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Carnival Rides | Animals & Agriculture | Tiny Acres Farm | Ag Magic Show | Great Lakes Timber Show
Kenya Safari Acrobats | Xbox 360 | Kids Country | Dare Devil Stunt Show | Monsters Mural | Bairds Petting Zoo
Fair Food | Demolition Derby | TN Railroad Exhibit | Karaoke Contest | Arts and Education | Health & Wellness
We've got a lot of exciting entertainment planned for this year's fair! Here's just a sample of what you'll see at the 2010 Tennessee State Fair.
Animals & Agriculture
Tiny Acres Farm
Don't miss the Tiny Acres Little Farmer Interactive Exhibit located in and around the Agriculture building. Thanks to the Tennessee Farm Bureau, Tiny Acres has become a fun, learning activity for the future farmers in your family. Tiny Acres engages little folks with hands-on experience and garners appreciation of the time and energy that the American farmer puts into bringing food to the family table. After the little ones learn to harvest a crop, they are rewarded with a treat at the end of their journey!
Ag Magic Show
This show is an entertaining way to educate kids on what crops farmers grow and raise in Tennessee. The Ag Magic Show is dedicated to creating a positive image of the American Farmer. The program engages children and parents to help make the magic happen and test their agricultural knowledge.
Three shows daily!
Great Lakes Timber Show
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This lumberjack show features chainsaw carving, axe throwing, wood chopping, one and two-man crosscut sawing, modified chain sawing, log rolling and loads of clean family humor. Check it out for lots of laughs for you and your family!
Three shows daily!
http://www.laughsandlures.com/
Kenya Safari Acrobats
The Kenya Safari Acrobats have been performing at the Tennessee State Fair for the past 4 years with crowds getting bigger every year. They return with their fabulous show, which will include the following stunts: balancing on top of chairs, performing the limbo under a rod of fire, tumbling, and fire eating, to name a few.
Three shows daily!
http://www.kenyasafariacrobats.com/
Xbox 360
This exhibit features the brand new Kinect. Play the newest Xbox games without a controller!
Kids Country
This area is designed as a place where parents and grandparents can rest and watch the kiddos (ages 3-8) have fun. Kids Country is located within Volunteer Village on the west side of the Fair. McDonald's ® Kids Country is returning this year.
Dare Devil Stunt Show, presented by Ives Brothers Promotions
See the Ives Brothers and their extreme freestyle motocross. Cody and Kyle will be tearing it during the closing weekend of the fair, Evel Knievel style! This is extreme freestyle motocross that's worthy of a Guinness world record (really, Cody has one.)
Three shows daily from Friday, Sept. 17 - Sunday, Sept. 19!
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Monster Mural
Every preschooler loves to color, but with the Monster Mural, both kids and adults alike can have a hand in a fun, creative experience! An extra large banner will be on display at the fair for everyone to color and enjoy. So come by and contribute your creativity to the Tennessee State Fair Monster Mural!
Bairds Petting Zoo
The Animal Petting Zoo offers exciting and educational fun for people of all ages! Located inside of McDonald's® Kids Country in the Family Fun Zone, Bairds Petting Zoo offers hands-on fun for kids and adults alike.
Fair Food
Is it "Must-See" or "Must-Eat?" We may never know for sure...but we do know that NO fair is complete without quintessentially delicious fair foods blended with Tennessee's finest entertainment!
Heritage Farms Food Court & Stages
Entertainment here includes the Kenya Safari Acrobats, an Ice Cream Eating Contest, twirlers, cloggers, jump rope exhibitions and live music each night! Hungry? Experience the deep fried Goo Goo Clusters, sausages, hotdogs, funnel cakes, roasted corn, popcorn, cotton candy, corn dogs, candy apples, Philly cheese steaks, pizza, roast beef sundaes, chicken on a stick, pizza, Tennessee Barbeque and tacos.
Garden Café
Check out the air-conditioned seating, hot dogs, meat 'n three, hamburgers, french fries and salads.
Village Café inside Volunteer Village
Sawmill gravy and biscuits, country breakfast will get your day started right.
New this year: a mini-farmer’s market and grocery counter for local farm-fresh produce.…and don’t forget about the Signature Candy of the Tennessee State Fair, The Deep Fried Goo Goo Cluster!
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An Original Tennessee Delicacy
Demolition Derby
Throw the rules out the window! We're going to see who's the best demolition derby driver in Tennessee! It's family-friendly fun, and the winner is the last car standing! Get your tickets here!
Tennessee HO Model Railroad Exhibit
Be sure to see the gigantic HO scale (1:87 ratio) model railroad exhibit in the Exhibitors Building. We've made a bunch of new additions since last year! Sponsored by the Cumberland Division, Southeastern Region of the National Model Railroad Association and Tennessee Central Ry Museum, the exhibit will have several trains running at all times, including freight and passenger trains. Many locomotives, both steam and diesel, are sound-equipped for a more realistic experience. The model railroad includes a circus with animated midway rides, two large freight yards, and a modern digital command control system that allows for independent operation of each locomotive. Equipment representing past and present Middle Tennessee railroads will be operating every day of the fair.
Karaoke Contest
Think you should be the next American Idol? We might not be able to get you in front of Simon, but the Tennessee State Fair Karaoke Competition is a great place to start! Every night during the fair from 8-10pm we will be hosting a karaoke competition. Two winners will be selected each night to continue on to the winners’ round held Sunday, September 20th from 7-8pm. Registration for both the nightly and winners’ rounds will be held an hour before the designated start time. Come on out and belt it out!
Arts and Education
The Arts & Education Zone is located in the Creative Arts Building of the Tennessee State Fair and focuses on interactive education and general fun for children of all ages. "The Zone" presents children with a chance to learn and have fun with some of Nashville's brightest artists and organizations. Be sure your child is part of the Arts & Education experience at this year's Tennessee State Fair.
Youth Speaks Nashville
Youth Speaks Nashville conducts spoken word poetry school residencies, workshops, and shows. YSN poets just returned from the Brave New Voices poetry slam in Los Angeles (as seen on HBO) where they finished as one of the top twelve teams in the country. Learn more at youthspeaksnashville.org.
Joshua Black Wilkins
Renowned photographer Joshua Black Wilkins photographs fair-goers and teaches the "ins & outs" of photography. His work has been featured in GQ, Rolling Stone, Spin, and many other publications. You can see more of his work at www.jbwphotography.com.
Carol Ponder
Born and raised in Appalachia, Carol performs old and new songs and stories delighting people of all ages.
Discovery Center
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring is a hands-on museum and nature center dedicated to inspiring and educating the children and strengthening families through creative play.
Learn more at discoverycenteronline.org
Governor's Highway Safety Program
Safe driving is serious business in Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of Safety, through the Tennessee Highway Patrol and Driver Services Division, strives to ensure the overall safety of the public through education, regulation and enforcement.
See them on Facebook.
Health & Wellness
Pedometer Challenge!
Take part in the 2010 Tennessee State Fair Pedometer Challenge! Humana and Nationwide are teaming up to sponsor this year’s main health and wellness initiative event. Our goal with the Health and Wellness Initiative is to calculate the average mileage walked at the fair on any given day. We will then multiply this calculated average (thanks to your strides!) by total fair attendance to get total mileage walked throughout the entire duration of the fair! We are making “strides” toward better health and only you can help raise awareness! To participate, come by the Health & Wellness tent by the entrance and pick up a pedometer from one of the volunteers.