{"id":15548,"date":"2025-08-06T16:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=15548"},"modified":"2025-08-06T16:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T21:45:50","slug":"2025-unveiling-of-butter-cow-marks-start-of-illinois-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/15548-2025-unveiling-of-butter-cow-marks-start-of-illinois-state-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Unveiling of Butter Cow Marks Start of Illinois State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>(2025 ILLINOIS STATE FAIR QUEEN JOHNNA FULCHER SPEAKS AT THE BUTTER COW DEDICATION AS FIRST LADY M.K. PRITZKER, GOVERNOR J.B. PRITZKER AND ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE DIRECTOR JERRY COSTELLO LOOK ON&#8230;Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By JERRY NOWICKI<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPRINGFIELD \u2014 State officials ushered in the start of the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday with the annual unveiling of the butter cow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sculpture is made of 800 pounds of unsalted butter spread across a wire frame. This year\u2019s iteration depicts a cow accompanied by an \u201cadventurer seeking hidden treasure across the fairgrounds.\u201d The theme for this year\u2019s fair is \u201cAdventure Awaits.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIndeed, this year will be chock full of adventures and treasures for the entire family. Music and entertainment, food and drinks, rides and contests, exhibits and displays, concerts. There will be an opportunity for everyone to experience, to learn, to grow, and we&#8217;re again proud to be able to present that not just to Illinoisans who come here to Springfield to enjoy themselves, but also to people who come from around the country, to see what Illinois has to offer,\u201d Gov. JB Pritzker said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The butter is \u201crecycled,\u201d meaning it is reused each year, rather than discarded. It was sculpted once again by Iowan Sarah Pratt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(THIS YEAR&#8217;S BUTTER COW SCULPTURE&#8230;photo by Jerry Nowicki, CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15552 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/250806-butter-cow-close.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1140\" height=\"855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/250806-butter-cow-close.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/250806-butter-cow-close-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/250806-butter-cow-close-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/250806-butter-cow-close-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cow \u2013 the 104<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in state history \u2013 will remain on display in the Dairy Building throughout the fair. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statefair.illinois.gov\/info\/schedules.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gates will officially open<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 7 a.m. Thursday, with the annual Twilight Parade scheduled for 5:30 p.m. later that day. The fair runs through Aug. 17 from 7 a.m. until midnight each day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The grand marshal for the parade this year is American Business Club of Springfield in celebration of its 70 years of volunteering at the fair. The 300-member club has generated over $6 million to benefit local organizations, with their main source of fundraising being the fair, according to a news release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statefair.illinois.gov\/entertainment\/grandstand.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grandstand attractions<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> include Jake Owen, The Black Crowes, Megan Moroney, Sheryl Crow, Snoop Dogg, Brad Paisley, The Chainsmokers, Def Leppard and the Turnpike Troubadours.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As for political events, governor\u2019s day is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 13, with Republican Day the following day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can follow the State Fair on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ILStateFair\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ILStateFair\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/myilstatefair\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or find more on the State Fair website, which is also home to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/statefair.illinois.gov\/ridesattractions\/buttercow.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">butter cow livestream<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(2025 ILLINOIS STATE FAIR QUEEN JOHNNA FULCHER SPEAKS AT THE BUTTER COW DEDICATION AS FIRST LADY M.K. PRITZKER, GOVERNOR J.B. 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