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FAIR CRAZY HAIR These girls had a hair-raising time on the Crazy Dance ride at the Gillespie County Fair carnival in 2018. This year’s fair will once again feature carnival rides. — Standard-Radio Post file photo
FAIR BACK IN FULL SWING, AFTER LAST YEAR’S MODIFIED SCHEDULE A
fter last year’s historic and modified fair due The carnival and midway will be operating, and to the global coronavirus pandemic, the 133rd judging will take place in the various agricultural and Gillespie County Fair — will be back full throttle home products divisions. with family friendly events Thursday through Kicking off the 133rd Gillespie County Fair on Sunday, Aug. 26-29. Friday, Aug. 27, will be a 10 a.m. parade down Sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair and Fredericksburg’s Main Street. Festivals Association, the 133rd Gillespie County Activities shift back to the Gillespie County Fair will include two days of live pari-mutuel Fair Grounds where three full days of events are horse racing, a carnival and midway, displays of planned, including dances on Friday and Saturday agricultural and home products, a parade, queen’s nights on the outdoor pavilion. contest, antique machinery displays, musical Entertainers and other plans are being finalized, entertainment, livestock shows and more. and information will be announced in the regular And with the exception of the parade, all issues of the Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post. activities take place at the Gillespie County Fair Another highlight of the four-day exposition is the Grounds, located about two miles from downtown crowning of the new Gillespie County Fair Queen Fredericksburg off Texas 16 South (Kerrville and her court on Friday night, Aug. 27. highway). Horse racing is not a new attraction to the fair and Sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair and once again, live pari-mutuel horse races will be run. Festivals Association, the 133rd Gillespie County Pari-mutuel horse races will be run Saturday and Fair opens on Thursday night, Aug. 26, with Tejano Sunday, Aug. 28-29. music and free admission to the grounds.
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