The Iowa State Fair (August 13-23, 2026) 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 8-12
Greenfield
Adams County Fair
July 9-13
Corning
Allamakee County - Allamakee County Fair
July 15-16
Waukon
Allamakee County - Big Four Fair
June 19-21
Postville
Appanoose County Fair
July 20-25
Centerville
Audubon County Fair
July 14-19
Audubon
Benton County Fair
June 24-24
Vinton
Black Hawk County - 4-H & FFA Fair
July 19-23
Waterloo
Black Hawk County - National Cattle Congress
September 24-27
Waterloo
Boone County Fair
July 15-19
Boone
Bremer County Fair
July 26-August 1
Waverly
Buchanan County Fair
July 17-12
Independence
Buena Vista County Fair
July 8-12
Alta
Butler County Fair
June 24-28
Allison
Calhoun County Expo
July 7-12
Rockwell City
Carroll County Fair
July 6-13
Coon Rapids
Cass County Fair
July 22-28
Atlantic
Cedar County Fair
July 8-12
Tipton
Cerro Gordo County - North Iowa Fair
July 29-Aug 2
Mason City
Cherokee County - Cherokee County Fair
July 15-19
Cherokee
Cherokee County - Marcus Community Fair
August 13-16
Marcus
Chickasaw County - Big Four Fair
July 7-13
Nashua
Clarke County 4-H Fair
July 13-19
Osceola
Clay County Fair
September 12-20
Spencer
Clayton County Fair
August 5-9
National
Clinton County Fair
July 22-26
De Witt
Crawford County Fair
July 21-26
Denison
Dallas County 4-H Fair
July 6-12
Adel
Davis County Fair
July 15-19
Bloomfield
Decatur County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 14-20
Leon
Delaware County Fair
July 13-19
Manchester
Des Moines County Fair
July 19-August 2
West Burlington
Dickinson County Fair
July 17-21
Spirit Lake
Dubuque County Fair
July 28-August 2
Dubuque
Emmet County Agricultural Show
July 22-26
Estherville
Fayette County Fair
July 22-26
West Union
Floyd County Fair
July 13-19
Charles City
Franklin County Fair
July 12-19
Hampton
Fremont County Fair
July 15-20
Sidney
Greene County Fair
July 7-13
Jefferson
Grundy County Fair
July 20-25
Grundy Center
Guthrie County Fair
September 3-7
Guthrie Center
Hamilton County Fair
July 21-26
Webster City
Hancock County Fair
July 28-August 3
Britt
Hardin County Fair
July 8-12
Eldora
Harrison County Fair
July 22-26
Missouri Valley
Henry County Fair
July 14-20
Mount Pleasant
Howard County - Mighty Howard County Fair
June 24-28
Cresco
Humboldt County Fair
July 21-27
Humboldt
Iowa County Fair
July 8-12
Marengo
Jackson County Fair
July 28-August 2
Maquoketa
Jasper County Fair
July 17-23
Colfax
Jefferson County - Greater Jefferson County Fair
June 22-29
Fairfield
Johnson County Fair
July 25-29
Iowa City
Jones County - The Great Jones County Fair
July 22-26
Monticello
Jones County - Wyoming Fair
July 10-12
Wyoming
Keokuk County - Keokuk County Expo
July 12-18
Sigourney
Keokuk County - Keokuk County Fair
July 9-12
What Cheer
Kossuth County Fair
August 2-8
Algona
Lee County Fair
July 8-12
Donnellson
Linn County Fair
June 23-27
Central City
Louisa County Fair
July 27-August 1
Columbus Junction
Lucas County Fair
July 24-28
Chariton
Lyon County Fair
July 18-23
Rock Rapids
Madison County Fair
July 15-19
Winterset
Mahaska County - Southern Iowa Fair
July 13-18
Oskaloosa
Marion County Fair
July 10-16
Knoxville
Marshall County - Central Iowa Fair
July 8-11
Marshalltown
Mills County Fair
July 9-14
Malvern
Mitchell County Fair
July 28-August 2
Osage
Monona County Fair
July 7-12
Onawa
Monroe County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 19-26
Albia
Montgomery County Fair
July 13-19
Red Oak
Muscatine County Fair
July 15-19
West Liberty
O’Brien County Fair
July 25-30
Primghar
Osceola County Fair
July 13-18
Sibley
Page County Fair
July 20-26
Clarinda
Palo Alto County Fair
July 22-26
Emmetsburg
Plymouth County Fair
July 29-August 2
Le Mars
Pocahontas County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 13-26
Pocahontas
Polk County - Polk County 4-H & FFA Fair
July 18-24
Des Moines
Polk County - Iowa State Fair
August 13-23
Des Moines
Pottawattamie County - Pottawattamie County Fair
July 15-20
Avoca
Poweshiek County Fair
July 15-20
Grinnell
Ringgold County Fair
July 7-12
Mount Ayr
Sac County Fair
July 28-August 1
Sac City
Scott County - Great Mississippi Valley Fair
August 4-9
Davenport
Shelby County Fair
July 8-12
Harlan
Sioux County Youth Fair
July 10-17
Sioux Center
Story County Youth Fair
July 15-19
Nevada
Tama County Fair
July 113-18
Gladbrook
Taylor County Fair
July 15-19
Bedford
Union County Fair
July 17-23
Afton
Van Buren County Fair
July 15-20
Keosauqua
Wapello County Regional Fair
June 17-21
Eldon
Warren County Fair
July 22-27
Indianola
Washington County Fair
July 19-24
Washington
Wayne County Fair
July 27-August 3
Corydon
Webster County Fair
July 16-20
Fort Dodge
Winnebago County Fair
July 15-19
Thompson
Winneshiek County Fair
July 7-12
Decorah
Woodbury County Fair
August 5-9
Moville
Worth County Fair
June 17-21
Northwood
Wright County Fair
July 7-12
Eagle Grove