Join us for a day of fun on the last Friday of the Fair, Aug. 16, for Missouri Electric Cooperatives (MEC) Day!
Special promotions and activities are planned for the day from MEC including:
- Exhibits in the MEC Building showcasing green initiatives; kids activities and prize drawings.
- Free LED nightlights given to the first 1,500 people who visit their building this day.
- MEC Linemen will conduct Electrical Safety Training Demonstrations at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in front of the MEC Building.
- The “People from our Pages” booth in the MEC Building will feature Earl Mullins from the Space Museum in Bonne Terre, MO.
- MEC scholarship opportunity – four $500 scholarships will be given based on a blind draw. Application forms available in the MEC Building during the Fair.
- Unlimited carnival ride wristbands will be $5 off for the day with a coupon from Rural Missouri Magazine.
Here’s a glance at other events happening on MEC Day, Friday, Aug. 16:
- Fish Cooking and Cleaning demonstrations – 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Conservation Building.
- Draft Horse Pony Show at 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. following with the Draft Horse Hitches Show, sponsored by BTC Bank, at 5 p.m. at the Mathewson Exhibition Center.
- Livestock shows and building competitions all day including the dairy and beef cattle, swine and goat shows; dahlia show in the Floriculture Building, 4-H Cooking with Honey Contest and more.
- Wine 101 Class, presented by Missouri Wines – noon and 2 p.m. in the Wine Tent
- Free grounds entertainment all day for all ages including blacksmith demonstrations, John Cassidy Comedy Magic Show and Pat Kay One-Man Band on the Superior Sleep Stage, and Professor Smart’s Comedy Science Show and Steve Gryb, the Pied Piper of Percussion, on the Kids Stage, sponsored by Your Local McDonald’s.
- Limbo Contest at 5:30 p.m. on the Touchstone Energy Stage. Winner goes in the Money Madness Machine!
- At the Budweiser Stage, watch Four Fried Chickens & a Coke perform at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. and Dirt Road Addiction closes the night with their performance at 9 p.m.
- Military Flag Retreat Ceremony honoring Michael B. Garvey of Brookfield – 5:30 p.m. at the flagpole in front of the Historic Administration Building.
- Ludacris with Dax – 7:30 p.m. in the State Fair Grandstand, presented by CFM Insurance; Tickets on sale now. Fireworks display, sponsored by Missouri S&T, immediately following the concert.
Missouri Electric Cooperatives Day, Aug. 16, is a great day to join the fun on the last Friday of the 2024 Missouri State Fair, going on now through Aug. 18 in Sedalia.
