General Information

 

Contact Us | Hours of Operation | Kerr Drug General Store

 

Physical Address

Mailing Address

Phone

Email

1025 Blue Ridge Road
Raleigh, NC 27607

1010 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1010

919-821-7400
Staff Directory

Click here to send an email question or comment.

How to Get to the Fair

 

Press Office

Maps

 

 

Hours of Operation

Fairgrounds Gates
Open 8 a.m. - midnight (weather permitting)
Except Oct. 11, when gates open at 3 p.m.
Fairgoer must have advance ticket, or purchase admission ticket prior to 9:45 p.m., in order to enter gates between 10 p.m. and closing.

 

Admission Ticket Booths
Open 8 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Except Oct. 11, when admission ticket booths open at 3 p.m.
Fairgoer must have advance ticket, or purchase admission ticket prior to 9:45 p.m., in order to enter gates between 9:45 p.m. and closing.

 

Midway Ride Ticket Booths (Located inside the fairgrounds)
Open 9:30 a.m. - 11 p.m.
Except Oct. 11, when midway ride ticket booths open at 3 p.m.

Midway Rides (weather permitting)
10 a.m. - midnight Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights

10 a.m. - 11 p.m. Sundays, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday nights
Except Oct. 11, when midway rides will be open 3:30 p.m. to midnight.

Exhibit Halls
9 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Except Oct. 11, when exhibit halls open at 4 p.m.

Future Fair Dates

  • October 17-27, 2013
  • October 16 - 26, 2014
  • October 15 - 25, 2015
  • October 13 - 23, 2016

 

 

It's hard to enjoy the State Fair with a sunburn, sore feet or a headache! Kerr Drug now has a general store located on the Fairgrounds by the Waterfall. Stop by for anything you need from antacid to batteries, a memory card for your camera, flip-flops or sunglasses.  Kerr Drug at the Waterfall has what you need to keep you going at the fair.