Source: BY DAWSON BELL – FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
Fans of the Michigan State Fair said most of their good-byes in September, when the oldest fair in the country closed for what they feared was the last time.
Those fears were realized Friday as Gov. Jennifer Granholm vetoed a $7.1-million appropriation (most of it from fair-related revenue) [...]
Source: Chris Baysden – Triangle Business Journal
There were a whole lotta people at “A Whole Lotta Happy.”
North Carolina State Fair officials said Monday that this year’s fair – which used the promotional slogan “A Whole Lotta Happy” – broke records for total and single-day attendance.
The fair drew 877,941 attendees this year, beating the previous record [...]
By Dwight Dana | Morning News
The Vivona brothers are at home for the 47th year with the Eastern Carolina Agricultural Fair under way through Sunday at the ECA fairgrounds.
The brothers, Morris, 89, Dominic, 77 and Phil, 74, are owners of Amusements of America (AOA), which provides the rides and everything involved with the annual [...]
From the Mississippi State Fair Commission:
Lester Spell, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce and State Fair Commission Chairman, along with Mike Williams, of North American Midway Entertainment, have announced that the 150th Mississippi State Fair will be extended one extra day for Mississippi fairgoers to enjoy.
The extended day [...]
By Eric Gaertner | Muskegon Chronicle
FRUITLAND TOWNSHIP — About the only thing missing in Ray Genter’s creation is the sounds of happy children and the smell of cotton candy.
From Ferris wheels and bumper cars to carnival-goers and Sno-cone stands, Genter’s elaborate miniature carnival features small versions of seemingly everything that make full-size carnivals popular and [...]
Source: Sam Jacobson – The Daily Tar Heel
Blogs and Twitter generate interest
The N.C. State Fair is Tweeting, blogging and Facebooking its way to an unprecedented increase in ticket sales.
The fair’s social networking outreach, which began in June 2008, has helped to double ticket sales from this time last year.
With the fair less than two weeks [...]
Source: By Roslyn Anderson – WLBT.Com
JACKSON, MS (WLBT) – The Mississippi State Fairgrounds are alive with lights, rides and thousands of people.
Wednesday the ribbon was cut, and the gates opened for 11 days of fun and excitement.
Mississippians have been coming together for the annual state fair for 150 years.
Attending the first day of the [...]
Source: The Associated Press – News-Leader.Com
SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri State Fair officials say attendance at this year’s event was up 8 percent over last year’s fair.
Final figures released Tuesday show 337,851 people attended the 11-day fair this year, about 27,000 more than in 2008.
Fair Director Mark Wolfe says cooler weather and reasonable costs helped [...]
Source: By Rick Whelan – The Beacon Herald
There’s something magical about the annual fall fair — the way it seems to be the official harbinger of … duh! … fall!
What I mean is … before those merry-go-round horses start prancing up and down and before the teenage screams accompany the whirling, twirling Zipper, it’s summer.
But [...]
