Event Details

Make the PNE Fair your End-of-Summer party! Bring your friends and family out to our various attractions and entertainment including The SuperDogs, Dueling Pianos, agriculture displays, the drag show For the Love of Drag, cooking demonstrations, musical performances on the Festival Park Stage, exhibits, and, of course, Summer Night Concerts!

Get your fair food fix, scream and laugh to your heart’s content on Playland’s rides, win a giant prize at the midway games, or relax and catch up with friends in the sun.

We are cashless!

But don’t worry – we can still help you! If you would like to use cash at the PNE Fair, please head to Guest Services. They will load your cash into a gift card.

RIDE PASSES are not included in PNE Fair gate admission and admission is not included with Ride Passes.

Check out the rides!

Kids 3 and under ride for free. For any rides that require a parent to safely ride, the parent/guardian MUST have a ride pass or coupon.

The Fun ride pass $39.00 (advance) $44.00 (day-of) includes access to the following rides: Balloon Explorers, Bug Whirled, Cap’n KC, Choppers, Climbing wall, Cool Cruzers, Dizzy Drop, The Flutterbye, Gladiator, Glass House, Honeybee Express, Kettle Creek Mine Coaster, Merry-Go-Round, Rock-n-Cars, Scrambler, Sea to Sky Swinger, Super Slide, Sweet Escape Mini Golf, Teacups, Westcoast Wheel.

The Thrill Seeker ride pass $50.00 (advance) $55.00 (day-of) includes the list above, plus these additional rides: Atmosfear, The Beast, Breakdance, Cedar Rapids Log Flume, Enterprise, The Pirate Ship, Hellevator, Hell’s Gate, Skybender, and all the Fun Pass rides as well.

A Rapid Pass can be purchased onsite alongside a Thrill Seeker ride pass to skip the line at the following rides: Atmosfear, Beast, Breakdance, Flume, Hellevator, Pirate Ship, Sea-to-Sky Swinger and Skybender. 

Individual Ride Coupons are available onsite only, while supplies last.

All rides / attractions have height and age restrictions to ensure guest safety. These restrictions and advisories are listed at individual rides and/or attractions or check rides online here. 

Want an easy way to save on tickets?

Buy tickets online at least one day in advance to save up to $5. TicketLeader is the official ticketing provider of the PNE Fair.

Or, come midweek, when tickets are only $15! Buy online for tickets on Tuesday-Thursday.

Limited Time Offer

Want even more of the PNE Fair this year? You can buy a season pass for just $65 until June 4!

Season passes are perfect for anyone who wants to enjoy the Fair several times throughout the 15-day run. There’s so much to see an do that you can’t fit it all in one day! Catch an extra SuperDogs show, stop by in the evening to get dessert or catch the next act performing at the Festival Park Stage.  It’s an opportunity to truly make the most of the end of summer.

Buy your season pass before June 4 to get $10 off! (Regular price $75)