Gate admission will be $10 this year and can be purchased at the gates. Gate admission is not included in the cost
of an event ticket. Children 10 years of age and under get free gate admission.
Season Passes
Gets you in the Gate for the 5 days of the fair. Cost is $29 if purchased in April or May and $32 thereafter. Available by coming in or calling the Fair Office
Also available at many banks in Monticello, Anamosa, Cascade and Wyoming.
Handicapped Seating
Call the Fair Office at 319-465-3275 for Information and Availability of Handicapped seating.
Elephant Encounter is an educational and entertaining experience for the entire family.
Audiences are guided through an up close and personal encounter with the world’s largest
land animals.
There is no place where people can see elephants like they can during the Elephant Encounter
program. People are inspired as they experience the full force of each elephant’s unique
individual personality.
The program provides audiences with an education on the Asian and African elephants. The
program features Cora, a 50-year-old Asian elephant, and Shannon, a 22-year-old African.
The Morris family welcomes the opportunity to educate individuals about their philosophy
of care for Cora and Shannon, and what it’s like to share their lives with them.
Please join us on our Australian adventure as we meet kangaroos, wallaroos,
wallabies and even baby joeys! Enjoy the amazing laugh of the kookaburra
and visit with all of our lizard friends. All found only in the land down under!
Have FUN at our Australian Animal Show!
Aussie Kingdom brings the Australian outback to life at National and State Fairs and County Festivals everywhere!
The Maxxx is another example of thrill ride creativity and innovation. This ride can't be
considered a mere evolution of a classic ejection seat because it adds new elements of thrill
with a different combination of fall and lift accelerations not yet considered in any
other attraction.
The ride is mounted on a semi-trailer and is made up of 2 telescopic columns that are hydraulically
erected to 30 metres high!.
During the ride, the gondola swings with different speeds at different heights
and creates changes in the passengers' sense of depth with the dynamic movement of the 2 fulcrums.
Those who love thrilling sensation and admire the feeling of high free-swinging will love MAXXX.
America's Farmers Mobile Experience is a 53-foot tractor trailer that folds out into 1,000 square feet
of exhibit space. Step into this Mobile Experience and get a first-hand look at not only the demands
global agriculture faces, but also how farmers truly are the solution. And learn it all in
a mere 24 minutes.
Quick Facts about the Mobile Experience:
• 53-foot tractor trailer that folds out into 1,000 square feet of
exhibit space
• 24-minute tour
• 180-degree, immersive audio and HD visual theater experience
• Interactive seed scanner helps people understand how Monsanto is
helping farmers produce more and conserve more
• Interactive 360-degree globe shows visitors how world food production
will need to keep up with population growth
• Population counter shows real-time population growth
