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The final Du Quoin State Fair Grandstand for 2025 has been announced. According to the fair’s Facebook page, country music ...
DU QUOIN, Ill. (KFVS) - The Du Quoin State Fairgrounds is offering several free events this summer. Every Friday in June, the ...
DU QUOIN, Ill. — Each year when the parade kicking off Illinois’ second state fair winds down, fairgoers stream by the hundreds to Wanda Rednour’s lawn, which sits in the middle of the state ...
DU QUOIN, Ill. (KFVS) - The 2024 Du Quoin State Fair enters its final day. The fair wraps up on Labor Day. A ribbon-cutting ceremony kicked off the fair at 5:30 p.m. at the Grandstand on Friday ...
DU QUOIN — Do you remember when the night show in the Grandstand at Du Quoin State Fair ran five nights or days before the Hambletonian came to the fair? These are just a few of the memories ...
The most severe punishment went to John Rednour Jr., fair manager at the DuQuoin State Fair since 2003. Investigators found he violated the state’s gift ban act when he intentionally solicited ...
The Du Quoin State Fair is almost here, with corn dogs, funnel cakes, carnival rides and racing. Friday’s Twilight Parade will open the 11-day fair at 6 p.m., traveling down U.S. 51 to the ...
The 2024 Du Quoin State Fair kicked off with a ribbon cutting on Friday evening at the grandstand, followed by the Twilight Parade on the fairgrounds. Jerry Costello, director of the Illinois ...
DU QUOIN, Ill. (KFVS) - Preparations for the Du Quoin State Fair heat up this week with the big event kicking off in just four days. On Monday, August 21, we talked with fair leaders on how they ...
DUQUOIN, Ill. -- The DuQuoin State Fair drew 54,900 more people this year than last, due mainly to improved entertainment, officials said Tuesday. The state's smaller and lesser-known state fair ...
DUQUOIN, IL (WSIL) -- Monday was the last day of the 100th DuQuoin State Fair. We wanted to bring you the history behind it through the words of a man who's been involved with the fair almost as ...
DUQUOIN, Ill. (AP) - The logo for the 2016 DuQuoin State Fair gives a nod to the importance of agriculture in the Illinois economy. State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon unveiled the logo Friday for the ...