FALCON HEIGTHS, Minn. – The 2023 Minnesota State Fair didn’t set an attendance record after a miserably hot and humid opener and an equally torrid although not so humid two final days. The 12-day total: 1.8 million in a state of 5.8 million people. The Fair’s record attendance was in 2019 at 2.1 million. This year day by day:
August 24 (Thursday): 106,000
August 25 (Friday): 164,000
August 26 (Saturday): 2`3,000.
August 27 (Sunday) 27: 174,000.
August 28 (Monday): 134,000.
August 29 (Tuesday): 135,000.
August 30 (Wednesday):128,000.
August 31 (Thursday): 130,000.
September 1 (Friday): 190,000.
September 2 (Saturday): 100,000.
September 3 Sunday): 141,000.
September 4 (Labor Day): 120,000.