MODIFIED FAIR FOR 2021

Fair to return this year with changes

BY ANGELINA MARTIN

The Stanislaus County Fair will return to Turlock this year, albeit with a few differences.

A board meeting decision made in April approved moving forward with a “modified version” of the fair this year after the event was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Stanislaus County Fair CEO Matt Cranford said that the plan includes four weekends of fair fun in July, excluding the 4th of July weekend and weekdays, which will center around events in the fairgrounds arena and food favorites.

“Doing a festival or fair like we normally do could be problematic,” Cranford said.

“I’ve taken a very cautious and conservative approach with COVID this year because it seems like it changes every two or three weeks...We don’t want to spend money to put together a festival atmosphere and then not see it materialize.”

While the fair was able to host virtual livestock shows for agriculture and FFA students last year, this year will see shows return to the fairgrounds in an extended format over the course of 21 days. Fewer people will be allowed to view the shows in order to promote social distancing.

Cranford said it’s nice to be moving forward with one of the county’s biggest events which drew 260,000 to Turlock the last time it was held in 2019. This year’s event is to keep the fair financially stable, he said, so that it can return in full force next year.

“Last year was probably my single hardest year professionally. We work year-round to have a county fair, and to be told you can’t do it makes it tough,” Cranford said. “Now, we have some light at the end of the tunnel.”

“We work yearround to have a county fair, and to be told you can’t do it makes it tough.”

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