Kick Up Yer' Heels and Throw Back a Few.

Dance til' the cows come home with live late night DJs, battle wits with old timers during Iowa State Fair Trivia Challenges, and pig out during our Stuff Your Face eatin' contests. (And that's just the start)

Entertainment Schedule

    • 4:00

      Red Dirt Renegade

    • 2:00

      Eli Alger

    • 5:00

      Chris & Micah

    • 11:00

      Heart’s Desire

    • 2:00

      The Snacks

    • 5:00

      Fat Tuesday and The Grease Horns

    • 11:00

      Kelsie Knapp

    • 1:00

      28 Days Later

    • 3:00

      The Baberhood Bluegrass Band

    • 5:00

      The Sheet

    • 11:30

      Owen Justice

    • 2:00

      Damon Dotson

    • 5:00

      Dick Danger Band

    • 2:00

      Fancy Pants

    • 5:00

      Tyler Richon & the High Bank Boys

    • 2:00

      Royce MF Johns

    • 5:00

      Rob Leines

    • 2:00

      The Snacks

    • 5:00

      Leradee and the Positives

    • 2:00

      Eli Alger

    • 5:00

      Chris & Micah

    • 2:00

      Jake Schrodt

    • 5:00

      River City All Stars

    • 11:00

      Kelsie Knapp

    • 12:00

      Owen Justice

    • 2:00

      The Baberhood Bluegrass Band

    • 5:00

      Red Dirt Renegade

    • 11:00

      Hearts Desire

    • 2:00

      Sour Diesel

  • 28 Days Later

    08/13 - 1:00 pm

  • The Sheet

    08/13 - 5:00 pm

  • Red Dirt Renegade

    08/20 - 5:00 pm

  • 03/26 - 5:20 am

  • 03/26 - 5:20 am

Loosen up that buckle.

Taste the never-before-seen sweet treats and homemade dishes everyone is talking about this year. (Yep, even that uncle who hates everything.)

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Iowa State Fair
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August 10-20, 2023

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Giddyup!

JR’s SouthPork Ranch is open regular fair hours. Don’t make your stomach wait. 7am-12am, August 11-21, 2022

Find us at the Fair

We are located on Rock Island Ave, #3000, across from the Pavilion

We’re looking for a few reliable Ranch Hands.

SouthPork Ranch Hands are the friendliest folks this side of the Mississippi. (And they make good money, too.) Do you have what it takes to join our classy—and sassy—crew during the Iowa State Fair? (We betcha’ do.)

We're Hiring!

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