Minnesota State Fair

Leafling, Inc.

About this app

The Minnesota State Fair App is the official virtual guide to finding your way around the Fair. It features our popular Food Finder and Merch Search tools along with the Fun Finder including entertainment and event schedule information.

Twelve Days of Fun Ending Labor Day! The Minnesota State Fair is one of the nation's largest and best-attended agricultural and educational entertainment events, in recent years attracting over 1.7 million people annually from across Minnesota, the U.S. and Canada. This 12-day exposition is held each year on a 360-acre permanent fairgrounds situated midway between the downtown areas of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

Ratings and reviews

Seeing a bunch of bad reviews. The one complaint is that I had to figure out that I had to add favorites to see stuff in the favorites map...the functionality isn't the "MAP" it is the Favorites page that has a map on it. The map page is worthless. Just go to "Favorites" after you've added some through search. Also you can just search on categories like blue ribbon items and add only those as a favorite. Oh ... Restrooms should be on the default map. Even if it's just a small icon, or layer.

I think the people leaving low reviews either haven't used the app in 2023, or are just unbelievably grumpy. The app shows everything you'll need when going to the fair. Alphabetized lists of stage shows, shops, food, and even separate sections for the new food and events this year. It's responsive, and detailwd. There's an interactive map you can move and zoom that will show selected food stalls. Easy 5/5 stars for an app you'll use two to three times max a year.

The only reason it gets a second star is I like that I can favorite events and then they come up in chronological order and also drops pins on the map. Unfortunately the map is pretty useless as you can't zoom out. Just get the pdf version from the website as its far more functional. This is 2019. I should have all my favorite spots pinned on the map and it should be able to show me the most efficient route to get to all of them. Disapointing app even for 2010 standards.