{"id":153484,"date":"2025-08-17T16:04:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153484\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T16:04:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T16:04:07","slug":"free-admission-days-at-the-2025-ny-state-fair-see-the-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/153484\/","title":{"rendered":"Free admission days at the 2025 NY State Fair: See the list"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York State Fair is back from <strong>Aug. 20 to Sept. 1<\/strong>, offering <strong>13 days<\/strong> packed with live music, animals, carnival rides, food vendors, and hundreds of exhibits and attractions. Big-name performers like <strong>Busta Rhymes<\/strong>, <strong>O.A.R.<\/strong>, and <strong>Shaggy<\/strong> are set to hit the stage this year.<\/p>\n<p>Free admission days<\/p>\n<p>The fair is offering several themed <strong>free admission days<\/strong> based on eligibility:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Student Youth Day \u2013 Aug. 21<\/strong>Children <strong>18 and under<\/strong> receive <strong>free admission<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Law Enforcement Day \u2013 Aug. 25<\/strong>Active or retired <strong>law enforcement and corrections personnel<\/strong> get free entry with <strong>badge or photo ID<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>State Parks Day \u2013 Aug. 25<\/strong>Visitors with an <strong>Empire Pass, Liberty Pass<\/strong>, or <strong>Access NYS Park Pass<\/strong> are eligible for free entry.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fire, Rescue and EMS Day \u2013 Aug. 26<\/strong>Active or retired members of <strong>fire departments, emergency services<\/strong>, or <strong>EMS organizations<\/strong> receive free admission with <strong>department or agency ID<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Armed Forces Day \u2013 Aug. 28<\/strong><strong>Active-duty military and veterans<\/strong> get free entry with <strong>military ID<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Native American Day \u2013 Aug. 29<\/strong>Members of <strong>recognized Native American tribes<\/strong> are eligible for free admission.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Concerts<\/p>\n<p>The 2025 lineup includes a mix of genres and generations. Some of the confirmed artists include:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Busta Rhymes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>O.A.R.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Neon Trees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>DJ Pauly D<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Dionne Warwick<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Concerts are free with fair admission and take place at <strong>Suburban Park<\/strong> and <strong>Chevy Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Location<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York State Fairgrounds<\/strong>: 581 State Fair Blvd., Geddes, Onondaga County<\/p>\n<p>More info<\/p>\n<p>For a full list of performers, ticket info, and schedule updates, visit: <strong>nysfair.ny.gov<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The New York State Fair is back from Aug. 20 to Sept. 1, offering 13 days packed with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":153485,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[647,5229,648,5497,18824,3534,7714,171,2879,19819,2104,11090,85397,7709,19820,11652,4289,425,666,40848,1083,975,635,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,450,1457,1451,19817,5677,89819,646,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-153484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arts","11":"tag-concerts","12":"tag-concerts-u0026-music-festivals","13":"tag-emergency","14":"tag-emergency-medical-services","15":"tag-entertainment","16":"tag-events","17":"tag-events-u0026-listings","18":"tag-festivals","19":"tag-holiday","20":"tag-holiday-marketplace-hub","21":"tag-holidays","22":"tag-holidays-u0026-seasonal-events","23":"tag-hub","24":"tag-listings","25":"tag-local","26":"tag-local-affiliate-arts-u0026-entertainment","27":"tag-marketplace","28":"tag-medical","29":"tag-music","30":"tag-new","31":"tag-new-york","32":"tag-new-york-city","33":"tag-news","34":"tag-newyork","35":"tag-newyorkcity","36":"tag-ny","37":"tag-nyc","38":"tag-overall","39":"tag-overall-positive","40":"tag-positive","41":"tag-seasonal","42":"tag-services","43":"tag-shaggy","44":"tag-u0026","45":"tag-united-states","46":"tag-united-states-of-america","47":"tag-unitedstates","48":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","49":"tag-us","50":"tag-usa","51":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153484\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}