An unofficial behind-the-scenes podcast about the Minnesota State Fair!
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We are three ladies who work together in a state fair information booth, and we love to talk about the fair!
🚨New episode today!! Cindy Berglund has a very unique state fair story - with more than 45 years of her booth, Caricatures by Cindy, in Heritage Square and now West End Market!
It was an absolute delight to learn about her process and hear her stories! 😍
Info Booth Ladies, an unofficial behind-the-scenes podcast about the Minnesota State Fair, is available wherever you get your podcasts! (Or use the link in the comments.)
New episode today: Danielson’s & Daughters Onion Rings!
Leanne and Sean represent the second and third generations of the family that continues to bring us their uniquely tasty onion rings. Lots of laughter in this one! 😂
Info Booth Ladies, an unofficial behind-the-scenes podcast about the MN State Fair, is available wherever you get your podcasts!
Info Booth Ladies Season 4 is finally here!!! 🎉🥳
Eco Experience building manager Britt Gangeness joins us to talk about favorite exhibits past & future, funny stories & fair family memories!
Info Booth Ladies, an unofficial behind-the-scenes podcast about the Minnesota State Fair, is available wherever you get your podcasts - or use the link in the comments!
📣 ANNOUNCEMENT: Season 4 is coming your way starting July 9th!
The Season 3 outtakes episode is available now on our Patreon page!!
It features the full length version of our theme song, plus our favorites bloopers and oopsies from Season 3 edited together for your enjoyment! 😂😜
We’re hard at work on Season 4, but until then if you become a patreon supporter of Info Booth Ladies at any level, you’ll get access to outtakes episodes from each season and other bonus episodes!
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2024 planning for Season 4 is underway!! 🤩😍
Had so much fun last night at Twin Cities Oktoberfest last night!
We interviewed Chip Meyer on the podcast about his work at Summit on a Stick, but he also puts on one heck of an event at the Progress Center (Eco Experience building) every October! Prost! 🍻
🚨New episode just dropped: Live from the Fair - Part 2!
We interviewed Tim Dybevik, host of the Minnesota State Fair Amateur Talent Contest, AND Genie Castro from Cream of the Crop Artists Gallery!
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Have you listened to our “Live from the Fair - Part 1” episode yet?!
Reggie & Susan Carter are owners of the booth Must Be Ruff in the Pet Pavilion up on the north end of the fairgrounds.
Stop by to see them to pick up some freshly baked treats for your dog! 😄🐶
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This view never gets old. ❤️
The Info Booth Ladies were on the channel 4 news segment Good Question last night! 😍
Whether you've visited for decades, or it's your first trip, odds are you have a few questions about the Minnesota State Fair.
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Our guests on this season’s “competition episode” are Craig Barrett, who enters scrapbook pages every year in the Creative Activities Building, AND Maren Kerfeld, a 16-year-old participant in the 4H llama costume competition at the Minnesota State Fair!
Just wait until you see Craig’s Info Booth Ladies inspired entry - you can hear in the episode how blown away we were! 😍
Maren told us about her many years of experience showing llamas, what her costume theme is this year, and how she *totally* stumped Info Booth Lady Kristen! 🤣
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Drumroll please….we FINALLY got a baked goods judge on the show - Margie was ecstatic! 😂
Mary Bindewald is a judge for canning and baked goods in the Creative Activities Building at the Minnesota State Fair, and a real cutie to boot - look at those dimples!
We loved interviewing Mary about everything judging, hearing her judging “horror” story, and about her trip to 4H Congress back in the day!
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🚨New episode today! Celebrating 25 years at the Minnesota State Fair, The Ball Park Cafe is a state fair institution!
Brothers David and Dan Theisen tell us how they got started at the fair & who had that crazy idea for Mini Donut beer, plus they try to stump us several times along the way! 😂
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We thoroughly enjoyed our chat with Cherie Peterson a.k.a The Sausage Sister! 🤩
Cherie’s memoir “The Wisdom of the Sausage Sister” is out now, and her booth has an “unofficial” new food this year - the Sausage Roll!
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🚨New episode today! Ben Kantor and his son Harrison told us all about their family business at the fair - The Space Tower! How cool is that?!
