Fairs: A Celebration of PA

Somewhere beyond your smartphone, on the The 2015 edge of town, is a summertime land of parades and pageantry, homemade pies and other sweets. There are games to be won, rides to be experienced and animals to see – and it all happens larger than life, once a year, at 109 county and community fairs across Fair Guide Pennsylvania. They’re the original social media experience: a place of reunions, where mementos, stories and talents are shared.

Each one is a unique take on the classic agriculture fair. There are hardworking locals For more information: competing with their best of home and field, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture interactive entertainers bringing family fun and vendors offering the best fairtime food. www.agriculture.state.pa.us The action unfolds on a modern fairgrounds, [email protected] where rustic buildings and century-old trees 717.787.6298 meet LED lights and the latest technology.

Put on your boots and get back to your roots Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs with the timeless magic of a fair. Nearly six www.pafairs.org million visitors each year create their own fair [email protected] experiences. Which ones will you choose? 866.814.6985

Pennsylvania Farm Show www.farmshow.state.pa.us [email protected] 717.787.5373

All roads lead to the 100th PA Farm Show... Huntingdon County Fair, Huntingdon County

Tom Wolf Russell C. Redding Governor Secretary PENNSYLVANIA FAIRS BY MONTH

MATCH THE NUMBER TO THE MAP TO FIND THE LOCATION OF THE FAIR MARCH 8/16-22 69 Williamsburg Comm. 3/21-22, 61 PA Maple Festival Farm Show 3/25-29 8/17-22 45 Dayton 29 Harford APRIL 42 Lawrence Co. 4/24-26 106 College 8/18-22 38 Blue Valley Farm Show A-Day 86 Perry Co. Comm. 100 South Mountain JUNE 8/19-22 80 Northumberland Co. 6/11-13 85 Kempton Country 8/21-29 65 Centre Co. Grange 6/15-20 40 Schnecksville Comm. Encampment 6/21-27 13 Mercer Co. Grange 57 Westmoreland 6/23-28 33 Northeast 8/22-29 5 Crawford Co. 6/28-7/4 19 Wolf’s Corners 64 Somerset Co. 8/23-29 36 West End JULY 8/24-29 96 Elizabethtown 7/3-11 43 Big Butler 8/25-29 50 Hookstown 7/5-11 103 Franklin Co. 10 Transfer Harvest Home 7/6-11 104 Mason-Dixon 8/28-9/7 35 Greene-Dreher-Sterling 7/12-18 55 Derry Township Ag 8/30-9/5 49 Indiana Co. HARNESS RACING 7/14-18 53 Jacktown 8/31-9/5 4 Erie Co. 7/16-25 22 Lycoming Co. 7/19-25 23 Jefferson Co. SEPTEMBER 7/20-25 108 Kimberton Comm. 9/1-5 48 Big Knob Grange 56 Sewickley Twp. Comm. 73 Claysburg Farm Show 98 Shippensburg Comm. 9/1-7 41 Allentown 7/21-25 12 Jefferson Twp. 9/2-7 31 Kiwanis Wyoming Co. 39 Plainfield Farmers 30 Sullivan Co. 7/25-8/1 89 Lebanon Area 11 Stoneboro Luzerne Fair, Luzerne County 7/26-8/1 75 Bedford Co. 9/5-11 6 Spartansburg Comm. 24 Clarion Co. 9/5-12 68 