LABOR DAY WEEKEND - SEPTEMBER 3-7, 2026
MICHIGAN STATE FAIR
CONTEST CENTRAL
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Got game? Bring it when you come to the Fair! The tradition of friendly, comical and even sometimes ridiculous contests is alive and kicking at the Michigan State Fair. Visit Contest Central and watch or enter contests such Hot dog, Corn-on-the-cob and Pie eating contests, just to name a few.
Contest Central at the Michigan State Fair is a place to have silly fun and make memories…Who doesn’t want to be related to the Pie Eating Champion of the State Fair or any of our other contest winners?
daily contests
Thursday
Push- Up Power 12:00 PM
Hula Hooping 1:00 pm
Picklepalozza 2:00 pm
Simon Says 3:00 pm
Frozen T-shirt 4:00 pm
Face the cookie 5:00 pm
Musical chairs 6:00 pm
Shoot your shot 7:00 pm
Friday
Jump rope 12:00 pm
Fruit by the foot 1:00 pm
Right, left, right 2:00 pm
Carrot drop 3:00 pm
Sundae showdown 4:00 pm
Hot wing rumble 5:00 pm
Face the cookie 6:00 pm
Easy as pie 7:00 pm
Saturday
Simon says 11:00 am
Push-up power 12:00 pm
Fruit by the foot 1:00 pm
Corn on the cob 2:00 pm
Melon mania 3:00 pm
Face the cookie 4:00 pm
Hot dog dash 5:00 pm
Right, left, right 6:00 pm
Hula hooping 7:00 pm
Sunday
Picklepalooza 11:00 am
Simon says 12:00 pm
Jump rope 1:00 pm
Right, left, right 2:00 pm
Sundae showdown 3:00 pm
Hot dog dash 4:00 pm
Fruit by the foot 5:00 pm
Shoot your shot 6:00 pm
Cake eating 7:00 pm
Monday
Push up power 11:00 am
Shoot your shot 12:00 pm
Picklepalooza 1:00 PM
Frozen T-Shirt 2:00 pm
Carrot drop 3:00 pm
Musical chairs 4:00 pm
Simon says 5:00 pm
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