2023 Southern Minnesota County Fair Schedule

Here we go! It's time to show a goat, eat a corn dog, ride a Ferris wheel, enjoy a concert, have another corn dog, watch a demo derby -- it's county fair season in southern Minnesota.

If you don't sweat through your shirt, step in some manure, spill ketchup & mustard down the front of you, and have the time of your life -- you're not doing county fairs right!

In addition to the dates, there's a link to each fair to take you right to their website for all the fun details.

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2023 Southern Minnesota Fair Schedule

• July 12-16: Dodge County Free Fair (Kasson, MN)
• July 12-16: Winona County Fair (St. Charles, MN)
• July 12-16: Waseca County Free Fair (Waseca, MN)

• July 13-16: Watonwan County Fair (St. James, MN)

• July 17-23: Fillmore County Fair (Preston, MN)

• July 19-22: Wabasha County Fair (Wabasha, MN)
• July 19-23: Rice County Fair (Faribault, MN)

• July 20-23: Blue Earth County Fair (Mankato, MN)

• July 24-30: Olmsted County Fair (Rochester, MN)

• July 26-29: Faribault County Fair (Blue Earth, MN)

• August 1-6: Freeborn County Fair (Albert Lea, MN)

• August 7-13: Dakota County Fair (Farmington, MN)

• August 8-13: Mower County Free Fair (Austin, MN)

• August 9-13: Brown County Free Fair (New Ulm, MN)
• August 9-13: Lyon County Fair (Marshall, MN)
• August 9-13: Nicollet County Fair (St. Peter, MN)

• August 14-20: Martin County Fair (Fairmont, MN)

• August 15-20: Steele County Free Fair (Owatonna, MN)

• August 16-19: Murray County Fair (Slayton, MN)

County fairs are the crown jewels of late summertime celebrations in southern Minnesota, and they all lead up to the Great Minnesota Get Together. The 2023 Minnesota State Fair runs August 24th through Labor Day, September 4th in. St. Paul.