It's day five of the Minnesota State Fair, and despite entrance ticket prices inching higher again this year, the crowds are still coming.
When the attendance figure for Sunday's Great Minnesota Get-Together is announced on Monday afternoon, the total for the first four days will surpass 500,000 people.
The attendance on Thursday topped 137,000, just short of the daily record set last year. Almost 154,000 hit the fairgrounds on Friday and over 198,000 on Saturday with some fall-like, refreshing temps making it pretty ideal for fairgoers. Sunday's attendance will be announced later on Monday
It's not a record-setting pace, but still pretty healthy. It'll take some really big crowds from here on to reach the 2 million mark, which has happened four times in the fair's 157-year history.
The last time the fair hit 2 million was 2019, the last year before COVID closed the fair.
Monday's highlights include Minnesota State Patrol Day, Mental Health Awareness Day, with the Monday night Grandstand Concert featuring the always popular Happy Together Tour, featuring 1960's music from The Turtles, Jay and the Americans, Little Anthony, Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, The Vogues and The Cowsills.
There are also plenty of free concerts and shows around the fair each day. See more about that here.
As always, take some time to stop by the WCCO Radio booth where we're broadcasting live each day until 6:00 p.m. thanks our co-presenting sponsors, Lindus Construction and Minnesota Sports and Events! You can also load up on water and fill up your bottle at our refill station powered by Livea.
See our full broadcast schedule here.