Bingo at the Fair!

July 27, 2022
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Mark your calendars for Wednesday August 17th for Bingo on the Grand Concourse with the Blue Ribbon Foundation! From 9 am to 7 pm, we will have a tent set up for rounds of bingo to be enjoyed by Fairgoers.

Each card is 1 dollar and the proceeds go to a great cause. 50% of the earnings from each game go to the Jackpot, and 50% go to supporting the Blue Ribbon Foundation’s mission of renovating and preserving the Fairgrounds! For example, if 100 people were to play in a round, the prize money would be 50 dollars, and the Blue Ribbon Foundation would raise 50 dollars for our projects.

Bingo will be called by local Des Moines and Iowa State Fair celebrities throughout the day, ranging from the newly crowned 2022 Iowa State Fair Queen, to WHO TV personality Calyn Thompson, to the Blue Ribbon Foundation’s very own executive director Peter Cownie!

                There is no pre-registration necessary. Just walk on over to the tent on the Grand Concourse Wednesday, August 17th from 9 AM to 7 PM and jump right in. Play one game, or stay for a few!

- Laura Noehren, Business Relations Intern