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Current event impact. LEC has grown every year since opening in 2001 to now host over 320 events for a 1/2 million visitors! The incremental economic impact of all the out-of-county visitors was recently measured by UNL in an economic impact report—read how LEC brings $40 million and over 500 jobs to the county each year!
New event impact. And LEC continues to grow its impact each year through existing event growth (such as Cornhusker Classic Quarter Horse show in June has nearly tripled in size over the last three years to become a top 10 show in the USA) as well as new events choosing LEC—see our latest news below about the NHSFR choosing Lincoln again as of January 2019!
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Key changes this year:
Exhibitor Trailer/Semi/Delivery Truck Parking in N grass lots due to construction in east parking lots Areas blocked due to construction in progress:
- Hillside W of Pavilions 2 & 3—only access for P2 & P3 is from the east
- If needed for public overflow--Two northern lots on east will be opened after ground frozen due to fresh grading
- Small area in campground blocked off—still pushing cars from Gate 3 to campground 1st each morning to use SW Ex Hall entrance
West Havelock closed off for widening of Havelock that will be completed by later in 2019
- Detour from LEC to Havelock Business District will be signed going N on 84th to Cornhusker Hwy to 70th back to Havelock
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An new annual tradition after the Super Fair! Come out to support 4-H/FFA use of fairground and two 4-H/FFA $500 scholarships!! The Super Fair may end Aug 5th, but the Heart of America Shows Carnival will remain up through Aug 11th as a fair fundraiser. Vision Productions, Inc will bring local & statewide talent and bands to the festival stage while performers and jugglers entertain the carnival.
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Aug 6 – 11, 2018
Monday - Thursday, 6–11pm
Friday - Saturday, 5–11pm (please note that we will open at 5pm this weekend due to predicted high temperatures)
Multi-Purpose Arena - Daily Entertainment
The MPA will be open just behind the carnival with fun for all ages, including nightly live entertainment (see Talent Festival below) starting Tuesday, plus these attractions:
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Indoor beer garden
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Bingo (Cornhusker Kiwanis) (Aug 6-9)
Stage of Stars
Direct any questions about the Lancaster County Talent Search or the Galaxy of Stars® Battle of the Bands to:
Wynne Adams
615-495-7375
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Nightly live entertainment starts Tuesday on our Stage of Stars! Enter your talents in the Lancaster County Talent Search or compete in the Galaxy of Stars® Battle of the Bands and rock out! With over $1300 in cash prizes and talent search winners have the chance to advance to the Nebraska State Fair, you don’t want to miss out. Its five days packed with live music, competitions (pre-registration required), and performances from local Nebraska stars!
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Lancaster County Talent Search7pm nightly
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Carmalita de la GuardiaTuesday, Aug 7
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Open Lancaster County Barrel Race hosted by Capital City Horse & Pony Club7pm
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Galaxy of Stars® Battle of the Bands7pm
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MAHANClassic Rock & Blues
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American Strong Tribute Concert with Justin Kane7pm – 8:30pm
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Live Band: Red Line Velocity9pm – 11pm
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Be a Star Social Media Studio1pm–4pm
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Evening with the Stars6pm–7pm
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8:30pm–11pm
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Click here for more information on the Stage of Stars and how to apply!
Heart of America Shows Carnival & Midway
Ticket Info
Save time and money--Carnival wristband pre-sales through Aug 1 at Lancaster Event Center office, M-F 8-4 or save gas too and click the link below to buy online!
SUPER MONDAY Wristband Special (MOVED TO WEDNESDAY, wristbands purchased for Monday can be used on Wednesday)
Mon, Aug 6 (Wed, Aug 8)
6pm–11pm
Save $5 off at-carnival price — one day only!!
Buy wristband for $20 at carnival until 10pm day of or save time in line at SuperFair.org through Aug 6
WEEKDAY SESSION (evening only)
Tues, Aug 7 – Thu, Aug 9
6pm–11pm
Buy wristband for $25 at carnival until 10pm day of
Buy before fair for $20 at SuperFair.org through Aug 1
WEEKEND MEGA SESSION (use all day & night):
Fri, Aug 10–Sat, Aug 11
5pm–11pm (please note that we will open at 5pm this weekend due to predicted high temperatures)
Buy wristband for $30 at carnival until 10pm day of
Buy before fair for $25 at SuperFair.org through Aug 1
Carnival Attractions
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Radio RemotesKX 96.9 106.3 KFRX Lincoln's Hit Music 106-3 KFRX thanks their listeners with 1 Hour 6 Minutes of FREE RIDES this Thursday 8/9 5:00 pm - 6:06 pm at Lancaster Carnival &Talent Festival - The Fun Continues! 106.3 KFRX 104.1 The Blaze |
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Crazy Boy Coy: JugglingThurs, Aug 9 – Sat, Aug 11 Crazy Boy juggles and makes people laugh (not necessarily in that order). He's a professional idiot who loves entertaining audiences with his outrageous feats of balance and coordination, and telling jokes while doing them! |
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Quixotic Cirque NouveauFri, Aug 10 & Sat, Aug 11 The Lancaster county Carnival & Talent Festival is proud to welcome a stilt dancer and contortionist from the Quixotic Cirque Nouvou, an innovative performance art collective that fuses imagination with technology, dance, projection mapping and live music to creat fully-immersive, multi-sensory experiences. |
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Special K'z the ClownFri, Aug 10 & Sat, Aug 11 Special K'z the Clown is an experienced entertainer. She provides clowney entertainment with funny gags & walkarounds, and musical entertainment with her autoharp, stumpf fiddle, and other assorted instruments. She is also an accomplished bubblier and balloon twister, offering a wide variety of balloon constructions and bubble tricks! |
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DJ Rob PowersThurs, Aug 9 – Sat, Aug 11 Playing nothing but the hits! DJ Powers will get the party started and keep the fun rolling! |
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Enter raffle at the Horseshow Cafe to win over $2,000 in prizes including and iPAD, a Husker print, tickets to Nebraska State FAir, and LEC food/beverage certificates!
Parking
$5 per car per day
Enter Gate 1 off 84th Street for closest parking
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This is the annual meeting of the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners and the Lancaster County Ag Society to discuss the management of county funds and care for county property. A long running partnership between two separate county-level publicly-elected entities created under Nebraska state law. Nineteen years ago, the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners first approved the bonds to start building the Lancaster Event Center (LEC) to open in 2001. They challenged the Ag Society to keep the fairgrounds open year-round for other events which was not the practice back in the day. It wasn’t easy for the Ag Society to beat the chicken and egg question of how to fund year-round staff to do this starting from zero events. Now at 322 events, nearly ½ million visitors annually creating $39.5M economic impact it seems the County Board was on to something! Other fairground experts, have said that LEC is actually now considered to be on leading edge of what fairgrounds can do for their local communities—the annual county fair is just the beginning!
Minutes (including meeting presentations: Super Fair Report from Jamie Bauman, LEC Report from Amy Dickerson & Impact Study preview from Dr. Eric Thompson)