Oct. 8-19, 2025

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Thursday, Oct. 16

Admission: 11am - 9pm

Buildings: 11am - 9pm

Rides: 12pm - 11pm

🕑 All Day

Cut Horticulture Exhibition

Cantey Building

Beef Cattle Shows

Nutt Cattle Arena, starting at 10am all day

Junior Market Lamb

Junior Commercial Ewe Shows

Swine/Sheep/Goat Arena, starting at noon

All Equine Ranch Show

Abernathy Arena

🕑 12:00pm

American Tribute

Main Flag Pole 

🕑 12:30pm

Farmer’s Daughter Show

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

🕑 1:00pm

Swifty Swine Racing & Swimming Pigs

Performing near Abernathy Arena

🕑 1:30pm

The Everly Set

Performing at the Academic Avenue Stage

David  Bynes

Performing at the Netterfield Stage

Paul Bunyan Lumberjacks

Performing at the South Gate

Paz The Sports Guy 

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

🕑 2:00pm

CIRCUS at the Fair

Beside the Ellison Building near the South Gate Entrance

🕑 2:30pm

Silver Starlets

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

Swifty Swine Racing & Swimming Pigs

Performing near Abernathy Arena

🕑 3:00pm

The Everly Set

Performing at the Academic Avenue Stage

Paul Bunyan Lumberjacks

Performing at the South Gate

🕑 3:30pm

Farmer’s Daughter Show

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

🕑 4:00pm

Swifty Swine Racing & Swimming Pigs

Performing near Abernathy Arena

Mad Chad

Performing at the Academic Avenue State

David  Bynes

Performing at the Netterfield Stage

🕑 4:30pm

CIRCUS at the Fair

Beside the Ellison Building near the South Gate Entrance

Paz The Sports Guy 

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

🕑 5:00pm

The Everly Set

Performing at the Academic Avenue Stage

🕑 5:30pm

Silver Starlets

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

Swifty Swine Racing & Swimming Pigs

Performing near Abernathy Arena

🕑 6:00pm

Paul Bunyan Lumberjacks

Performing at the South Gate

🕑 6:30pm

Farmer’s Daughter Show

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

Mad Chad

Performing at the Academic Avenue Stage

🕑 7:00pm

Swifty Swine Racing & Swimming Pigs

Performing near Abernathy Arena

David  Bynes

Performing at the Netterfield Stage

Richie and the High Street Rockers

Performing at the Pepsi Place Stage

🕑 7:30pm

CIRCUS at the Fair

Beside the Ellison Building near the South Gate Entrance

Paz The Sports Guy 

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

🕑 8:30pm

Mad Chad

Performing at the Academic Avenue Stage

Silver Starlets

Performing at the Rocket Plaza

Today’s Highlights

Sensory-Friendly Morning

From 10 a.m.- noon, children and adults with autism or sensory processing disorders and one companion are welcome to enter the fairgrounds, as our guest, up to one hour before the gates officially open and participate in Sensory-Friendly Morning.  Click here for more details.

 Exceptional Citizens Day

Free admission for persons with life-long, developmental, or physical disabilities (and one companion).  Click here for a flyer.

 Military Appreciation Day

Active and retired military and their dependents (with proper military identification cards) will be admitted FREE. Dependent children 14 years old and older must present ID.

12pm-2pm  Lunch Bunch Promo

Join the lunch bunch! From Monday – Friday, between noon and 2 p.m., pop in and out of the S.C. State Fair for lunch with a special lunch bunch ticket, available from noon-2 p.m. each weekday (except Wednesday, Oct. 8). Pay your entry fee and receive a refundable $20 ticket. Return to the ticket booth with the ticket by 2 p.m. to get your money back.

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