Kansas State Fairgrounds - Hutchinson, Kansas

Olivia

My review isn’t on the Kansas State fair experience, but rather on the horse arenas. The arena itself is fairly nice and it has a lot of space For the riders. There is plenty of stalls in the quality of them is ok; Some of them are kind of beat up, but besides that they’re not bad. There are places to wash your horse. There is also an adjacent arena that we used to practice and it was very nice and could hold cattle.

Natalie T.

I love going to the State Fair every year. I love walking around looking at all the different exhibits and vendors. One of my favorites is the Kansas exhibits and 4H, I love seeing all the different livestock, especially the rabbits. It's always fun at the fair.

Jim C.

Great time at the Kansas State Fair! The buildings with rabbits & all sizes & shapes of poultry - wow, we are going back with grandchildren again. So thankful for the good care by the law enforcement- kind, friendly, and available- Thanks

Jessi R.

We come every year but we probably won't be next year after being outright lied to TWICE! By the state fair in 2024.

First when buying wristband tickets they said we could buy wrist bands through to the 6th and it would be $30 a band. That was what I was told BY THE TICKET OFFICE.

Then they advertised wristbands this year as being able to be used any day of the fair. We were told AT THE TICKET OFFICE that the wristband vouchers were good everyday of the fair.

They aren't! Wristbands are only usable Monday through Friday of the fair. That's it. So we wasted our entry tickets today because we were lied to about when wristbands could be used. We were going to ride rides today and now my kid is disappointed.

State fair keeps getting more and more expensive. Little kid rides are 9 tickets a piece so you can't even ride rides without a wristband at this point.

And now they falsely advertised the wristbands.

Seriously. Screw the fair at this point.

I want to reiterate for people who bought wristbands. WRISTBANDS DO NOT WORK ON THE WEEKENDS!!! DESPITE HOW THE CITY ADVERTISED THEM! If you bought wrist bands and were planning on using them the last weekend of the fair. Know you you will NOT get a wristband. Instead they will give you tickets, which again... is USELESS when the little kid motorcycle ride is 9 damn tickets.

Edit: First off. We came back Monday so we could actually use our wristbands. My son just got kicked out of line for a ride. Because the wrist bands stop working at 10pm. No one told us this when we bought the vouchers. No one told us that when we redeemed our vouchers. My kid is upset cause I told him we'd stay till 10:30.

On top of that. I don't know how anyone is gonna ride rides if they can't get wristbands this year. Only one ride we saw was under 9 tickets. That being the little kids big slide at 6 tickets. Every other ride is 9-15 tickets EACH. With ticket prices being $10 for 20 tickets, $30 for 65 tickets, or $60 for 140 tickets. These prices are INSANE. So parents beware going the last weekend of the fair. Because you can't use the wristbands and ticket prices are ridiculous.

Nash W.

RV parking with full hookups is a pleasure. Lots of room for longer rigs! All grass with paved roads.
Water pressure wasn't much but ok. The area was reasonably level too.
Very affordable!

Jake F.

Overall, I say it was worth making the trip to Hutch. The wife and kids had a great time. The kids had so many things to do and eat. We'll return next year for sure!

Miranda N.

After a few challenges with finding out where to get our wristbands and food vouchers I purchased online the month before. (Took us 2 hours because noone knew where the willcall building was. I had to call the 800 number) My family and I had a wonderful time at the fair.

Rob D.

The wife and I decided to take the day off work and make the hour drive to Hutchinson. It has been about 5 years since our last trip to the fair. For us that seems to be the right amount of spacing.

Being city dwellers who try to maintain a healthy diet, our goal was to see as many farm animals as we could and violate every rule of healthy eating. We accomplished both seeing a wide variety of animals, including our favorite attraction, which is the Kansas State Birthing Center, where they had a number of baby animals.

As far as food, we left full and a little sick, so goal met! We split a fair staple Pronto Pup, had some cinnamon covered almonds, cheeseburger and fries, and then I topped it off with fried cookie dough. My wife had the fried cheesecake.

It was a fun day, and we realized that when we return in another 5 years we'll get the senior discount!