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Vendor Payment Registration
**Vendor payment registration with the State of Missouri is required for individuals to be able to receive prize money from the Missouri State Fair. Please register online or submit the Vendor Input Form.
All checks will be mailed to premium winners if registration in the MissouriBUYS powered by MOVERS payment system or a vendor input form has been completed by the exhibitor.
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Name on registration and vendor input form must match the name on the entry blank. Entries & payment registration cannot be submitted under nicknames, non-legal farm names, middle names, etc. If entries do not correspond with the name on the payment registration, delay of premium payments will occur.
Per Missouri State Fair Premium Guide general rules and regulations, premiums not claimed prior to December 31, 2025, will be forfeited. Premiums must be claimed by completing online payment registration or submitting a vendor input form each year.
**Vendor = a vendor is any person who shows at the Missouri State Fair & wins prize money.
Opening Day Parade
Everybody loves a parade! Come join us for this Fair Opening Day tradition.
Queen
The State Fair Queen reigns over the 11-day Fair in August & is an ambassador for the State Fair & Missouri agriculture year-round.
Barbecue
Show-Me State Tailgate Throwdown
Truck/Tractor Pulls & Shows
Exciting Truck & Tractor Pulls & the impressive Old & Wow Tractor & Equipment Show
Horseshoe Pitching
Missouri State Fair Mixed Open Tournament
Missouri Waltz & Other Dance Contests
Waltz, Cha-Cha, East Coast Swing, Two Step & Line Dance
Fiddling Contest
Missouri Fiddling Championship
The Missouri State Fair does not require a premise identification number to show or exhibit livestock.
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