Central States Fair

10/23/2026

Fall at the Fairgrounds 🍁

10/06/2026

📣 WE'RE HIRING: FINANCE OFFICER

Small staff. Big events. A whole lot more interesting than staring at the same spreadsheet every day.

Central States Fair, Inc. is looking for an experienced Finance Officer to join our year-round team in Rapid City.

This is a hands-on position overseeing the financial side of an organization that produces the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo®, Central States Fair, and other events and activities throughout the year.

We're looking for someone with strong accounting experience who can handle the details while keeping an eye on the bigger picture. The position includes accounting, payroll, budgeting, financial reporting, cash management, event financial operations and more.

💰 Starting salary: $60,000+ based on experience
✓ Full-time, year-round
✓ Health insurance
✓ Paid time off
✓ Employer retirement match
✓ QuickBooks experience strongly preferred

If you're organized, accurate, dependable and like the idea of working with a small team where no two weeks look exactly alike, we want to hear from you.

👉 View the full job description and apply: https://www.centralstatesfairinc.com/p/about/job-openings

Position open until filled.

09/16/2026

Applications are now OPEN for the Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® CINCH Trade Show.
📌 Vendor placement begins October 15.
Returning vendors: If you want to be considered for your previous booth space, make sure your application is submitted before placement begins.

The vendor selection process is very competitive, and we typically have a long waiting list. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance, placement or previous booth space.

👉 Vendor information + application:
https://www.centralstatesfairinc.com/p/black-hills-stock-show-and-rodeo/cinch-trade-show1/vendor-information--application

January 29 – February 6, 2027 | Rapid City, SD

09/15/2026

GET BEHIND THE SCENES. GET IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.

2027 Black Hills Stock Show & Rodeo® internship applications are NOW OPEN!

Get hands-on experience in livestock event management; marketing, ticketing & vendor management; or event management with a finance focus.

This isn’t a watch-from-the-sidelines internship. You’re part of the team making it happen.

📅 Applications due November 2.
👉 Learn more + apply: https://www.centralstatesfairinc.com/p/about/job-openings

09/04/2026

OFFICE CLOSED SEP. 7-11. | We are officially FAIR TIRED. 😴

After nine days of Fair and some required clean up, our crew is trading radios, emails and approximately 47,000 daily decisions for naps and absolutely nothing.

Our office will be CLOSED September 7–11 while we recover, recharge and attempt to remember what day it is.

Then it’s back to work because… BHSS waits for no one. 🤠

See you September 14!

09/03/2026

08/30/2026

And just like that... that’s a wrap on the 2026 Central States Fair! ❤️

To everyone who came through our gates, cheered from the grandstands, rode the rides, supported our exhibitors and vendors, sang along, ate the fair food and made this place come alive... THANK YOU.

Because the Central States Fair has always been about more than what happens here. It’s about who gathers here.

Thanks for making the 2026 Fair one to remember.

Where Generations Gather. ❤️