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The fair began in 1977 in Litchfield, Maine. In 1981, it moved to Windsor, Maine and in 1996, MOFGA purchased 200 acres in Unity, Maine, where the fair now takes place yearly. [3] The first fair was held at the Litchfield Fairgrounds as a fundraiser for MOFGA. It raised $22,000. [4] In 2016, a Portland Press Herald article about the fair's ...
Winter Wonders 2024-25: Two million lights. ELIOT, Maine — Winter Wonders 2024-25 is a light show experience in Eliot, Maine, beginning Friday, Nov. 22, from 4:15-8 p.m. Organizers say with over ...
Smokey's Greater Shows is a traveling carnival midway company based in Fryeburg, Maine, United States. It provides amusement rides, games and concessions for local, county and state fairs throughout Maine. [1] It appeared at the Fryeburg Fair for over forty years, before its partnership ended in 2022. [2]
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The fair is a 501(c)(3) organization. The Fryeburg Fair features livestock shows, harness racing, horse pulling, antique farm and forestry equipment displays and demonstrations, horticultural and culinary contests and displays, a petting zoo, agricultural vendor displays, live musical acts, amusement rides, and food stands.
The fair was founded in 1855 by the Sagadahoc Agricultural and Horticultural Society, and was held on these grounds. Its racing oval was reconfigured sometime between 1863, when the need for its improvement was expressed in society documents, and 1877, when a depiction of the grounds shows a new oval and an apparently roofless grandstand.
The Union Fair is an annual agricultural fair in Union, Maine. [1] It began in 1869 and, since 1886, all fairs in Knox County have taken place in Union. [2] [3] No fair was held in 1917–18, 1942–45 nor 2020. For many years the fair started on the third Saturday before Labor Day and run for eight days closing on the following Saturday. The ...