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Deep fried Oreos
Arista W.

If you've never been to the Montgomery county agricultural fair you're missing out! Unfortunately it only comes once a year in August for a week, but it's always a good time. Lots of rides, plenty of food, games, and farm animals! They have wristbands for about $40 that give you unlimited access to rides, or you can buy a few tickets to ride the rides. I don't ride the rides but my kid does lol. I'm just there for the food lol. My favorite food to get are the deep fried Oreos and funnel cakes! They also have the best lemonade! We check out the fair every year, it's become a tradition of ours and we love it. It was a little crowded this year but I'm not surprised because who doesn't love a good fair?! You can park on the fair grounds or across the street and walk over.

Attending the Demolition Derby.
Sonya W.

This was our 1st time attending the 2013 Demolition Derby at the fair and we had a great time. We can't wait to see next year's events and the fairgrounds was busy and packed with people. We the good old fair foods.. we ate good (chicken pita, corn dogs, chicken on a stick, funnel cakes, fried oreos cotton candy, turkey legs, hot nuts, and ice cream).

Jimmy L.

Came here for the hot air balloon festival, and this was a really great venue to host such an event. I ended up parking by the business park area, since part of the main road leading to the entrance of the fairgrounds was closed. This place is huge and is very easy to get to. The hot air balloon festival was a blast!

Nosy Eggplant
Jeff T.

Montgomery County Agricultural Fair today. Free Tuesday for Seniors (even though I'm only 35). Photos tell the story, captions tell the photos.

Cathy B.

I had fun, and I'm not really an agricultural fair kinda gal. I wore a Ferragamo headband and pearl earrings to the fair, ya'll. You know, just FYI. This was my first time at the MoCo Fairgrounds and at the Agricultural Fair. You walk in and there's an agri half and a carnival half. AGRICULTURAL There is tons to see and amazing people watching. Prize winning tomatoes, you can buy local honey, there are entertainment shows (comedians and dancers, etc), you can take selfies on tractors, there are baby pigs, chickens dusting (in a cage), and a billion other animals to meet. It smells, but it didn't ruin my life. CARNIVAL / WRISTBAND There is tons to see and amazing people watching. Carnival games. Rides. There's an all you can ride wristband for $25. Or you can buy 5 tickets for $5. When I walked around there were only 3 I really wanted to ride, so it wasn't worth it to buy the wristband. The wristband is only good for only the mechanical rides, so not good for like the Haunted House I guess. There are 3 places to buy wristbands and tickets. Don't wait in a line that's a lifetime long... just walk around and find the other ticket booths. RIDE COST EXAMPLES Ferris wheel=5 tickets/$5 Spinning swing=4 tickets Zero gravity circle spinning thing where the floor falls off and you stick to the wall thing=4 tickets (obviously, I don't know the name). FOOD They had their standard carni fair food and also outside vendors. I stuck with carnival food and had my first corndog. It was amasssssssszing. I also got soft serve with rainbow sprinkles and it made my night magical. One vendor had a Krispy Kreme burger. I'm not into that...yet...even though I've pinned at least 300 recipes onto my Pinterest Eats board. But it's there, if you want to try one! On the way out, I got food from the outside vendors. There was a cupcakery/bakery there and I got a fresh blueberry pie and 4 cupcakes to take home. TIME If you're there mainly to ride rides, I suggest going after 8pm cause it'll be cooler and the lines will be shorter. FREE PARKING There are tons of free spots. You'll have to walk but if you're a cheapo, definitely don't spend money on parking. We parked for free and it was just a 5 minute walk to the admissions ticket booth. MONEY MONEY MONEY $10 admission $5 ferris wheel $25 for all you can ride wristband $5 pretzel CASH MONEY BRING YOUR OWN CASH. There are tons of mobile ATMs on site but I can't even imagine that ATM charge (I am so anti-paid parking AND anti-extra fees). To buy ride tickets or to do games--they only take cash! A lot of food vendors will take a credit card but it's a $4 minimum and/or they'll charge you $1 for a "convenience fee." Don't do it.

Baaa!
Ana P.

Hooray, the fair is back! My family and I went last weekend, but the judging was going on so a few of the areas I went to were blocked off. This was my second year going to the fair, but the first time I saw the Grizzly Experience. It was very cool learning about bear facts and safety information all while watching the bears do tricks and eat marshmallows! We took advantage of parking at Lake Forest Mall and taking the worry-free and clean shuttle bus over to the fair. Beats paying $10 for parking at the fair! My dad learned a lot about honey bees and bee keeping, BP got me a funnel cake, we all walked a lot, and got freebies from a few booths. I even got a glaucoma test at the Lions Club booth. Ha ha ha, it motivated me to go to my actual optometrist :)

Bao T.

Always a good time at the Agricultural fair at the Montgomery county fairgrounds. These fairgrounds also get used for a bunch of other events but the Agricultural fair is the main reason for huge crowds here. Huge plot of land, easy to access and always well maintained. I always recommend parking away and walking in when it comes to the fair though. There's normally a $10 parking fee on the fairgrounds.

Aerialist w/water fountains
Linda L.

Here to see Cirque Italia. So far, seems like a small operation. Only $3 for parking, a moon bounce $5, face painting, concessions ($5 for snow cones), souvenirs, single main stage. 13 rows of seating (3 price levels, but we had a buy 1 adult get 1 kid free for l) that went pretty much 9/10ths of the way around. So far, the acts have been pretty good! Acrobats, jugglers,aerialist, doggy show, and aerialist with water show. AND they encourage photography & posting on social media. The only minus is that it got pretty hot under the tent. End result....2 adults & 3 kids (even a teen)....had a great time & really enjoyed the show!

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Over priced. Undercooked food. Everything you expect at a fair but all the worst parts amplified.

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