Presented by Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska State Fair, five Nebraskan farm and ranch families are nominated, selected, and honored as the State Fair “Ag Family of the Day.”

Experience the fun and skill of antique tractors. Games such as tractor balancing, the slowest tractor race, and team obstacle course racing are just a few of the games that you will experience with these amazing machines.

Chadron State College Round Pen Demostration

Worship on the fairgrounds with a Catholic Mass and a Lutheran Service held each Sunday on the Bristol Windows Stage. Service times are listed below :

Lutheran Services :

Sunday, August 28th-9:00 a.m.

Catholic Masses :

Nebraska entrepreneurs showcase a variety of Nebraska food products.

The Nebraska State Fair has a stationary herd of dairy cattle on display for all to see. See the cows get milked and listen to an educational demonstration regarding dairy cattle. Milking parlor demonstrations are held every day at 12 noon, 2:00pm, 4:00pm, 6:00pm and 8:00pm.

All the fun of Stuhr Museum's 1890's Living History Railroad Town comes to the Nebraska State Fair. The museum that brings the story of Nebraska's first towns to life feature dozens of hands-on, historical and artistic activities in the State Fair's Kids Zone, including live blacksmithing, coloring, word games, stilts and period children's games. Special, hands-on presentations take place at 2 p.m. each day. See below for a full schedule of presentations. Click here to learn more about Stuhr Museum.

Stuhr Museum Presentation Schedule :

• ALL DAY ACTIVITIES – Stuhr Museum’s booth at the Nebraska State Fair will give visitors a hands-on, Living History experience. Included are period games such as blacksmith games, skittles, graces, hoops and sticks and more, a reproduction wagon like the ones used to cross the plains in the early days of our state, a piece of antique farm machinery and some of the friendliest people you’ll meet at the fair. In addition, the Prairie Blacksmith Association will have their forges fired up during the day, every day of the fair, creating functional and artistic pieces of metal work. Special activities in the Stuhr tent take place during the day and into the early evening. Experts will be available during the day.
  
  

• Friday, Aug. 26 – Period Games

  Saturday, Aug. 27 – Wood and Cast Iron Cooking

  Sunday, Aug. 28 – 1890’s Tinsmithing

  Monday, Aug. 29 – Military History Exhibit: Civil War to WWI

  Tuesday, Aug. 30 – Rope Making and Historic Education

  Wednesday, Aug. 31 – Kitchen Gadget Game

  Thursday, Sept. 1 – 1890’s Woodworking

  Friday, Sept. 2 – Transportation Day featuring a 1926 Star

  Saturday, Sept. 3 – Trail Day (wagon exhibit and Dutch Oven Cooking)

  Sunday, Sept. 4 – Glass Etching

  Monday, Sept. 5 – Period Games