Make some room for doughnut burgers, corn dogs, and elephant ears, LOU — the 2024 Kentucky State Fair runs from Thursday, Aug. 15 through Sunday, Aug. 25.
Here’s a look at this year’s fair, by the numbers:
- $10 | The cost of general admission tickets + parking. Get unlimited access to the 50+ rides at Thrill Ville for $30, or trot to the World Championship Horse Show for $8.
- 120 | This will be the 120th Kentucky State Fair. Fun fact: There are 120 counties in the Commonwealth — how’s that for symmetry?
- 24,700+ | The number of entries in the fair. Some of them are a pretty big deal.
- 599,000 | The number of people that attended the fair in 2023 — the largest attendance since 2018.
- $10 million | The price for the winning ham at last year’s Kentucky Farm Bureau Country Ham Breakfast. The 18-pound ham came from Ronnie and Beth Drennan of Kuttawa, KY.