From the 1911 Melon Carnival to concert nights and livestock shows: the story behind Turlock’s fairgrounds, with dates, directions and ways to take part. Keep Reading
Everything is lining up well for the first full-on Stanislaus County Fair in three years.
Carnival workers assembled rides and game booths during Thursday’s media preview on the Turlock grounds. Other crews prepared spaces for concerts and motor sports. And young people tended to their livestock in advance of judging and auctions.
COVID-19 sharply limited the 2020 and 2021 fairs. The pandemic has receded enough to allow crowds to mingle, carefully, during a 10-day run that starts Friday, July 8.
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The Stanislaus County Fair returns in full force this year, promising plenty of entertainment, arena events, carnival rides, livestock and more.
Because of the pandemic, the 2020 fair consisted of only online livestock competitions and drive-thru versions of a few food booths. The 2021 expo had livestock and motorsports back in person but the carnival and most of the food were missing.
But this year, the fair – which usually draws more than 200,000 people – has a 10-day slate of traditional events, set for July 8-17 at the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock.
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The Stanislaus County Fair will resume its pandemic-altered run Friday, July 16, without the extreme heat of opening weekend.
The fair normally runs for 10 straight days, but COVID-19 concerns split the 2021 version into three July weekends. The Turlock grounds has no carnival or concerts, but it does have livestock events, motor sports and limited fair food.
The food can be purchased from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Soft drinks are available, too.
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Corn dogs, cows and crowds made their way back to the Stanislaus County Fairgrounds in Turlock on Friday for opening day of the fair’s Summer of Fun — a different approach to one of the area’s most popular events after a year of closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.
While this year’s Stanislaus County Fair is taking place without rides or exhibits, CEO Matt Cranford said the organization crammed as much fun as they could into three weekends featuring favorite fair foods, pop-up shops, FoodMaxx Arena events and livestock shows. After COVID restrictions kept Cranford and company guessing for months, they were finally able to begin planning once guidelines were relaxed and had just six weeks to do so, he said.
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