Home Last chance to get your State Fair Summer of Savings tickets
News

Last chance to get your State Fair Summer of Savings tickets

AFP

state fair of virginiaFair fans have less than two weeks to get the best deal on admission tickets, ride wristbands and season passes to this year’s State Fair of Virginia. The fair will open Sept. 28 and run through Oct. 7.

Summer of Savings online discounts end at midnight Aug. 31. Until then, take advantage of tickets that give you access to concerts by artists like Scotty McCreery, entertainment like the racing pigs of Rosaire’s Royal Racers and roving performers like the Amazing Giants.

With the special savings, adult online tickets are just $10, and child/senior tickets are just $7. This is a $5 discount off the regular gate admission price of $15 for adults and $12 for children and seniors.

Also available are season passes for those who like to visit more than one day. Season passes, which are good for admission all 10 days of the fair, are $35 during the Summer of Savings.

Once advance online prices go up Sept. 1, season passes will be $40, adult tickets will be $13 and children and seniors will be $10.

During the Summer of Savings window, unlimited ride wristbands also are a bargain; guests can save 33 percent. Wristbands are $17 instead of the regular $25.

“The Summer of Savings discount is one of the best family entertainment deals in this market, and we encourage our future guests to take advantage of it,” said Marlene Jolliffe, the fair’s executive director.

Admission tickets include all musical entertainment, as well as grounds attractions and roving performers. In addition to American Idol alumnus McCreery, gospel singer and seven-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant and country singers Craig Campbell, Chris Lane, Dylan Scott and Trent Harmon, another American Idol alumnus. All of the 2018 fair’s Main Stage concerts are presented by Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance and start at 7 p.m.

For an additional $10 fee, fans who want to see and hear their favorite performers up-close and personal can buy tickets for Blue Ribbon Seating near the stage. All seats are general admission.

Discount pricing for large groups also is available. For information on the fair’s group sales program for parties of 50 or more, call 804-994-2891 or email [email protected].

The 2018 State Fair of Virginia will run from Sept. 28 through Oct. 7. Information is available at StateFairVa.org.

The State Fair is held each fall at its permanent home at The Meadow Event Park in Caroline County. The fair’s mission is to increase agricultural and natural resource awareness and interest through educational programs, exhibitions and competitions in a fun, family-friendly setting.




Multimedia

 

AFP

AFP

Have a guest column, letter to the editor, story idea or a news tip? Email editor Chris Graham at [email protected]. Subscribe to AFP podcasts on Apple PodcastsSpotifyPandora and YouTube.

Latest News

erica leigh
Sports

Versatile Erica Leigh, ‘The Big Gal,’ is putting RVA Pro Wrestling on the map

uva basketball ryan odom
Basketball, Go 'Hoos

UVA Basketball: Odom got a raise, but there was something else in the new contract

The FOIA office at the University of Virginia just obliterated any and all previous records with its unexpectedly speedy response to our request for a copy of the contract extension for UVA Basketball coach Ryan Odom announced just yesterday.

social change protest
Trump's America

We’re tired of the rigged system, the done deals: It feels like the tide is turning

Donald Trump won two elections by convincing a plurality of us that the system is rigged, and you know what, he’s 100 percent spot on – just, not the way he says it is.

flock License plate reader police
Region/State

Lynchburg Police to pause, review use of Flock license plate cameras

ACC Tournament 2026
Basketball

UNC, NC State to meet for non-conference basketball game in Greensboro

two faces of ben cline
Virginia Politics

Two ways to write about Ben Cline: The nice way, and the honest way

power grid electricity
Virginia Politics

Former NextEra attorney won’t recuse herself on NextEra-Dominion SCC vote