Kimberton Fair ready for its 85th run
Children swing through the air on the YOYO at the 2012 Kimberton Fair. The fair returns next week. (Mercury file photo/Barry Taglieber)from: pottsmert.com
By Denny Dyroff, For 21st Century Media
07/18/13
There can’t be too many annual events in Chester County that can top the Kimberton Community Fair when it comes to longevity. The fair, which runs from July 22-27, is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2013.
First staged in 1929, the Kimberton Community Fair is one of the oldest community fairs in the state — and one of the last “free admission” fairs operating in the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs.
The Kimberton Fair is a “free admission fair with parking by donation.” That means that all of the entertainment shows, nightly contests, exhibit buildings and livestock displays are free to all visitors. There are charges for ride wristbands and tickets, games and concessions and food. There is also a fee to play BINGO.
As always, the fair will be at the Kimberton Fairgrounds on Route 113 approximately one mile south of Phoenixville. The nonprofit event, which lists the volunteer Kimberton Fire Company as its beneficiary, attracts more than 60,000 people each year.
Children swing through the air on the YOYO at the 2012 Kimberton Fair. The fair returns next week. (Mercury file photo/Barry Taglieber)from: pottsmert.com
By Denny Dyroff, For 21st Century Media
07/18/13
There can’t be too many annual events in Chester County that can top the Kimberton Community Fair when it comes to longevity. The fair, which runs from July 22-27, is celebrating its 85th anniversary in 2013.
First staged in 1929, the Kimberton Community Fair is one of the oldest community fairs in the state — and one of the last “free admission” fairs operating in the Pennsylvania State Association of County Fairs.
The Kimberton Fair is a “free admission fair with parking by donation.” That means that all of the entertainment shows, nightly contests, exhibit buildings and livestock displays are free to all visitors. There are charges for ride wristbands and tickets, games and concessions and food. There is also a fee to play BINGO.
As always, the fair will be at the Kimberton Fairgrounds on Route 113 approximately one mile south of Phoenixville. The nonprofit event, which lists the volunteer Kimberton Fire Company as its beneficiary, attracts more than 60,000 people each year.
Children enjoy hanging out with the Phillie Phanatic at the Kimberton Fair in 2012. The Phanatic will return the fair this year. (File photo/Barry Taglieber)
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The mid-summer festival is a traditional family event with a wide array of live entertainment, educational exhibits and programs, and a variety of agricultural and festival-related competitions (which are held nightly). Most importantly, it features a fun-filled midway with amusement games.
Competitions are organized into youth and adult categories for sewing, needlecraft, arts and crafts, vegetables, horticulture, herbs, hay and grain, photography, honey and maple syrup, baking, homemade wines and beers and furniture-making. There will also be open class and 4-H competitions for Dairy Cattle, Dairy Goats, Breeding Sheep, and Market Steer livestock. Competitions are held nightly during Fair week.
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