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Typical Month
August
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Duration
18 days
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Size
large
About Alaska State Fair
The Alaska State Fair in Palmer is an 18-day late-August and Labor Day celebration in the Matanuska Valley, Alaska's premier annual fair drawing over 300,000 visitors to the fertile farmland of the Mat-Su Valley for giant vegetables, world-class entertainment, and the spirit of the Last Frontier.
What to Expect
Expect record-breaking giant vegetables grown under the midnight sun, champion livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, nationally known grandstand entertainment, Alaska Native arts and crafts, local food vendors, and the extraordinary community spirit of Alaska's agricultural heartland.
Visitor Tips
Palmer is in the Matanuska Valley where World War II-era homesteaders created Alaska's farming heartland — the 100-pound cabbages and thousand-pound pumpkins grown under Alaska's 20-hour summer days are genuinely astonishing.
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