Big Deals
Carnival Days
- Les Schwab Tires Kids Day: $1.50 ride coupons good on Monday, August 31!
- El Rey 93.1 FM - Tilt-a-Whirl Tuesday, September 1 - Wristband Ride Day!
- La Grand D 1520 AM - Wristband Wednesday, September 2 - Wristband Ride Day!
- Funtastic presents $1.50 rides on Monday, September 7!
Les Schwab Tires Kids Day, August 31
Purchase $1.50 ride tickets at the carnival for use only Monday, August 31 from 11 am to 6 pm with a coupon from any Oregon Les Schwab Tires Store. Plus, receive $10 worth of game tickets for $8. Tickets will be sold from 11 am to 6 pm and they can be used from 11 am to 10 pm. Some games require more than one ticket. One coupon per person.
El Rey 93.1 FM - Tilt-a-Whirl Tuesday, September 1
Buy a $25 wristband for unlimited rides! Wristbands are good for all Funtastic rides from 11 am to 5 pm, plus you'll also receive 10 game tickets! (Some games require more than one ticket.) Wristbands are sold until 4 pm.
La Gran D 1520 AM - Wristband Wednesday, September 2
Buy a $25 wristband for unlimited rides! Wristbands are good for all Funtastic rides from 11 am to 5 pm, plus you'll also receive 10 game tickets! (Some games require more than one ticket.) Wristbands are sold until 4 pm.
$1.50 Ride Day, Monday, September 7
Purchase $1.50 ride tickets at the carnival for use on Monday, September 7. Purchase tickets from 10 am to 6 pm and ride from 11 am to 10 pm! Plus, game tickets will be $8 for $10 worth of tickets, some games require more tickets. Sponsored by Funtastic Ride Company!
College Athletics Day
New to the 2010 Oregon State Fair is College Athletics Day!
Join us as we celebrate our local College and University Athletics Departments on Thursday, September 2nd 2010 in the Sports and Recreation area. Colleges and Universities will showcase their Athletics Departments, promote the upcoming sports season, provide 2010 schedules and give you the opportunity to purchase your favorite College or University merchandise. Keep an eye out for those crazy mascots!
Show your support by wearing your favorite team colors on this day! A $2.00 discount for gate admission will be offered to currently enrolled or newly registered College or University students. A downloadable coupon will be posted soon! Current participating schools are:
Gate Giveaways - various days
Happy Birthday Oregon! In celebration of Oregon's 150th birthday, the Oregon State Fair will be passing out free party hats and noisemakers to the first 1,000 people through our gates on opening day, Friday, August 28, 2009, at 10 am! Join us later in the afternoon as we all sing Happy Birthday to Oregon with Governor Ted Kulongoski at 3 pm at the big tower!
Oven Mitt Give-Away! The Oregon State Fair will be passing out oven mitts to the first 500 people who pass through our gates on Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 10 am! Thanks to Kettle Foods, the oven mitts will contain Barbeque Kettle Chips, along with a few other gifts.
Oregon Ag Day - September 5
Saturday September 5, 2009 the Oregon State Fair will celebrate Oregon agriculture on Ag-Day with several fun and educational activities available for all fair goers to enjoy throughout the day. Don’t miss out on special events that will be available on Oregon State Fair’s Ag-Day:
Come to the Capital Press booth at the Oregon State Fair on Ag Day, Saturday, Sept. 5, and meet the people behind the West's Ag Weekly. Reporters, editors, designers and sales representatives will be there to answer questions about how the newspaper works.
Children can compete for a prize in the Capital Press scavenger hunt. Participants will be given a list and let loose on the fair to seek out Farm Facts. All completed entries will be entered in a drawing for a $50 gift certificate.
- The Oregon Auctioneers Association will be holding their final competition.
- See a display of vintage farm equipment from ‘Powerland’ and see large farm equipment at each entrance gate.