Juniata Co. 15 Potter Co. 9/6-12 71 Cambria Co. 7/27-8/1 109 Goshen Country 9/7-12 46 Ox Hill Comm. 1 PENNSYLVANIA’S 83 Schuylkill Co. 3 Waterford Comm. 90 GREAT LAKES REGION 28 Troy 52 West Alexander Erie 7/30-8/8 60 Fayette Co. 9/8-12 7 Jamestown Comm. 2 4 219 93 Denver 3 McKean Potter Tioga UPSTATE PA 6 14 15 15 AUGUST 66 Sinking Valley 79 6 8/1-8 9 Venango Co. 9/8-13 47 Cookport Warren 6 29 Wayne Crawford 16 28 Bradford 8/2-8 18 Cameron Co. 9/9-13 32 Luzerne Co. 5 17 Susquehanna 26 Clearfield Co. 9/11-20 101 York PENNSYLVANIA WILDS 81 6 322 31 34 67 Mifflin Co. Youth 9/13-19 82 McClure Bean Soup Fest. 8 Forest 30 6 Lacka- 9 Elk 18 wanna 90 Reading 9/15-19 2 Albion Area 7 Sullivan Wyoming 322 Cameron 220 POCONO 79 Union Co. West End 9/16-19 62 Berlin Brothersvalley 19 219 10 11 Lycoming 35 84 8/3-7 74 Morrisons Cove Dairy Comm. 15 32 Mercer 20 Clinton MOUNTAINS 79 Venango Clarion 8/3-8 37 Carbon Co. 9/17-19 1 North East Comm. Jefferson 22 33 Pike 8 Cochranton Comm. 88 Comm. 80 Luzerne 12 13 80 380 80 Clearfield 21 220 8/7-15 34 Wayne Co. 105 Solanco 81 Monroe 23 180 Columbia 8/8-15 21 Clinton Co. 9/20-26 81 Beaver Comm. Lawrence 24 77 80 Butler 25 26 80 80 8/9-15 54 Greene Co. 84 Gratz 422 80 Montour 78 70 Huntingdon Co. 9/22-24 72 Hollidaysburg Comm. 42 Union Carbon 36 Armstrong 219 322 220 VALLEYS 77 Montour-Delong Comm. 9/22-26 95 Ephrata 76 43 65 79 38 Centre OF THE 80 SUSQUEHANNA 37 63 Mountain Area 27 Harmony Grange 44 45 81 Beaver 46 47 27 Snyder Northumberland LEHIGH 39 25 Sykesville Ag & Youth 9/23-25 102 West Lampeter Comm. 422 81 Schuylkill YSIDE Indiana 40 VALLEY Northhampton 8/10-15 44 Butler Farm Show 9/26-10/3 78 Bloomsburg 48 Cambria 67 82 15 Lehigh 59 Dawson Grange Comm. 9/30-10/3 97 New Holland Farmers 50 PITTSBURGHOUNTR AND 66 Mifflin 83 76 49 68 85 78 41 87 Kutztown 30 ITS C Blair 69 70 22 84 Bucks 17 Tioga Co. Allegheny Juniata 87 OCTOBER 71 22 Dauphin Berks D 22 22 86 15 88 8/11-15 91 Cumberland Ag Expo 10/2-4 110 Unionville Comm. 72 THE ALLEGHENIES Perry Lebanon E 20 Elk Co. 10/5-9 94 Manheim Comm. 79 55 DUTCH COUNTRY ROADS 422 73 89 YSID 14 Warren Co. Farm Show Washington Westmoreland 90 106 Huntingdon 81 93 8/12-16 107 Middletown Grange 10/12-17 99 Dillsburg Comm. 74 91 UNTR 51 56 57 30 92 76 276 107 8/15-22 16 McKean Co. 70 Bedford 76 Cumberland 94 95 CO Montgomery 76 AN 51 Washington Co. Ag 52 96 97 ITS 108 JANUARY 2016 58 Somerset Franklin 99 83 Lancaster th 59 75 98 76 8/16-22 58 Bullskin Twp. Comm. 1/9-16 92 100 Pennsylvania LAUREL 219 81 York Chester 15 Philadelphia 76 Fulton Co. Farm Show 54 HIGHLANDS 76 100 101 102 476 53 60 61 62 30 109 220 Fulton 103 79 83 Delaware Greene Fayette 63 105 110 64 70 81 Adams 104 Use the designated regions to plan a fair trip at visitPA.com. indicates fairs featuring harness racing