county fair
noun
: a fair usually held annually at a set location in a county especially to exhibit local agricultural products and livestock
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More information on the county fair, including how to purchase tickets, can be found on the fair’s Cal Expo website.
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Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
Williams wrote the song with fellow songwriters P.J. Harding and Ned Houston and said the idea came from the joy of going to a small-town carnival or county fair.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 17 June 2024
The official version is that Mrs. Dadson went into labor while her husband, Kyle, was showing pigs at a nearby county fair.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Earlier this year, the California Authority of Racing Fairs canceled all races at county fairs, effectively shuttering horse racing in Northern California.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
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Marcus D. Smith, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2025
Williams wrote the song with fellow songwriters P.J. Harding and Ned Houston and said the idea came from the joy of going to a small-town carnival or county fair.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 17 June 2024
The official version is that Mrs. Dadson went into labor while her husband, Kyle, was showing pigs at a nearby county fair.
—Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2025
Earlier this year, the California Authority of Racing Fairs canceled all races at county fairs, effectively shuttering horse racing in Northern California.
—Luis Melecio-Zambrano, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2025
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“County fair.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/county%20fair. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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