State Fair is a 1976 American made-for-television drama film loosely based on the 1932 novel of the same title by Phil Stong.
It was broadcast on CBS on May 14, 1976, and starred Vera Miles as Melissa Bryant, the matriarch of the family.
Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father.
The Bryants attend the Iowa State Fair, where Wayne enters the "Stars of Tomorrow" talent contest and falls in love with fellow competitor Bobbie Jean Shaw, who also aspires to a country music career in Nashville.
Bobbie Jean, who may be using Wayne to further her own ambitions, pressures him to run away with her so they can pursue their musical dreams together.