DuQuoin State Fair Concerts

Great camping area. Very well maintained. We were there for the solar eclipse. I was thankful when I heard it was opened up to have a place to park. We live an hour away. I didn't mind paying to have a place. I noticed people showing up the day of and throwing out tents anywhere on the grounds with out having to pay.

The 2023 Du Quoin State Fair was the busiest I have seen in quite some time. There were a ton of booths, great music, and the atmosphere was electric.

The holiday lights drive thru is amazing and exhibit hall!!

We haven’t been here in years! We came on the first Sunday of the fair, in the afternoon. We went through the gate off of route 14 and found front row parking everywhere. The whole fair wasn’t busy at all. I recommend buying the wristband if your planning on buying over 20 tickets ($25), because for $30 dollars you can get unlimited rides.

I have been going to the fair nearly every year since I’ve been born. I feel like every year, it gets less exciting than the previous year. This year the prices were nearly unaffordable. As a mom of 3, it’s just not possible to buy all 3 kids arm bands to ride the rides, get food for all 5 of us, and pay for parking as well. My husband and I had tickets to a concert that got canceled due to the performer having an illness. Completely not the fairs fault at all. However, we have to REQUEST to get a refund. Fill out papers, send them in with our original ticket, then wait until the end of the fair for them to start writing refund checks and mail them. There has to be a better way to do this. They did have the Clydesdale parade through the fairgrounds which was pretty cool. Over all, I just feel like what used to be a fun family activity, is now totally unaffordable and not worth it.