Got your funnel cake? Ready to revisit your favorite rides?
The Maryland State Fair will return for its 143rd season this summer.
The annual event will run for three weekends: Aug. 22-25; Aug. 29-Sept. 2; and Sept. 5-8 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium.
The admission gate will be open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursdays; and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor Day Monday.
Two rules that were instituted in 2023 will continue this year: Nobody will be admitted after 9 p.m. Attendees under age 18 must be accompanied by an adult age 21 or older after 6 p.m.
Once admitted, fair hours will run as follows:
Thursdays
- Building Hours: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- Exhibition Hall Hours: 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Carnival Midway Hours: 5 p.m. to close
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Labor Day Monday
- Building Hours: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
- Exhibition Hall Hours: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- Carnival Midway Hours: 10 a.m. to close
Thoroughbred horse racing will take place on Aug. 23-25 and Aug. 30-Sept. 2. Post time is 12:25 p.m.
Earlier this year, fair officials announced that American boy band Big Time Rush will headline a concert series on the fair’s main stage. The band will perform Sept. 7, with Canadian pop music duo Crash Adams as their opening act.