- The Oregon State Fair and Agri-Business Council will host a corn-shucking contest!
- Ag-Business and related vendors will be on-site for the day to sell, educate, promote, and provide fair goers with fun give-away items.
- For the kids, Mutton Bust’n, The Great American Petting Zoo & Super Science in Les Schwab’s Familyville along with Ag-Adventure!
- Animal shows during Ag-Day consist of a Long Horn show, a Swine show, and 4-H and FFA livestock shows.
Multi-Day Passes (NEW!)
Fair goers will be able to come to the Fair again and again with a NEW mulit-day pass:
MULTI-DAY PASSES
Adult 4-Day Pass $25 Sr. 4-Day Pass $15 Kids 4-Day Pass $10
Adult 6-Day Pass $35 Sr. 6-Day Pass $20 Kids 6-Day Pass $15
Adult 11-Day Pass $50 Sr. 11-Day Pass $30 Kids 11-Day Pass $20
Available at the Oregon State Fair Box Office, 2330 17th Street NE, Salem, Oregon, August 1, 2009
Ages: Adults 13-64, Seniors 65+ Kids 6-12, Kids 5 and under always FREE!
Limited number available, 1,000 passes in each category
* No combining pre-admission discounts or coupons with any other offer.
* No refund, credit or exchange for un-used tickets. All sales are final.
* Discounts and special offers are subject to change without notice.
Nalley Stuff the Bus
While students are still deep in summertime activities in August, parents and teachers are beginning to think about Back to School. Teachers in particular start to worry about whether or not they have enough supplies; where those supplies will come from; and how much of their own money will be spent on paper, pens, glue sticks, crayons, and tape.
To that end, KINK and the Oregon State Fair are enlisting the help of listeners and attendees to Stuff the Bus with needed items to be distributed throughout the metro area. Items will be distributed by Schoolhouse Supplies, a non-profit organization whose mission is to serve classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community.
The Nalley "Stuff the Bus" School Bus will be at the Main Gate of the State Fair on opening day, August 28th, from 10 am to 2 pm. Visitors who donate one item to the Bus will recieve a coupon good for a $1.00 discount at a Fair admission gate. Limit one coupon per person.
Oregon State Fair Night at the Ballpark
Join the Oregon State Fair and the Big Tomato as we travel to Volcanoes Stadium for a night of fun on August 24, 2009. Oregon State Fair staff will be on hand to give away coupons for discounted Fair admission as well as other State Fair prizes including t-shirts tossed into the crowd. The first 50 people to visit us at our booth will receive 1 free Fair admission ticket. The pre-game festivities will start around 5 pm and the game is scheduled to begin at 6:35 pm.
To purchase tickets for Volcanoes baseball games or for directions to the stadium, please visit http://www.volcanoesbaseball.com/
Uptown Music Online Contest
2009 Uptown Music's Online Contest
This year the Oregon State Fair is partnering with Uptown Music and Red Lion Hotels to give away two (2) free tickets to the Doobie Brothers Concert on September 1st, 2009 along with a Fender Stratocaster Guitar and one free room night at the Red Lion Hotel in Salem, Oregon.
Thank you to all who submitted their entries for this year's contest.
Congratulations to Jason Schroeder of Eugene who was randomly selected to win the Doobie Brothers tickets and other fabulous prizes.
Red Hat Day - September 1
Come join us as we celebrate the 5th Annual Red Hat Ladies Day at the Oregon State Fair! It's a red letter day on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, for Red Hatters, complete with special events and fun activities - $3.00 Fair admission - if you're a Red or Pink Hat Lady wearing red or purple (two of the Red Hat Society's official colors). Women over age 50 are known as "Red Hatters" while those under 50 are known as "Pink Hatters."
The Red Hat Society celebrated its 11th Birthday this year. This world-wide sisterhood has nearly 40,000 chapters across the U.S. in all 50 states and in more than 25 foreign countries.
