FIELD TRIPS

Please limit each registration to thirty (30) students per group. You may register more than once if your group is larger than that.

October 17th, 18th, and 24th, 2024.

The field trip registration is available only online and can be found at this link.

Please submit no more than 30 students per registration. If your group is larger than 30 students, we ask that you submit additional registrations (i.e.,30 students per registration submission). This helps us to ensure that larger groups enter through the gates with less hassle or confusion.

No, there is no fee to register.

No! ALL students and chaperones will be admitted for free when they enter with their field trip group during Field Trip entry hours between 10:00AM-11:30 AM. 

• 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 PM.

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, there is no fee for parking and we will have a designated area for bus parking.

If you are arriving in an unmarked personal vehicle, there will be a parking fee at our regular rate of $15 for the Main Parking Lot (entry at 19th Ave and Monte Vista) and West Parking Lot (entry west of 19th Ave off Encanto).

On designated Field Trip days, all field trip groups MUST check in between 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM 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 17-18, Oct 24; 10:00 AM -11:30 AM). 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.

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Several exhibits are open early just for the field trips! Exhibits that open at 10:00 AM include:

• Fine Arts (Coliseum North Hall)
• School/4H/Textile Entries (Coliseum South Hall)
• Best of Arizona (Coliseum South Hall)
• All Barns (Ag Center, Animal Barns)
• Kerr’s Farm Tours (Ag Center)
• Arizona Agriculture Display (West End of Cattle Barn)
• Thunderbird Model Railroad (Grandstand)

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, and 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.

Completed Read & Ride forms can be redeemed on Field Trip days with our VNSA volunteers located just inside the Gate 4 Admission entrance between 10am and 11:30am, or any day of the Fair from 12pm until 10pm at the Read & Ride Redemption kiosk inside the Shopping Pavillion. Note: Read & Ride is for students 5-14 years of age and students must be present to redeem forms.

Yes! Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation letter. Please designate one person to be responsible for the group’s printed confirmation letter. This confirmation letter acts as your group’s admission ticket, it is important you have a printed copy of the confirmation with you. 

Please use the following directions when you arrive at the fairgrounds: 

1. Once your group’s vehicle enters through the Monte Vista parking gate (19th Ave. & Monte Vista), drive down to the drop-off area near Admission Gate 4. 
2. Groups will need to make their way to the check-in table in order to gain admission into the Arizona State Fair. The check-in table will be located at the bus drop-off area. 3. The teacher/designated chaperone responsible for the group will bring the printed copy of the confirmation letter to the check-in table and present it to Arizona State Fair staff for check-in. Be sure to get an accurate head count for both students and chaperones before coming to the check-in table and be prepared to give that number to check-in staff.
3. At the check-in table, an Arizona State Fair staff member will confirm the group’s arrival and number of attendees in the group. Only the teacher/designated chaperone needs to come to the check-in table.
4. Once the group is checked in, the entire group, along with all the students and adults present, will advance to the entrance and enter through the admission gate. The teacher/designated chaperone should enter first and give the confirmation letter to the ticket taker for admission of the group. Any students or chaperones not entering with the group will not be allowed to enter during field trip hours but will need to wait until gates open at 12 noon to join the group.