Aug. 27 – Labor Day, Sept. 7, 2026
128 Days 8 Hours 46 Mins
Daytime Vehicle Parking Permits
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Overnight Parking is located on the Minnesota State Fairgrounds in the Livestock Lots A, B or D (located to the west of the horse and livestock barns). Livestock and horse exhibitors who wish to park their camping and RV units on the fairgrounds during the State Fair must complete an overnight livestock parking reservation request.
Significant changes have been made to the overnight livestock parking reservation process. Please read carefully below and see the FAQ page for answers to common questions.
To improve the safety and security of the fairgrounds, all reservations are now non-transferrable. A reserved space may not be shared, sublet or resold. The person submitting the online reservation request will be considered the responsible party for the camping unit and site and must be 18 years of age or older. The camping unit that arrives must match the one submitted in the initial online reservation request. The individual who originally requested the space must be present at time of camper drop-off and present a photo ID to staff.
To confirm that overnight parking spaces are being awarded to state fair livestock and horse exhibitors, the party responsible for the reservation must provide additional information about their exhibitors and entries at the time of payment. Payment will now be due by the online registration deadline for your entries or three days after the close of your county fair (whichever is later).
To better allocate the available overnight parking spaces, separate lotteries will be run for each encampment. It will be possible to get all, some or none of the requested encampments confirmed. Any requests not confirmed will remain in the queue in lottery order in case of cancellations.
Registration for the lottery opens on the Tuesday, May 26 at 8 a.m., and the reservation request system will close the same day at midnight. No more requests will be accepted after that time.
All requests made between 8 a.m. and 11:59 a.m. on the registration date, will be put into a computer-generated lottery and filled in that order. Anyone who successfully completed a request in the first four hours has an equal chance of securing a camping spot. Requests made at noon or later will be filled or wait-listed in the order in which they are date- and time-stamped by the online process.
The overnight parking online form is part of the overall Minnesota State Fair competition registration system. You must login or create a user account before you can access the form. If you have entered livestock, horses or paid for overnight parking in previous years, you have a user account tied to your email address. You should login using that email address.
Prior to May 26, we will post a short video and instruction document that will walk you through process and help you know what to expect when making your reservation request.
Email notification of the status of all requests will be sent after June 11, 2026. Full payment is due for confirmed requests by the online registration deadline for your entries or three days after the close of your county fair (whichever is later). Any confirmed spaces not paid for by their appropriate deadline will be reallocated to the next appropriate request.
For further information, please contact the competition department at competition@mnstatefair.org or 651-288-4417.
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