King Turkey Day
Dating to 1939, this southwest Minnesota festival crowns a King Turkey and stages a Main Street turkey race in the self-styled Turkey Capital of the World, Worthington, drawing crowds with its uniquely eccentric poultry-themed community customs.
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"The free-admission county fair of southeast Minnesota's Mower County, held in the Spam capital of the world, Austin, packs six days of livestock shows, a carnival and live grandstand acts into a classic mid-century fairground."
Mower County Free Fair
"In its 114th year, this five-day fair west of the Twin Cities packs tractor pulls, an ATV Big Air tour, a demolition derby and livestock competitions into the small lakeside town of Waconia."
Carver County Fair
"A week-long southern Minnesota county fair featuring Great Frontier bull riding, a daily lumberjack show, ranch rodeo, tractor parades and nationally touring country acts at the Fairmont fairgrounds."
Martin County Fair
"Minnesota's largest county fair by attendance, with free admission to the grounds, draws hundreds of thousands to Owatonna each August for a rodeo, demolition derby, antique tractor pull and a full grandstand concert series."
Steele County Free Fair
"Set in the lakes country of central Minnesota, this four-day fair brings a demolition derby, Big Air ATV show, children's barnyard and major country music acts to Alexandria each August."
Douglas County Fair
"The gathering of Itasca County's north-woods farming and forestry communities, held each August in Grand Rapids, combines 4-H livestock judging, carnival rides and grandstand acts in the heart of Minnesota's lake district."
Itasca County Fair
"A full week of traditional county fair life in Coldwater -- livestock judging, 4-H competitions, carnival rides, and grandstand events -- anchoring the agricultural calendar of the small-farm communities of Branch County in southern Michigan."
Branch County Fair
"A beloved three-day community fair in its 49th year, held in the Adirondack foothills hamlet of Mayfield, serving as a true local gathering for Fulton County's rural communities."
Mayfield Bannertown Fair
"The westernmost UP county fair serves the iron-mining and logging heritage communities of Gogebic County and the Wisconsin border, gathering agricultural exhibits, livestock, and local traditions in Ironwood each August."
Gogebic County Fair
"Held on the shores of Lake Chatuge every August, this long-running Appalachian fair celebrates the mountain heritage of Towns County with craft demonstrations, old-time music, and a recreated pioneer village."
Georgia Mountain Fair
"The Alpena County Fair on Thunder Bay serves the agricultural and fishing communities of the northeast Lower Peninsula with a traditional week of livestock, 4-H exhibits, and fairground entertainment in a county known for its pristine Great Lakes waters."
Alpena County Fair
"The great rural gathering of the Upper Peninsula, held annually in Escanaba since the early 20th century, brings together agricultural exhibits, grandstand entertainment, carnival rides, and fair foods to serve the farming and forestry communities spread across Michigan's vast northern wilderness."
Upper Peninsula State Fair