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Three Missouri State Fair highlights for Friday:
• Energy Day, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., MO-Ag Theatre, across the street and a little north of the grandstand. Also, free CFL lightbulbs, while supplies last, in the Missouri Electric Cooperatives Building next door.
• Butterfly gardening, 3 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
• Missouri State Fair Championship Bull Riding, 7 p.m. State Fair Arena, southwest corner of the fairgrounds, $12 for adults, $6 for ages 6 to 12.
Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and older), $2 for kids 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and younger. Parking at the fair is free. There is VIP parking for $5. The gates are open from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., and most exhibit buildings are open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The fair runs through Sunday.
Other events and highlights Friday:
Artists in residence at the Fine Arts Buildingare painter David Fielding and Elizabeth Socolofsky-Howe (ceramics).
Dermatology information, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., MO-Ag Theatre, across the street and a little north of the grandstand.
NASCAR display, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., south of the grandstand.
Horticulture Show, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Floriculture Building.
Cupcake Challenge, ages 8 to 10, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., 4-H Building.
Rabbit “UM Good,” 10 a.m., consumer showcase stage in the Home Ed Building.
Early American use of native plants, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., Floriculture Building.
Lisa Lou – One-Woman Circus, 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., kids stage west of the Varied Industries Building.
Racing pigs show, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m., south of the dairy barns.
Tree care – planting to pruning, 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., Conservation Building.
Chainsaw wood carving,11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., south of the machinery area, near the log cabin Senior Lounge.
Cupcake Challenge,ages 11 to 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4-H Building.
Recycling neckties, 3 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
“What’s in Kay’s Sewing Box?”noon, consumer showcase stage in the Home Ed Building.
Tatting demonstration,1 p.m., consumer showcase stage in the Home Ed Building.
Paul Bunyan lumberjack show,noon, 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., between the Ag and 4-H buildings.
Terry Davolt’s comedy hypnosis show, 1 p.m., 5 p.m., Touchstone Energy Stage, next to the Beef House.
Amazing Anastasini Circus, 1 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m., east and slightly north of the midway, southeast of the Matthewson Exhibition Center, behind the horse barns.
Three Missouri State Fair highlights for Friday:
• Energy Day, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., MO-Ag Theatre, across the street and a little north of the grandstand. Also, free CFL lightbulbs, while supplies last, in the Missouri Electric Cooperatives Building next door.
• Butterfly gardening, 3 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
• Missouri State Fair Championship Bull Riding, 7 p.m. State Fair Arena, southwest corner of the fairgrounds, $12 for adults, $6 for ages 6 to 12.
Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors (60 and older), $2 for kids 6 to 12, and free for children 5 and younger. Parking at the fair is free. There is VIP parking for $5. The gates are open from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., and most exhibit buildings are open 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The fair runs through Sunday.
Other events and highlights Friday:
Artists in residence at the Fine Arts Buildingare painter David Fielding and Elizabeth Socolofsky-Howe (ceramics).
Dermatology information, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., MO-Ag Theatre, across the street and a little north of the grandstand.
NASCAR display, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., south of the grandstand.
Horticulture Show, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Floriculture Building.
Cupcake Challenge, ages 8 to 10, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., 4-H Building.
Rabbit “UM Good,” 10 a.m., consumer showcase stage in the Home Ed Building.
Early American use of native plants, 10 a.m., 2 p.m., Floriculture Building.
Lisa Lou – One-Woman Circus, 10 a.m., 1 p.m., 4 p.m., kids stage west of the Varied Industries Building.
Racing pigs show, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m., south of the dairy barns.
Tree care – planting to pruning, 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m., Conservation Building.
Chainsaw wood carving,11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., south of the machinery area, near the log cabin Senior Lounge.
Cupcake Challenge,ages 11 to 13, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 4-H Building.
Recycling neckties, 3 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
“What’s in Kay’s Sewing Box?”noon, consumer showcase stage in the Home Ed Building.
Tatting demonstration,1 p.m., consumer showcase stage in the Home Ed Building.
Paul Bunyan lumberjack show,noon, 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m., between the Ag and 4-H buildings.
Terry Davolt’s comedy hypnosis show, 1 p.m., 5 p.m., Touchstone Energy Stage, next to the Beef House.
Amazing Anastasini Circus, 1 p.m., 5 p.m., 8 p.m., east and slightly north of the midway, southeast of the Matthewson Exhibition Center, behind the horse barns.
Sewing demonstration, 1:30 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
Quilting and serging,2 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., MO-Ag Theatre, across the street and a little north of the grandstand.
The McClymounts, 2 p.m., 6 p.m., Budweiser Stage (west of the grandstand), free.
Growing and cleaning gourds, 3 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
Cupcake Challenge, ages 14 and older, 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., 4-H Building.
Vocal trash, 3:30, 7:30 p.m., Touchstone Energy Stage, next to the Beef House.
Border print table runner, 4 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
Missouri State Fair Idol, semi-finals, 4 p.m., Budweiser Stage (west of the grandstand), free.
Scrapbooking and rubber stamps, 4:30 p.m., consumer showcase stage, Home Economics Building.
Grandstand: Luke Bryan with Josh Thompson, 7:30 p.m., tickets $25, $30, $35, $40.
2 Buck Drunk, 9 p.m., Budweiser Stage (west of the grandstand), free.
