Field Trips
Welcome
Welcome to the most interactive classroom in Arizona –the Arizona State Fair!
We are proud to host interactive educational opportunities for public, private, charter, and home school groups. Field trips are FREE for all participants – both students and adult chaperones, and include a curriculum aligned to the Arizona Department of Education State Standards for English, Math, Science and Social Studies.
How the Arizona State Fair Field Trip Works:
- REGISTER – Complete the online Field Trip Registration Form. Register your field trip by Oct 1! Register HERE
- CONFIRM – A confirmation email will be sent after your registration is confirmed. This form is to be PRINTED and brought with your group on the day of your field trip. Please allow up to five (5) business days for your request to be processed. Prior to your confirmed attendance date, a reminder email will be sent with check-in details. All registered children and adult chaperones will be admitted FREE of charge when checking in as a registered group. More specific details regarding the check-in process will be emailed closer to the designated field trip dates.
- ARRIVE – All field trip groups MUST check in at the designated gate between 11:00 AM and 12:00 Noon. Field trip groups are required to present a PRINTED COPY of their confirmation email to gain entrance into the Fair. Admission will be charged to chaperones entering separately from their group. Field trip groups MUST enter the Fair prior to 12:00 Noon. No field trip check-ins will be allowed after 12:00 Noon (even if the group has pre-registered).
2025 AVAILABLE FIELD TRIP DATES: OCT 16, 17, and 23
Field trip groups are allowed to enter between 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon ONLY for FREE admission.
We encourage field trips to carpool whenever possible. School buses receive complimentary parking; however, all personal/private cars and vans will be charged a per vehicle parking fee on all Field Trip days. Convenient parking is available on our Main Lot (accessible at 19th Avenue & Monte Vista) or across 19th Avenue in our West Lot (accessible at Encanto and 20th Avenue), starting at 11:00 AM. ADA parking is available in both lots.
Be sure to register early so that we can include you on our list to receive emails and announcements for upcoming events that will help you plan for an AWESOME field trip to the Arizona State Fair!
We look forward to seeing you at the Arizona State Fair! For all inquiries or assistance, please call us at (602) 252-6771, or email [email protected]
REGISTER YOUR FIELD TRIP BY OCT 1
The AZSF Field Trip Package Includes:
-Early Admission to the Fair (11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon)
-FREE Admission to the Fair (for students and adult chaperones pre-registered and entering as part of their group)
-Kerr’s Farm Tours (open at 11:00 AM)
-Arizona Agriculture Display (Ag Center and Livestock Barns open at 11:00 AM)
-Cross-Curricular Educational Opportunities and Interactive Curriculum (K-3rd Grade; Science, Social Studies, Math, Language Arts, Fine Arts)
-Fine Art Exhibits (art submissions from across Arizona)
-Arizona State Fair Experience
-An Amazing Day!
FAQS
Public, Private, Charter, and Homeschool groups, as well as youth groups (such as Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts).
October 16th, 17th, and 23rd
The field trip registration is available only online and can be found at this link.
Please submit no more than thirty (30) students per registration. If your group is larger than 30 students, we ask that you submit additional registrations and limit each registration submission to a maximum of 30 students. This helps us to ensure that larger groups enter through the gates more efficiently.
No, there is no fee to register. The field trip program is FREE!
No! ALL students and chaperones will be admitted for free when they enter with their field trip group during Field Trip entry hours between 11:00AM-12:00 Noon.
NOTE: For everyone’s safety and convenience, be sure that all students, chaperones, and drivers in your group planning to enter together are in attendance and grouped together prior to entrance through the admission gates. Individuals arriving and entering separate from their group will not be allowed early entry and will have to pay admission to enter the fair after the gates open to the public at 12:00 Noon.
No. Any chaperones or school faculty arriving late will need to pay for their admission and wait until the gates open to the public at 12:00 PM. No exceptions.
If you are arriving in a school bus or school van with the school/district name/group logo visible on the outside of the transportation vehicle, parking is free and buses have a designated area for bus parking.
If you are arriving in an unmarked personal/private vehicle, the parking fee is $15/vehicle at both our Main Lot (entry at 19th Ave and Monte Vista) and West Lot (entry west of 19th Ave off Encanto).
On designated Field Trip days, all field trip groups MUST check in between 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon at the designated gate. Field trip groups are invited to stay at the Fair all day!
Yes, youth organization groups such as Boys and Girls Club, 4-H, and Boy and Girl Scouts may participate as a group in the AZSF Field Trip program during field trip designated dates/times (Oct 16, 17, and 23; 11:00 AM -12:00 Noon). Register for the AZSF Field Trip by completing the online registration form.
The AZSF Curriculum includes grade-level appropriate lesson plans and worksheets for grades K-3 and is linked to various exhibits at the Fair. Lessons and activities are aligned to ADE standards. The curriculum is provided free of charge to registered groups.
Several exhibits are open early just for the field trips! Exhibits that open at 11:00 AM include:
- Fine Arts
- School/4H/Textile Entries
- Best of Arizona
- All Barns
- Kerr’s Farm Tours
- Thunderbird Model Railroad
Your group may stay as long as you’d like! The Arizona State Fair is a HUGE interactive classroom that includes educational exhibits as well as competitive Fine Arts, Home Arts, Livestock Exhibits, and Community Stages. We encourage you to make your trip and experience more meaningful by planning enough time to take in all the Fair has to offer. We invite you to stay for an entire day!
Fair attractions open at 12:00 PM and include:
- Carnival Rides & Games *ride & game tickets not included in field trip package
- Petting Zoo
- Community Stage Performances
- Grounds Entertainment
Yes! Students may bring their lunches so long as there are no glass containers. Please keep in mind that your group is responsible for the storage and distribution of the lunches you bring as the Fairgrounds does not have any designated areas for storing lunches or coolers. We usually have a few concessions stands that open early on field trip days and all concessions stands will be open once the Fair opens at 12:00 PM.
Yes! If it is a disposable water bottle, please be sure it is unopened upon entrance into the fair. If it is a reusable water bottle, please ensure it is empty upon entrance into the fair. We have fill stations inside the fairgrounds where students can refill their water bottles.
No, the Carnival is not open until the Fair opens for the public at its regular time of 12:00 PM.
Carnival rides and games are not included as part of the field trip but are available after the Fair opens at its regular time at 12:00 PM.
Yes! Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation letter. This confirmation letter acts as your group’s admission ticket and it is important you have a printed copy of the confirmation letter with you.