There’s a crazy off-season story in this one that blew our minds! 🤣
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Tom Barrett is a fair fanatic after our own history-loving hearts! Safety Officer by day, fair goer by night - and he enters the Creative Activities competition every year!
We interviewed Tom at his house, so we could see his collections & entries from over the years. Check out these photos - this is but a tiny fraction of Tom’s treasures.
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🚨New episode today!! Lu McArdell is fourth generation of the Peters Hot Dogs family, and last year celebrated 50 years at the Minnesota State Fair!
Whether you know them as Peters Wieners or Peters Hot Dogs - I think we can all agree they taste darn good, and have been a tradition for generations of fair goers! 🤩🌭
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Have you noticed some new voices at the start of each episode this season?!
Big thanks to Info Booth Lady Kristen’s kids for recording our disclaimer this year! 🤩
Here are some throwback “pregnant at the fair” photos — all 3 of these kids started their fair love affair before they were even born! ❤️
Our guest on the show this week, Jim Clark (Jimaclarkart), has work on display at Zeller Studio through July 27th! Check it out…
Light of Wing at Golden Prospect
mixed media on paper
on view, available at Zeller Studio in Hopkins
Open Saturdays 9:30am-12:30pm,
Wednesdays 8:30am-4pm
& by appointment
🚨New episode today!! Jim Clark, Superintendent of Fine Arts, tells us about the annual art exhibition that’s the result of a juried competition at the Minnesota State Fair!
He also rounds out the start of Season 3 with 3 guys named Jim! 😆😂
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SEASON 3 IS HERE!! Our first guest of the season is also our first repeat guest: Jim Keenan, of the Ye Old Mill family!
Boy, do we love chatting with Jim! We asked this natural born storyteller to return, and tell us about visiting the fair as a “regular” fairgoer - after his family owned the Ye Old Mill for more than 100 years!
You can find this episode on your favorite podcast app, or use this link:
https://info-booth-ladies.simplecast.com/episodes/jim-keenan-regular-fair-goer
Season Three drops tomorrow - are you as excited as we are?! 🤩
We’ve been having so much fun interviewing people about their love of the fair - gosh, we’re lucky to get to do this!
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ONE WEEK FROM TODAY!!
Season 3 of Info Booth Ladies is almost here! New episodes will start airing on June 13th, and continue every Tuesday through the fair.
We can’t wait! Here’s a little sneak peek photo from our episode 1 recording session - back when there was still snow on the ground!
Guess who recorded episode 1 of their season 3 tonight?!?!
And how about my super professional mic stand - shout out to my kids for letting me borrow their map puzzle, and to for gifting us his “Fabric of Minnesota” puzzle!
New episodes of Info Booth Ladies will be coming your way in June! 🤩😍
Kristen & Honorary Info Booth Lady Mary had tons of fun visiting Chip Meyer at Twin Cities Oktoberfest last night in the Progress Center! 🍻
And that’s a wrap for the Info Booth Ladies at the 2022 Minnesota State Fair!
Before we made our way to the exit, we recorded a quick last day “live from the fair” episode that will air soon!
Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth to say hi! 🤩😍
T.J. Brown is the FFA Superintendent at the Minnesota State Fair, and we were thrilled to chat with him about what FFA students do at the fair, and the difference between 4H and FFA!
