I've been going to the Armada fair since I can remember! The prices of the food have gone up, but the animals from 4H are always inspiring to look at, the farm equipment is impressive and the shows are great. This week they had Uncle Cracker performing on Monday, monster trucks on Tuesday, demolition Derby on Wednesday, figure 8 on Thursday, and I went to the rodeo on Friday. On Saturday they have tractor and truck pull and then on Sunday again they have a tractor and truck pull. Ticket prices are $10 for adults starting at age 13 and over and $5 for kids aged 10 to 12 years. Military and special needs get in the fair for free and seniors age 62 and over cost $9. Now those ticket prices include access to everything at the fairgrounds all the grandstand events, but you pay extra for the carnival rides, and they have different daily rates and arm bands that you can buy for the kids or adults if you still like to ride read more

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So Insurance companies run fairs now? Which explains why the audience was herded into seating sections by rude security personnel. Only to not be allowed to leave the seating for the event. People must be allowed to leave the seat if they want to or need to - and that seat must remain open when they return (guards trying to shame people to squeeze together not caring that an empty seat is for someone [aka spouse/child] who is coming back). Completely ruined the experience. And then yet another insurance company tells the event participants what they can and can't do? And never have I heard so many f-bombs and angry comments by fellow audience members. It was a shame to see entire families turned away from open seating because they didn't have an "x" on their arm or were in the wrong line. The whole experience was frustrating. Was a hair's breadth of just leaving the fair and making a stink for my entrance money back. For decades, people just filled the stands as they saw fit/when they saw fit and it worked. Was looking to go back for the Figure-8 and Rodeo this week, but no way. Not up for experiencing this fiasco again. Probably just go to the Eastern or State fair next year. read more

Expect to pay $38 Just to walk in and get a bracelet! This GREEDY fair will have you WAIT in one line to buy tickets for a bracelet only to walk next door and wait in 2nd line to turn in your tickets and have them give you a bracelet ..for $6 FEE!!! OUTRAGEOUS AND highway robbery! 3 lemonades that were NOT COLD in a jug cost $60! Shameful read more

One of the best county fairs to take children of all ages too. It lasts a whole week in August. My boyfriend isn't from Michigan, and when we went to a San Diego Fair, we weren't able to touch any sort of animal. Here at Armada, they let you let them and touch them. They offer camel rides and an opportunity to go into a bird enclosure. The kids had birds landing on theur fingers and flying all around them. They loved it. They have so many different activities. The fair offers prizes, awards, and scholarships to those with animals, artwork, etc. It's a great opportunity for teens to show off their talent and earn scholarships for their achievements. I love looking at all the many animals. Many animals are bought. Other animals are show animals with awards for the fair. They have cattle, sheep, goats, rabbits, horses, donkeys, mules, birds, poultry, etc. The teens can participate in still exhibits that are voted on like art/household, culinary arts, food preparation, fine arts, folk arts, collections, antiques, agriculture, floriculture, horticulture, food preservation, homemaker competition, antique tractors and engines, and more. They even have an opportunity for youth in many of the same areas as well as photography, creative arts, natural resources, and fine arts. It's amazing to see their skill and creativity at such young ages. They are all so talented. Another awesome section is the truck and tractor pull. They have other events you can participate in such as the figure 8, demolition derby, and bump and run. It is so much fun to sit in the stands and look st all the smoke in the air. If all of this wasn't enough for you, there is far more to do. There are carnival rides with trucks that sell food. You can even see booths all over selling items and food. There is a magician show, Miss Armada, and an eating contest. They even had a woodmaking contest, where we saw such beautiful art made out of wood. You can buy many items that are auctioned as well. It's such an amazing experience for such a small price. We spent the whole day here and the kids loved it. read more

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Stream or video project the events. This is too small of an area for the amount of people that come. Not fun and a waist or money if you can see the things you come here for read more

