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According to an editorial published in the Daily Alta California on November 5, 1850, fairs were common on the east coast of the United States.They believed the newborn state had potential to hold a great "exhibition that would astonish the world", comparing its accomplishments to "the poet's imagined Minerva, when she burst full armed from the brain of Jove, through the cleft made by Vulcan's ...
1893 – New York City, United States – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) 1894 – San Francisco, California, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 [13] 1894 – Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894) [13]
For decades the official greeter and host of the fair was Don Diego, a smiling caballero portrayed by Spanish actor Tom Hernández from 1947 until his death in 1984. The character was based on a real person, Don Diego Alvarado, whose family had a large land grant in the Del Mar area during the late 1800s; Alvarado was known for his grand parties and was regarded as the local symbol of a ...
Singer LeAnn Rimes performs at the Golden 1 Stage inside the California State Fair on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Sacramento as part of the Toyota Concert Series. The fair kicks off at Cal Expo ...
In 2022, the State Fair hosted its first cannabis competition where vendors participated in a marijuana exhibit. Last year, the fair allowed attendees aged 21 and older to purchase CBD-infused ...
The California State Fair has slowly been announcing performers for its summer concert series. Ashanti, Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter, is the latest performer to be added to the ...
The oldest state fair is that of The Fredericksburg Agricultural Fair, established in 1738, and is the oldest fair in Virginia and the United States. [1] The first U.S. state fair was the New York, held in 1841 in Syracuse, and has been held annually since. [2] The second state fair was in Detroit, Michigan, which ran from 1849 [3] to 2009.
For the first time in the 170-year history of the California State Fair, which is scheduled to open July 12 in Sacramento, visitors will be able to do something they haven't been able to do there ...