Vinton
Black Hawk County - 4-H & FFA Fair
July 18-22
Black Hawk County - National Cattle Congress
September 23-26
Waterloo
Boone County Fair
July 14-18
Boone
Bremer County Fair
July 25-31
Waverly
Buchanan County Fair
July 6-11
Independence
Buena Vista County Fair
July 7-11
Alta
Butler County Fair
June 23-27
Allison
Calhoun County Expo
July 6-11
Rockwell City
Carroll County Fair
July 12-18
Coon Rapids
Cass County Fair
July 22-27
Atlantic
Cedar County Fair
July 14-18
Tipton
Cerro Gordo County - North Iowa Fair
July 21-25
Mason City
Cherokee County - Cherokee County Fair
July 21-25
Cherokee
Cherokee County - Marcus Community Fair
August 12-15
Marcus
Chickasaw County - Big Four Fair
September 2-6
Nashua
Clarke County 4-H Fair
July 12-18
Osceola
Clay County Fair
September 11-19
Spencer
Clayton County Fair
August 4-8
National
Clinton County Fair
July 21-25
De Witt
Crawford County Fair
July 20-25
Denison
Dallas County 4-H Fair
July 6-10
Adel
Davis County Fair
July 14-18
Bloomfield
Decatur County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 12-19
Leon
Delaware County Fair
July 12-18
Manchester
Des Moines County Fair
July 28-August 1
West Burlington
Dickinson County Fair
July 16-20
Spirit Lake
Dubuque County Fair
July 27-August 1
Dubuque
Emmet County Agricultural Show
July 20-25
Estherville
Fayette County Fair
July 20-24
West Union
Floyd County Fair
July 14-18
Charles City
Franklin County Fair
July 14-18
Hampton
Fremont County Fair
July 14-19
Sidney
Greene County Fair
July 12-19
Jefferson
Grundy County Fair
July 19-24
Grundy Center
Guthrie County Fair
September 2-6
Guthrie Center
Hamilton County Fair
July 20-25
Webster City
Hancock County Fair
July 27-August 2
Britt
Hardin County Fair
July 7-11
Eldora
Harrison County Fair
July 14-18
Missouri Valley
Henry County Fair
July 13-19
Mount Pleasant
Howard County - Mighty Howard County Fair
June 23-27
Cresco
Humboldt County Fair
July 20-26
Humboldt
Ida County Fair
July 14-18
Ida Grove
Iowa County Fair
July 7-11
Marengo
Jackson County Fair
July 27-August 2
Maquoketa
Jasper County Fair
July 16-22
Colfax
Jefferson County - Greater Jefferson County Fair
June 21-27
Fairfield
Johnson County Fair
July 24-27
Iowa City
Jones County - The Great Jones County Fair
July 21-25
Monticello
Jones County - Wyoming Fair
July 9-11
Wyoming
Keokuk County - Keokuk County Expo
July 12-17
Sigourney
Keokuk County - Keokuk County Fair
July 8-11
What Cheer
Kossuth County Fair
August 1-7
Algona
Lee County Fair
July 7-11
Donnellson
Linn County Fair
June 23-27
Central City
Louisa County Fair
July 27-31
Columbus Junction
Lucas County Fair
July 23-27
Chariton
Lyon County Fair
July 19-22
Rock Rapids
Madison County Fair
July 21-25
Winterset
Mahaska County - Southern Iowa Fair
July 12-17
Oskaloosa
Marion County Fair
July 9-15
Knoxville
Marshall County - Central Iowa Fair
July 7-10
Marshalltown
Mills County Fair
July 8-13
Malvern
Mitchell County Fair
August 3-8
Osage
Monona County Fair
July 6-11
Onawa
Monroe County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 28-August 2
Albia
Montgomery County Fair
July 12-18
Red Oak
Muscatine County Fair
July 21-25
West Liberty
O’Brien County Fair
July 23-299
Primghar
Osceola County Fair
July 13-17
Sibley
Page County Fair
July 9-25
Clarinda
Palo Alto County Fair
July 21-25
Emmetsburg
Plymouth County Fair
July 28-August 1
Le Mars
Pocahontas County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 14-19
Pocahontas
Polk County - Polk County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 17-23
Des Moines
Pottawattamie County - Pottawattamie County Fair
July 14-19
Avoca
Poweshiek County Fair
July 13-18
Grinnell
Ringgold County Fair
July 6-11
Mount Ayr
Sac County Fair
July 27-31
Sac City
Scott County - Great Mississippi Valley Fair
August 3-8
Davenport
Shelby County Fair
July 7-11
Harlan
Sioux County Youth Fair
July 9-16
Sioux Center
Story County Youth Fair
July 21-25
Nevada
Tama County Fair
July 12-18
Gladbrook
Taylor County Fair
July 14-18
Bedford
Union County Fair
July 15-21
Afton
Van Buren County Fair
July 14-19
Keosauqua
Wapello County Regional Fair
June 16-20
Eldon
Warren County Fair
July 28-August 2
Indianola
Washington County Fair
July 18-23
Washington
Wayne County Fair
July 26-August 2
Corydon
Webster County Fair
July 14-18
Fort Dodge
Winnebago County Fair
July 21-25
Thompson
Winneshiek County Fair
July 12-17
Decorah
Woodbury County Fair
August 4-8
Moville
Worth County Fair
June 16-20
Northwood
Wright County Fair
July 6-11
Eagle Grove