Information and Event Registration Form
Print and fill out the Registration Form and return it by Friday, August 14, 2009. A Registration Packet will be sent to you for your Special Day!
If you are interested in joining us, but can't get the form to us before August 14, it's ok - just send an email to Laura.Bindley@state.or.us and let us know as quick as you can.
PLUS!! Don't miss The Craft Warehouse of Salem - Fabulous Red Hat and Fancy Hat Adorn Contest - Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at 2:15 pm. This is it, ladies! This is the contest to show your saucy side and come away with a beautifully decorated "BY YOU", and definitely one-of-a-kind, RED HAT. Hurry and sign-up at 1 pm at the Americraft Center (also known as the Jackman-Long Building), because entry is limited to the first 25 individuals or teams who sign up.
Thank you to our sponsors:
Senior Day - Tuesday, September 1st
Big fun for seniors (age 65+) on Tuesday, September 1, 2009. Seniors receive $1.00 off gate admission price - this one day only!
Special activities and exhibits:
11:00 am - Great American Spam Championship, Americraft Center
12:45 pm - Ghirardelli Chocolate Champsionship, Americraft Center
1:00 pm - Red Hat Parade, down the Main Concourse
2:00 pm - Concert! The UpRiver Dulcimer Group on the Bi-Mart Spirit of Oregon Stage
Northwest Senior & Disability Services
Music with The Old Time Fiddlers
Northwest Senior and Boomer News
Plus "Free" health screening with Salem Hospital and the Lions Club
Soda Give Away
Dr. Pepper Snapple Group and the Oregon State Fair team will be handing out free cans of 7UP, A&W Rootbeer and Sunkist sodas to Fair Patrons on Monday, August 31, 2009 in celebration of Kids Day and the Jr. Rodeo. You can find us from 11 am-12 pm and 3 pm-4 pm at the Pavilion in the main lobby for the Jr. Rodeo, and from 12:30 pm-2:30 pm in Familyville.
The Oregon State Fair would like to send a big Thank You to Dr Pepper Snapple Group for providing this donation.
Veterans' Appreciation Days, August 28-29
The Oregon State Fair will honor Veterans during the first 2 days of the Fair, August 28 & 29, 2009. Veterans will be admitted into the Fair free of charge with a voucher available in Vets News. This newsletter is available from the Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs.
Department of Veterans Affairs website (The FREE ADMISSION coupon is available on the Department of Veterans Affairs web site.) Coupon for one Military Veteran admission.
Traditional Veteran displays will be in the Jackman-Long Building throughout the duration of the Fair. In addition the Oregon State Fair will provide special activities during opening weekend including a military vehicle display down the main concourse, a parade through the grounds beginning at noon on Saturday August 29th and a USO Style Show beginning at 1pm on the Comcast Center Stage.
Tribute to Veterans
Including a Recreated Bob Hope 60s USO Show - Performers scheduled to appear are Oregon's own The Brown Sisters, The Two Sisters Trio, Pastor Richard Probasco, Dennis Marcellino of The Tokens and Sly & The Family Stone, and The Dennis Mitchell Band with The Kingsmen (of *Louie, Louie* fame). At the end of the performances, there will be recognition of all Veterans in the audience. This is an emotional experience not to be missed. The show starts at 1:30 p.m. at the Comcast Stage. This event is sponsored by Spirit Mountain Casino and the Oregon State Fair, and hosted by Remembering America's Heroes, a non-profit organization based in Milwaukie, Oregon.
Parade
The 3rd annual Veterans Appreciation Parade will be open to all military organizations via a (NEW) application process. An application for participation will be required and an official approval letter from the Oregon State Fair management to participate in the parade. Veterans will be invited to walk in the parade, which is approximately 1/2 mile in length. The parade will begin at 12:15 p.m. Applications will be available in April in 2009 and must be submitted to the Oregon State Fair by May 15, 2009.
