Looking Forward to the Lane County Fair

As always this year’s Lane County Fair will be held in the Lane County Event Center, July 19 through 23. At the fair there will be many activities such as: livestock exhibits, entertainment, food/vendors, contests/competitions and education, as well as carnival games, rides and excitement. Musical artists performing at the fair include Lil Jon, Sara Evans, Scotty McCreery, Quiet Riot and Sheila E. Senior Seth McEwen is most excited to see Lil John perform at the fair: “My favorite artist at the fair would probably be Lil Jon because I like rap and I think his energy would be good for the fair.”

The fair will host a variety of food. There will be enough food for three courses with many different options. An example of this would be to have fried ravioli and curly fries as an appetizer, philly cheesesteak as an entree and elephant ears for desert. Senior Isaac Peters is most excited for the blackberry grilled cheese: “I think the food I’m most excited to try at the fair would be the blackberry grilled cheese because I’ve tried it at home and it is a weird but good food combination and I want to see how someone else makes it.” There will definitely be lots of weird food at the fair, but you’ll have to try them for yourself.

The fair will also host a wide variety of rides. The rides have been around for a long time at the fair and every year they continue to be a hit. People come from all over Lane County to try the rides but they come at a hefty price. For about 50 dollars you can buy a ride bracelet and have access to all the rides you want. If you choose to buy them when you get there you will have an increased rate for fewer rides.

Junior Andrew Lugo goes every year and said, “I love going to the fair every year because it is fun to hangout with my friends and do all the rides and have good food.” Many people will relate to this as the fair is a blast with great music, food and rides every year.