Changes Ahead for This Year’s Fayette Co. Fair

Free Thursday Added; Plant House and Shuttle Busses Out

We’re less than three weeks away from the start of The Fayette County Fair, and here are a few things of note that are new and/or changes for the event on Labor Day Weekend:

• Admission to the fair Thursday is going to be free and parking will also be free that night. Ticket prices thereafter are $10 for Friday, $30 for Saturday and $20 for Sunday. Season tickets are $35. Kids 0-5 are free. Kids 6-15 are free until 6 p.m. every day.

• After Thursday, parking at the grounds will be $5 per night. There will not be shuttle busses running from downtown this year. Fair President Michael Zuhn said that in recent years there has not been enough ridership to justify the expense of shuttle busses, which cost the fair about $40,000 last year and he said it would have cost the fair closer to $50,000 this year. Zuhn said there will be several six-passenger golf carts on the grounds to transport people to and from their cars in the parking lot of the fairgrounds to the front gate.

• There will not be a plant show at the fair this year. Zuhn said the fair struggled to find a new director for the program this year and the plant house has been converted to a first aid and first responder area.

• A Tejano band Inconfundibles Del Norte has been added to the musical lineup, headlining Friday night.

• The Senior Citizens event on opening day will return to a more traditional format, with a meal, music and prizes at the VFW Hall from Noon-3:30 p.m. Thursday.