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Centre County Grange Fair
Fairgoers at the Grange Fair
GenreCounty fair
DatesBegins second last Thursday of August for one week
Location(s)Centre Hall, Pennsylvania
Years active1874- Present
Attendance10,000+
WebsiteOfficial website

The Grange Fair is an annual fair and camping event held in Centre Hall in Centre County, Pennsylvania each year since 1874. The fair is typically held in the last full week of August.[1]

It consists of thousands of people camping at the fairgrounds in large, green, rented tents with asphalt floors. Thousands more stay in their own recreational vehicles, parked on the grounds. In addition to those staying on the fair grounds, daily visitors come for rides, food, bingo, animal shows, livestock contests and concerts.

Families stay in the same tent each year and tent locations are often passed down through generations. The wait for a tent reservation is said to be years long.[2]

On the last day of 140th Grange Fair, it was announced that the 2015 Grange Fair will be moving a week earlier and adding 1 day, with the fair going from 8 days to 9 days.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Centre County History". Centre County Historical Society. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  2. ^ DULLEA, GEORGIA DULLEA. "Same Tent, Same Joy, Every Year". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  3. ^ "IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT GRANGE FAIR 2015!..." Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair (Official Facebook Page). Retrieved 30 August 2014.

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