And, FFA is celebrating its 75th show at the Fair this year! 🤩😍
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Have you listened to our Danielson’s & Daughters Onion Rings episode yet? It’s a fun one! 🧅😍 Info Booth Ladies, an unofficial behind-the-scenes podcast about the Minnesota State Fair, is available wherever you get your podcasts! #mnstatefair #infoboothladies #onionrings
Have you listened to the Eco Experience episode yet? Lots of laughs, learning, and great stories - our favorites!😍 Season 4 of Info Booth Ladies, an unofficial behind-the-scenes podcast about the Minnesota State Fair, is available wherever you get your podcasts! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #ecoexperience
Have you listened to the Mary Bindewald episode yet?! We learned so much from this canning and baked goods judge - what a fun peek behind the scenes at the Creative Activities Building at the Minnesota State Fair! Info Booth Ladies is available wherever you get your podcasts - or use the link in our bio! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #blueribbonfoodies #nosoggybottoms #wordstoliveby😂
Sarah Morris wrote & performed our amazing theme song! Isn’t it delightful?! You can find more of Sarah’s work on whatever streaming service you use! @sarahmorrismusic #infoboothladies #themesong #youbetcha
Have you listened to the Ball Park episode yet?! The Theisen brothers are some of the nicest people you’ll meet - and we loved hearing their fair stories! Celebrating 25 years at the Minnesota State Fair, David & Dan have cemented their legacy - from Mini Donut Beer to Garlic Fries to first-class customer service, we love the Ball Park Cafe! 😍 You can find Info Booth Ladies wherever you listen to podcasts - or use the link in our bio! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #ballparkcafe
Have you listened to the Sausage Sister & Me episode yet? Cherie was an absolute delight to interview! 😍 #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #sausagesisterandme
Have you listened to this crazy story from the Space Tower episode yet?! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #spacetower #countmeout #takesallkinds
Have you listened to the Tom Barrett episode yet?! You can find Info Booth Ladies wherever you get your podcasts - or use the link in our bio! A new episode will be here on Tuesday! 🤩 #infoboothladies #mnstatefair
Have you listened to the Peters Hot Dogs episode yet?! You can find Info Booth Ladies wherever you get your podcasts, or use the link in our bio! Another new episode is coming your way on Tuesday! 🤩 #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #petershotdogs #thatsalotofmustard
Have you listened to the Jim Clark episode yet? It’s a good one!! We learned all about Fine Arts at the fair, and did a lot laughing - per usual! You can find Info Booth Ladies wherever you listen to podcasts - or use the link in our bio! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #statefair #finearts
Have you listened to the Jim Corbey episode yet?! It was so much talking with him! Info Booth Ladies is available wherever you get your podcasts! 🤩
Season 2, Episode 7 with U of M Professor Ellen Demerath is one of our favorites! Lots of laughs and learning - our 2 favorite things! 😂😍 Info Booth Ladies is available now wherever you get your podcasts! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #universityofminnesota #driventodiscover #skiumah
Have you heard Season 2, Episode 6 with Ron Jacobson? How jealous were we to learn he’d worked in ALL the Info Booths on the fairgrounds! 🤓😂 Info Booth Ladies is available now wherever you listen to podcasts! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #jealous #fomo #forreal
Have you listened to the Kevin Cannon episode yet? We were thrilled to find this detail of the parade on the poster! 🤩😍 Another new episode coming your way on Thursday! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair
If you think we laugh on our regular episodes, imagine what happens on our blooper reel! 😂🤣😂 Support the show by becoming a Patreon subscriber at the $3 level, and you’ll get instant access to our blooper reel AND a special Info Booth Ladies state fair bingo card pdf! Here’s the link: https://www.patreon.com/infoboothladies Thanks!! ❤️, The Info Booth Ladies #infoboothladies #mnstatefair
If you love the Minnesota State Fair + Sweet Martha’s Cookies, this one’s for you! 😍🍪 Find Season 2, Episode 4 of Info Booth Ladies wherever you listen to podcasts! Or, click on this link… https://info-booth-ladies.simplecast.com/episodes/sweet-martha-building-a-cookie-empire #infoboothladies #mnstatefair #sweetmarthascookies #onlyinmn
Have you listened to the Craig Flor episode yet? 🤩 If you’ve ever wondered what goes on backstage at the Grandstand, find Season 2, Episode 3 of Info Booth Ladies wherever you listen to podcasts! A new episode drops every Thursday through the end of the Fair! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair
Have you listened to last week’s episode with Stacey Barona from the Giant Slide and Cheese-on-a-Stick?! It’s a good one! 😂🤣😂 Find Info Booth Ladies wherever you listen to podcasts. Another new episode drops tomorrow! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair
How delightful is our theme song?! The lovely and talented @sarahmorrismusic wrote and performed the Info Booth Ladies theme song, and we couldn't love it more! Find Info Booth Ladies wherever you listen to podcasts! #mnstatefair #minnesotastatefair #infoboothladies #themesong #unapologeticallyminnesotan #youbetcha
Have you listened to the latest episode of the Info Booth Ladies podcast? Find us wherever you listen to podcasts! #infoboothladies #mnstatefair
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