The $6 tickets are available at all Missouri Break Time convenience stores, Orscheln Farm and Home and Casey’s General Store locations. A list of the locations is available online at www.mostatefair.com. The discounted admission tickets are also available through Aug. 8 at the State Fair Box Office in Sedalia; hours are noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Another great discount is the unlimited ride carnival wristband ticket for $18.95, offered exclusively at Walgreens through Aug. 8. Walgreens and Break Time convenience stores are also selling a $27 unlimited daily deal ticket through Aug. 18, which includes a single-day adult gate admission and a single-day unlimited carnival ride wristband.
“The $27 ticket offers a savings of $6,” Wolfe said. “An unlimited carnival ride wristband purchased on the Midway during the State Fair is $25 and regular adult gate admission is $8.”
There are several additional ways to save money during the 11-day showcase:
·Thursday, Aug. 9: $2 gate admission for ages 6 and older; and $2 vendor and concession specials;
·Saturday, Aug. 11: $1 off adult gate admission with a Pepsi coupon; details are on Diet Pepsi can panels;
·Sunday, Aug. 12: Show-Me Salutes-Military Appreciation Day: free gate admission for active military, veterans and delayed entry recruits with appropriate I.D, and $1 gate admission for their immediate family members, which includes their spouse and dependent children; and military receive a $5 off carnival ride wristband (regular $25) at Midway ticket booths with coupon available at admission gate;
·Monday, Aug. 13: $1 off adult gate admission and $5 off carnival ride wristband (regular $25) with coupon available at county Farm Bureau offices;
·Tuesday, Aug. 14: $1 off gate admission with a canned food donation, for up to half off regular admission
·Wednesday, Aug. 15: $2 off adult gate admission with each Sedalia Democrat newspaper front page Fair banner;
·Thursday, Aug. 16: $4 gate admission for ages 13 and over; $1 gate admission ages 6-12; and free gate admission for Missouri firefighters, EMTS and paramedics, with identification;
·Friday, Aug. 17: $5 off unlimited carnival ride wristband (regular $25) with coupon from Rural Missouri magazine;
·Saturday, Aug. 18: $1 off adult gate admission with coupon available at County Extension Offices;
·Sunday, Aug. 19: $4 gate admission for ages 13 and older; $1 gate admission ages 6-12; and free gate admission for municipal, county and state law enforcement with identification, and $1 gate admission for their immediate family members, which includes their spouse and dependent children;
·Sunday Aug. 12 through Wednesday Aug. 15: $5 adult gate admission after 5 p.m.
·Aug. 9, 10, 13-17:$5 off carnival ride wristband (regular $25) coupons available at County Extension Offices or from Diet Pepsi can panel promotion;
·Monday, Aug. 13 through Thursday, Aug 16: purchase an adult gate admission ticket at the Lunch Bunch Booth at Centennial Gate entrance between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and then return the ticket by 2 p.m. for a full refund.
More information is available at www.mostatefair.com and by following the State Fair on Facebook and Twitter, or by calling 1-800-422-FAIR (3247). The 110th Missouri State Fair in Sedalia is Aug. 9-19, themed "Celebrate Then and Wow."
