Newport Agricultural Fair
A true small-community agricultural fair in the Giles County mountain village of Newport, preserving the livestock show and produce competition traditions of rural Appalachian Virginia.
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"Billed as the world's oldest and largest old-time music and bluegrass competition, the Galax Old Fiddlers' Convention has gathered mountain musicians at Felts Park since 1935, drawing competitors and campers from across the country."
Old Fiddlers' Convention
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"Burke's Garden, a remote bowl-shaped valley in Tazewell County known as 'God's Thumbprint,' hosts this one-day autumn festival celebrating the extraordinary agricultural landscape and Appalachian community heritage of one of Virginia's most isolated communities."
Burke's Garden Fall Festival
"A genuine small-county agricultural fair in the remote Blue Ridge community of Elk Creek, showcasing the farming traditions of Grayson County's high-mountain landscape with livestock shows, produce competitions, and family entertainment."
Grayson County Agricultural Fair
"Now in its 77th year, Abingdon's Virginia Highlands Festival fills the historic Washington County town with juried fine art, antique markets, live bluegrass and old-time music, and guided outdoor excursions celebrating Southwest Virginia's Appalachian culture."
Virginia Highlands Festival
"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."
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"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
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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