A state fair is an annual competitive and recreational gathering of a U.S. state 's population, usually held in late summer or early fall. It is a larger version of a county fair , often including only exhibits or competitors that have won in their categories at the more-local county fairs.
6-520: [REDACTED] Look up state fair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A state fair is a competitive and recreational gathering in the United States. It may also refer to: State Fair (novel) , a 1932 novel by Phil Stong State Fair (1933 film) , based on the novel State Fair (1945 film) , a musical remake State Fair (1962 film) ,
12-879: A million visitors over the course of a week or two. The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair , established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. The first U.S. state fair was the New York , held in 1841 in Syracuse , and has been held annually since. The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan , which ran from 1849 to 2009. Events similar to state fairs are also held annually in each state capital in Australia , known as royal shows. Australian royal shows are organized by state agricultural and horticultural societies, and are described further in
18-534: A remake of the musical version State Fair (1976 film) , a television pilot loosely based upon the novel State Fair (musical) , a 1996 musical play based upon the Stong novel State Fair, a neighborhood in Detroit , Michigan State Fair (song) , a single by country music singer Doug Supernaw on his 1994 album Deep Thoughts from a Shallow Mind Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-523: The agricultural show article. Several state fairs maintain their own police departments, including: A few annual exhibitions in the summer in Canada are similar to state fairs in the United States: State and county fairs are famous for a variety of competitions that award ribbons . Awards are generally given according to the following scale: As of 2019, the largest attendance at a state fair in
30-518: The nineteenth century for the purpose of promoting state agriculture , through competitive exhibitions of livestock and display of farm products. As the U.S. evolved from a predominantly agrarian to an industrial society in the twentieth century, and the more service economy of the 21st century, modern state fairs have expanded to include carnival amusement rides and games, display of industrial products, automobile racing, and entertainment such as musical concerts. Large fairs can admit more than
36-470: The title State Fair . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=State_Fair&oldid=1187500870 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages State fair State fairs began in
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