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Entry Fees Increasing At State Fair

Chances are you will be paying more to get into this year’s Illinois State Fair. The Illinois Department of Agriculture is raising the price of admission to $10 most days for adults, that’s up from $7. But kids 12 and under are now going to be free – last year they were $3 to get in.

 

A few other changes are coming. The unofficial first day of the fair, the Thursday of the Twilight Parade will no longer be free and now seen as an official day of the fair. Adults will pay $5 to enter that day along with the final Sunday of the fair. Seniors pay $2 on each of those days.

 

The Department of Ag has also bumped up the price to park on the grounds; weekend parking - Friday’s and Saturday’s will be $10 and the rest of the time it will be $5. The IDOA says they looked at surrounding fairs and found they were on the low end of admissions and given the state’s current budget situation they wanted to be more cost efficient with running the fair. 

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