Virginia State Fair

Virginia State Fair

The Virginia State Fair is held annually at the end of September, at the former State Fairgrounds (now known as The Richmond International Raceway Complex) located in eastern Henrico County, just outside of the City of Richmond, VA.The Fair offers rides, carnival games, concerts, and typical Fair foods such as corndogs, cotton candy, and funnel cakes as well as Virginia favorites such as barbecue, chicken and peanuts. The Fair also offers technological, agricultural, historical, and livestock exhibitions and competitions including the always entertaining pig races. Several of the competitions offer scholarships to students that compete.The expositions include: Virginia World which highlights Virginia agricultural products, the better living center which hosts the arts & craft competiition displays, the technology expo which highlights Virginia technology industry, and Young McDonald's Farm which displays a variety of young animals for the urban visitor to see. Additionally, one section of the Fair includes a "Heritage Village" which displays Native American, African American, and Euro-American history in the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Official Site

*http://www.statefairva.org/


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