Photos: Opening day at the Wisconsin State Fair

Milwaukee County Board Chairman Theodore Lipscomb Sr. (left) and Governor Scott Walker, talk before opening ceremonies at the Bank Mutual Amphitheater.

West Allis Mayor Dan Devine (from left), Governor Scott Walker and Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett talk before the opening ceremonies at the Bank Mutual Amphitheater.

Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch (left) and Governor Scott Walker, sing the Star Spangled Banner before opening ceremonies.

Thousands of people visit the fair on opening day.

The Wonderwheel at the Wisconsin State Fair.

Patti Maynard (right) and her mother Kelli Belt, both from Pewaukee enjoy a beer at the Budweiser Pavilion. The two were awarded their crowns for ordering the very first beer of the fair at the Budweiser Pavilion.

The Kids from Wisconsin band plays before the Wisconsin state fair opening ceremonies at the Bank Mutual Amphitheater.

Lizzy Swiger (left) and her mother Stacey Swiger, both of Cudahy, take shelter under and umbrella as a rain shower briefly hit the fairgrounds.

Derek Scott, of Oak Creek is shielded from a rain shower with a poncho as he makes his way through the fairgrounds.

A ride worker sits under an umbrella next to the Wisconsin State Fair’s newest attraction, the Wonder Whee while waiting for the rain to pass.

Evan Taylor (left) and his sister Hannah Taylor, from Oconomowoc, share an umbrella as a brief, but heavy rain fell. Their mother, Suzi Taylor walks nearby.

Tyler Cross, 15, from Poynette, takes his pig, Charlie, a 6-month-old, 239 pound crossbreed gilt, for a walk in the swine barn.

Tiffany Archer, of Windfield Kansas, washes down, Brock, a 7-year-old Clydesdale with the Broken Spoke Clydesdales, with Chad Flower, a family friend.

Ava Roberts, 10, from West Allis bites into an ear of corn. She was with with her aunt Catie Schachtely, also of West Allis.

Brittany Smith (left) and her husband John Smith, both from Madison, enjoy a cream puff.

Bob Wilson, from Waterford, dons his cow T-shirt while walking the state fairgrounds.