Take a hefty dose of John Cougar Mellencamp's "Small Town" and mix in a dollop of Alice Cooper's "Welcome to My Nightmare" and you have the Armada Fair. I went last week to see the demolition derby, and should have got their a lot earlier cause the stands were packed to the gills! People were crammed into all kinds of super low clearance spots underneath with partial to poor visibility just to see 'em wreck 'em up. I tried to make a go of it, but these were spots made for teenagers having sex and/or smoking pot or for bums scavenging for returnables, not for trying to take in a brutal motor sports spectacle. I was also rolling solo, since Ely cancelled out. No matter, I saw the sights, got in some good people watching, and never really felt too out of place as a lone city boy. This was my 3rd or 4th time at the Armada Fair, and first since I was a teen. (I can't remember if I went once or twice as a kid. I think twice.) The food is greasy and the lines can be long. Some of the tents with farm animals smell exactly like you'd expect them to smell. They had a rock and roll cover band and they did a very serviceable rendition of Johnny B. Good. Some of the art in the arts and crafts tent was really good and the rest was all very earnest. And I only saw one piece of Trump gear all day which I took as a good sign. I rode some classic flat rides with the $25 all day wristband, though at times I felt like a creepazoid, like when they put me on a Ferris wheel car with 3 kids I didn't know. They listened to their parents, didn't talk to a stranger, and I didn't talk to them. They were way geeked about the demo Derby, and why shouldn't they be? If you couldn't get into the packed stands, the regular Ferris wheel and the more thrilling skywheel were the best places to catch glimpses, both extended and short, of it. I hit the classic Himalaya a couple of times, Ring of Fire twice, Scrambler once, Skywheel twice, Ferris wheel once, pirate boat once, circular swing ride twice and the zero gravity once. (Gravitron used to sound way cooler.) I tried to go on the Zipper but got walk of shamed off cause they wouldn't board single riders. I avoided the Extreme swinging pendulum as it was the only ride with a more than two cycle wait and I had just watched the YouTube video of a similar ride breaking apart at the Ohio state fair with fatal consequences earlier in the day. Parking is a chore but I managed to score a free spot in the downtown business district that was probably more than half a mile away. I didn't mind the walk. There were big queues to get into the lots that were closer and I had to get to that demo Derby! First time I saw one, by the way, even if I didn't see close to all of it. I saw some cars get crunched up beyond all repair all right. read more

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Pair $20 to get in $5 to park and the. $15 for a drink. There were plenty of seats available in the stands the security guard said if you don't have seats you can't go up there and there was literally an entire corner open where about 14 people could still sit. The entire bleacher section on the end that seats hundreds of people was closed off to people that paid but they had about 50 workers sitting there with what looked like to be their friends. Shouldn't the workers be working while the paying customers got to sit? We spent about $50 total and ended up leaving after being there an hour and a half it was a total waste of time and money read more

Fun time but rides expensive. Cops have speed traps all over town praying on tourist. read more

Best fair ever! Never miss a year. If you want a real fair this is the place to go

Best Little County Fair in Michigan. This weeks they had it all. Demolishing Derby, Figure 8 racing, Country Music Concert and Tractor Pulls. Can't wait for next year! See you then!! read more

Best country fair!!! Clean, organized and fun!! Very impressed with how they handled a missing child yesterday too! They shut everything down, made announcements, and locked the gates until the child was found. I'm sure it annoyed some people during that 15 minutes to a half hour it took to find that kid. But as a parent I would've been very grateful!! read more

Absolutely a nightmare for participants. It's a disorganized disaster every year, and this topped it. I appreciate that they took our registration money BEFORE they announced who was disqualified. On top of that, the disqualifications looked oddly biased, based on what we saw were allowed to race and we were treated like a threat as the inspectors walked around flanked by sherriff officers and offered curt dismissials when we questioned the ruling and asked for details. They just told us to go home. We came to put on a show, our money was taken, and we were treated like animals that were looking for trouble from the moment we tried to buy pit passes for our parents to the moment we were kicked out on a wave of the inspectors hand. He did not even look at the car. It's really disappointing to see what used to be a fun event destroyed by people who let a little bit of percieved power go right to their already inflated wannabe country heads. read more

Best country fair you'll go to. I like it better than the Michigan State Fair. It is very clean, lots of fun for all ages, and definitely has lots of good food. read more