Thank You For Celebrating the 150th SC State Fair!

See you next year!
Oct. 14-25
Carolina Lights

Dec. 7-28

Ride of Your Life Scholarship

Applications for 2020 open in February.

See 2019 Winners

Football Parking

Reserve tailgate parking at the fairgrounds!

See tailgate options.

Book an Event

Events are happening year-round at the fairgrounds! Book your event here or see upcoming events.

A gentle brown cow with a child in the foreground.
A mother and her young son riding on a carousel horse with fair lights in the background.
A hand squeezing ketchup over one of two corndogs with a bucket of fries against a colorful background.
A man and a woman looking at artwork in a fair exhibition hall. The man is pointing to a landscape painting next to a closeup painting of a watch.
View from beneath the swings ride with multiple riders swinging out in a circle, feet dangling.
A mother and two children petting a brown llama in an animal show building.
The fair ferris wheel lit up at dusk with the Midway attractions and the fair Rocket in the background.
A large assortment of vegetables including tomatoes, cabbage, sweet potatoes, yellow squash and multi-colored corn, all in a cornucopia with a blue fair ribbon attached.

DID YOU KNOW?

The South Carolina State Fair is a local, self-sustaining, non-profit organization.

Since 1997, our fair has donated over $3 million in scholarships for SC students.

South Carolina State Fair
1200 Rosewood Drive
Columbia, SC 29201 Contact