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STAND · MINNESOTA STATE FAIR

Ragin Cajun

The 2026 Minnesota State Fair ended on Monday, September 7, 2026. Everything below describes the 2026 fair, which is the most recent one I hold — stands, buildings and rides carry over year to year, but dates, prices and schedules do not. I update it when the fair publishes for 2027. The 2027 fair runs August 26 – September 6, 2027 — 293 days away.

On the menu

  • breakfast sliders
  • breakfast jambalaya scrambled eggs topped with jambalaya
  • Po Boy Sandwiches shrimp, steak, chicken
  • crawfish
  • Cajun chicken wings
  • shrimp on-a-stick
  • beignets
  • chicken on-a-stick
  • Gumbo Frites traditional gravy-based gumbo, base of crispy-fried potatoes
  • jambalaya
  • Cajun fries
  • Bourbon Street Wings
  • gumbo
  • pork chop on-a-stick
  • Diet Coke
  • Coca-Cola
  • Sprite
  • coffee
  • bottled water
  • lemonade
  • Bud Light Chelada
  • Busch Light
  • Busch NA - NA
  • Coors Light
  • Fair State Party Forward Hazy IPA
  • Kona Big Wave Golden Ale
  • Leinenkugel's Summer Shandy
  • Lift Bridge Black Cherry Lemonade Slushie
  • Lift Bridge Mango Blonde
  • Lift Bridge Tropical Hurricane "The Big Easy" Hard Slushie (new this year!)
  • Michelob ULTRA
  • Miller Lite
  • Modelo Especial
  • New Belgium Voodoo Ranger IPA
  • Summit Extra Pale Ale
  • Summit Oktoberfest
  • Twisted Tea Blue on the Bayou (new this year!)
  • White Claw Hard Seltzer Black Cherry
  • White Claw Hard Seltzer Mango
  • Blue on the Bayou New Bright blue raspberry flavor and Twisted Tea come together in this colorful, easy-drinking beer that's sure to make waves. A splash of Southern charm with a Minnesota twist. 5% ABV. Brewed in Boston, Mass., by Boston Beer Company.
  • Tropical Hurricane "The Big Easy" Hard Slushie New Tropical fruit flavors take center stage in this Hurricane cocktail-inspired hard seltzer slushie. Bold, juicy and bursting with citrus, it's a festive sip that brings a taste of Mardi Gras to every glass. (Gluten-removed) 5% ABV. Brewed in Stillwater, Minn., by Lift Bridge Brewing Company.

41 items recorded. Menus and prices change between fairs — this is what I hold for 2026.

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Last verified against the fair's own listing. Anything I cannot source I leave blank rather than estimate.

Compiled and checked by Keith Gulbro, who has been going to this fair for thirty-odd years and builds MN Fair Guide on his own — why he does it. Spotted something wrong? Tell him and it gets fixed.

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