State Fair Bonsai Exhibit
Come visit us at our annual tradition!
Open to the Public
Come view our largest bonsai show at the Minnesota State Fair, where we exhibit on the Friday and Saturday of Labor Day weekend. Exhibit is free with your State Fair admission.
For Members
Volunteer
To help make the show a success for everyone, we need you to volunteer. Each volunteer will get a FREE ticket and FREE parking at the fair. The associated volunteers or members of the committee will be responsible for different areas of the show. Then we need volunteers to help take down the show on Saturday evening @ 9pm. To complete the event, we need volunteers to help unload the truck on Sunday. Remember as a State Fair volunteer you will receive a free fair ticket, a parking pass to the HORT LOT (if you get there when space is available), bottled water during your shift and a lot of self-satisfaction in participating in a great show!
Please contact Derek Hill Munoz with questions – derek.hill-munoz@minnesotabonsaisociety.org
Display your trees
Interested in entering your bonsai into the show? This event and open to anyone wishing to exhibit, including non-members. The show is judged and critiqued by a visiting bonsai professional hired by MBS, and awards are given. A special Novice Class is open to members with fewer than three years’ experience.
Each member is limited to exhibiting five trees. DELIVERY OF TREES, SET UP AND TEARDOWN Trees and stones must be delivered to the HORTICULTURE building on Thursday night after 10 pm and before 11:00 pm. Exhibitors should stay with their trees until their entries are tagged and labeled. Exhibitors and members are highly encouraged to help with show set up. Trees are delivered through the HORTICULTURE gate on the south side of the fairgrounds after fair closing at 10 pm. Admission will not be charged to those who are delivering and /or picking up trees between 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm with proper parking pass on your vehicles, which will be supplied to exhibitors and helper with set up and tear down. Trees must be picked up Saturday evening at 9:00 pm – 10:00 pm, but not before 9pm.
Please contact Derek Hill Munoz with questions – derek.hill-munoz@minnesotabonsaisociety.org
2026 choice trees are: TBD
2026 Visting Judge: TBD
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