A headless lady, a moving mummy and a girl in a goldfish bowl are among the spectacles brought to life as part of a new exhibition charting Britain’s seaside sideshows.
By Alastair Jamieson – Telegraph.co.uk
The illusions, once a common feature of piers and promenades, have been recreated for the first time since falling out of fashion [...]
Crowds are coming, but vendors say they are spending less
By C. Ron Allen | South Florida Sun-Sentinel
With two days remaining for the South Florida Fair, people are attending the 17-day event despite the stormy economy, fair officials said. “Last year we had some big numbers so anything close to last year or two [...]
This guy has a buyer looking for a Big Eli wheel and finds one in Ill. in the weeds.
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2008 Minnesota State Fair shows $900,000 operating gain
St. Paul, MN – – Financial reports released during the State Fair’s 150th Annual Meeting show the annual event realized a net operating gain of $900,000 in 2008 based on gross revenues of $36.2 million and gross operating expenses of $35.3 million.
Income is reinvested in maintaining and [...]
By MARC VALERO – Highlands Today
Armband Prices Lower This Year
SEBRING – Like a racing pit crew, workers bent down Thursday with their grease guns to squirt a dab on the wheel bearings of the Indy Racing cars.
But this Indy Racing is not for professional drivers, it’s just one of 30 rides Reithhoffer Shows will feature [...]
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The Red Men of this city have made arrangements with the great metropolitan shows and will hold a carnival, either on the streets or some vacant lot as best suits the business people and officials of the city. The carnival company will arrive next Sunday and the shows will be open to [...]
By MARC VALERO
Highlands Today
SEBRING – The 72nd Highlands County Fair starts its nine-day run of shows, rides, contests, exhibits and more on Friday.
The Midway will feature the Reithoffer Shows with thrill rides, family rides, kiddie’s rides, games, food and fun for the whole family.
The Expo Stage comes alive with rock ‘n’ roll bands and other [...]
By STEVEN BERGER
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
Just over a year ago, the RC-48 was set aside, stuffed into open-air containers on the New Jersey boardwalk.
The largest portable roller coaster in the nation is now the newest showpiece at the South Florida Fair’s midway.
Lined with University of Florida flags, the orange-and-blue roller coaster wasn’t in any [...]
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Several new carnival rides are coming to the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival.
The Viper, Balloon Samba and Hip Hop Fun House are the newest rides that will be at the festival’s carnival grounds.
Butler Amusements, based in Fairfield, has provided the carnival rides for the Indio-based festival since [...]
By Alison Meaney – Sun News
In response to an influx of crime stemming from the Forest of the Lost Souls operation on Sugar Ridge Road last fall, City Council is revisiting the ordinance governing circuses, menageries, carnivals and other public exhibitions for the first time since the 1960s.
At the request of Council President Bernadine Butkowski, [...]
