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You are here: Home / Community / Indiana State Fair 2023 Schedule for Thursday, August 3 (Day 5)

Indiana State Fair 2023 Schedule for Thursday, August 3 (Day 5)

August 3, 2023 by Naptown Buzz

Indiana State Fair 2023 Schedule for Thursday, August 3 (Day 5)
Indiana State Fair 2023 Schedule for Thursday, August 3 (Day 5)

THURSDAY AUGUST 3
$3 THURSDAY PRESENTED BY THE INDIANA SECRETARY OF STATE

$3 gate admission, $3 Midway rides, and $3 food options around the Fairgrounds.

TONIGHT AT THE HOOSIER LOTTERY FREE STAGE!

90s Night at the INDIANA STATE FAIR ft. DJ Kurt Streblow

LIVE — AT THE MERCANTILE!

Cheese Carving with Sarah Kaufmann

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

  • CELEBRATION OF AGRICULTURE WITH THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
    FREE / 11AM / Normandy Barn
  • CHILDREN’S BARNYARD
    FREE / All Day / Corteva AgriscienceTM FFA Pavilion
  • OTTER ADVENTURE
    FREE / 2, 4:30 & 6PM / MHS Family Fun Park
  • TODAY’S FEATURED FARMER PRESENTED BY CORTEVA AGRISCIENCE™.
    Groth Farms

THE BACKYARD

9AM, 1:30PM, 5:30PM & 8:30PM
Open Basketball Court Play

12, 4PM & 6:30PM
Xpogo: Extreme Pogo Stunt Team

5:30 & 7PM
Wayne Pennington & The Poor Valley LIVE MUSIC!

CORTEVA AGRISCIENCETM FFA PAVILION

9AM – 9PM
Children’s Barnyard PETTING ZOO!

9AM – 9PM
Putt-Putt Mini Golf

9AM – 9PM
FFA Country Market

DANCE STAGE

1PM
Ladies of the Dance

5PM
Golden Line Dancers

DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES COMPLEX

9AM – 8PM
Butterfly Garden

10AM & 4PM
Fishin’ for Kids ages 5-17 at the Fishing Pond

10AM – 9PM
Mother Nature’s Mercantile

11AM
Architectural Trolley Tour

5:30PM
Roving Aquatic Educator

EXPO HALL

9AM – 9PM
ILLUMINATE!: An Immersive Light Exhibit

GLASS BARN PRES. BY INDIANA SOYBEAN FARMERS

11AM, 2 & 4PM
Live Chats pres. by Indiana Soybean Farmers ($25 giftcard giveaway!)

2:30PM
Featured Farmer Chats pres. by Corteva Agriscience™

GREENHOUSE

9AM – 8PM
Take Out Gardens

HARVEST PAVILION

9AM – 9PM
Land of Legends: Indiana’s Basketball Legacy

9AM – 9PM
Family Friendly Basketball Flicks

INDIANA FARMERS COLISEUM LOBBY

9AM – 9PM
Open Agriculture/Horitculture Exhibits

3PM
Watermelon Seed Catapulting Contest

INDIANA YOUNG FARMERS

9AM – 9PM
IYFA Corn Pit

HOOSIER LOTTERY FREE STAGE LIVE MUSIC!

7:30PM
RETRO REWIND: 90s Night at the Indiana State Fair ft. DJ Kurt Streblow

MAIN STREET

9AM – 9PM
Space Ham: An Augmented Reality Experience

12, 2, 4 & 6PM
Swifty Swine Racing Pigs

3:30, 5, 6PM, 7:15PM & 7:45PM
Hillia: Hula Hoop Extraordinaire

MHS FAMILY FUN PARK

9AM
Backboard Mural by Koda Witsken

9AM – 8PM
Animal Town

9AM – 8PM
Chuck Taylor and Indiana Basketball
at the Indiana History Train

9AM – 8PM
Indiana State Fair Reading Garden

2, 4:30 & 6PM
Otter Adventure

NORMANDY BARN

11AM
Celebration of Agriculture with the Indiana Department of Agriculture

PIONEER VILLAGE

9AM
Flag Raising Ceremony

10AM, 2PM, 4PM & 6PM
Vintage Farm Machinery in Action

2PM
Philadephia Phil

3:30PM
A Lady Gets Dressed in 1895 by Eva Elarbee

4:30PM
Kid Kraft: Paper Doll Chain

PURDUE VETERINARY MEDICINE EXHIBIT

12 & 3PM
Canine Surgery Demonstration

COMPETITIONS & LIVESTOCK

  • Horse & Pony Western Classes
    9AM | Indiana Farmers Coliseum & Pop Weaver Youth Pavilion

18 DAYS OF BASKETBALL

FAMOUS GYMS / VENUES Indiana is home to 9 of the largest 10 high school gyms in the nation.
Learn more at 12PM in Harvest Pavilion!

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