Nevada County Fair
Held at the pine-shaded Nevada County Fairgrounds in the heart of Gold Rush country, this five-day fair brings together 4-H and FFA livestock shows, carnival rides, live music, and the community spirit of the Sierra Nevada foothills.
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"A genuine Gold Country homecoming fair held every Labor Day weekend in the small county seat of Mariposa, gateway to Yosemite, featuring livestock shows, a rodeo, 4-H exhibits, and the deep agricultural roots of the southern Sierra foothills."
Mariposa County Fair and Homecoming
"Auburn's Gold Country Fairgrounds hosts this four-day agricultural fair in the foothills of Placer County, celebrating the farming and ranching heritage of the region with livestock, exhibits, rodeo events, and Gold Rush-era lore."
Gold Country Fair
"An afternoon craft beer celebration in the heart of historic downtown Grass Valley, with local and regional brewers pouring on Mill Street Plaza alongside food vendors and live music in a Gold Rush-era streetscape."
Grass Valley Brew Fest
"One of the largest Cornish festivals outside Cornwall, this 58th annual event closes Mill and West Main Streets to traffic for four festive Fridays of Cornish pasties, the Carol Choir on the Union Building steps, Tommyknocker Cloggers, and Victorian-costumed carolers in the heart of a Gold Rush town."
Cornish Christmas
"Grass Valley and Nevada City honour the patron saint of Cornish miners with a quirky inter-town pasty toss, the Town Crier, and a street festival reflecting the town's deep Cornish immigrant roots from the 19th-century gold rush."
St. Piran's Day Festival and Pasty Toss
"A 67-year-old western heritage tradition in the Tuolumne County gold-rush town of Sonora, combining a street parade down Washington Street with a professional rodeo at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds to celebrate the ranching culture that outlasted the mines."
Mother Lode Round-Up Parade and Rodeo
"The Blanco County Fair in LBJ Country brings together local ranching and farming families for livestock judging, ag exhibits, and small-town fair traditions in a county seat of just 1,600 people."
Blanco County Fair and Rodeo Association Fair
"A week-long hometown agricultural fair at the Howard County Fairgrounds in the rural village of West Friendship, combining livestock shows, demolition derby, carnival rides, and funnel cakes in a classic Maryland tradition."
Howard County Fair
"Held in the historic Civil War village of Beverly, this traditional county fair features livestock competitions, 4-H exhibits, harness racing, and mountain community pageantry in the heart of the Tygart Valley."
Randolph County Fair
"Set in the heart of Ohio's Amish Country, this county agricultural fair in tiny Millersburg showcases livestock, harness racing, 4-H exhibits, and the distinct flavour of Holmes County's farming heritage."
Holmes County Fair
"A six-day Sagadahoc County agricultural fair with a century of tradition behind it, featuring harness racing, livestock competitions, mechanical pulls, craft exhibits, and all the classic fair food of the Maine summer circuit."
Topsham Fair
"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