State Fair Thread

Kentucky's is pretty nice. Its around Louisville.

I love fairs. Love 'em!
They are kind of pricey, but I can people watch all day.

 

I'd like to go to one of the giant Midwestern fairs just for the experience. The Big E, which combines the New England states, is coming up in mid-September in W. Springfield, Mass. That's about as big as it gets on the East Coast. Never been to the New York fair.

I like the county fairs, too. The Champlain Valley Fair, is the biggest in Vermont. My personal favorite is the Orleans County (Vt.) fair on demolition derby day. The Durham Fair in Connecticut is fun, too.

 

East Coast fairs are amateur hour from my experience

 

Now:

http://www.mnstatefair.org/

 

Texas has the main State Fair in Dallas. Before that there is the North Texas State Fair in Denton, which is like the month-long happy hour before Daytona.

 

some friends who live in Michigan tell me the Lower Peninsula State Fair is back after a several year hiatus. It is evidently a three-day affair in a parking lot with no musical acts at all so I guess even calling it a glorified county fair would be way too kind.

 

Long ago I worked in Sedalia, MO, site of the Missouri State Fair. All of us in the newsroom had free passes to get into the fair and park, so we hit it pretty hard while the fair ran its course. Pretty much stayed in the Bud tent, getting drunk and listening to acts trying to be the next George Strait.

Rode the sky coaster a few times, but I stayed away from the midway.

Went to the Oregon state fair when I lived in the PNW. Paid 50 cents to see "the world's biggest hog." Poor fucker just laid on his side, suffering from the heat.

 

I got to see Kate's teats for free last night.

 

The Bloomsburg Fair is great. I've driven two hours for that a number of times. A foodie's delight.

 

Have to get there. went to watch buddy play football at bloom years ago and stopped at a few of the watering holes. kind of reminded me of the bar tom cruise's dad drank at in all the right moves.

 

Was it bigger than Hogzilla?

 

I learned, hanging out in the North Woods, that Wisconsin has not one, not two, but THREE state fairs.

-- The Wisconsin State Fair, in West Allis (where the Milwaukee Indycar race is held)
-- The Central Wisconsin State Fair, in Marshfield
-- The Northern Wisconsin State Fair, in Chippewa Falls, which is only a 90-minute drive from Marshfield.