Indiana State Fair Opens Friday With Art and Music Exhibit, Livestock Shows, Unusual Food Options

Aug 05, 2025

By Brandon Smith

The 168th Indiana State Fair begins Friday at the state fairgrounds in Indianapolis, featuring an art and music exhibit, a circus and some unusual food options.

A national touring exhibit called The Art of Music Experience will make its home at the fair, free to all fairgoers. It showcases dozens of album covers and the stories behind them.

State Fair official Anna Whelchel said it fits in perfectly with the theme of this year's fair: The soundtrack of summer.

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Video: Democratizing Gene Editing - Pairwise’s Vision for the Future of Agriculture

Pairwise has built its business around an idea that runs counter to how many companies approach innovation: make transformative technology easier to access.

In this Seed World interview, CEO Tom Adams discusses why broader access to gene editing could speed crop improvement, expand innovation opportunities and help agriculture address emerging challenges. He explains why Pairwise believes no single company can solve all of agriculture's problems alone—and why making advanced breeding technologies available to more organizations could accelerate progress across the industry.

The conversation explores how consumer trust influences technology adoption, why innovations like pitless cherries and seedless blackberries matter beyond convenience, and how future crop improvements could help address labor shortages, automation, harvest efficiency and other production challenges. Adams also shares his perspective on what the industry may be underestimating about the next wave of gene editing innovation.

Watch the full interview to hear why Pairwise believes agriculture is approaching an important inflection point for gene editing, and why the pace of innovation over the next decade could surprise the industry.

Topics Covered:

o Democratizing agricultural innovation

o Consumer trust and technology adoption

o The business case for sharing innovation

o Expanding innovation beyond major crops

o Next-generation breeding technologies