Once again, when I'm in a small town in rural Mississippi and discover an outstanding place never…read morereviewed on YELP, I feel just like Lewis and Clark exploring undiscovered places. My old AT&T cellphone ceased working when I got there so this may be pushing the limits of cellular service when you are this far back into Mississippi's pine forests. This area has long been the heart of Mississippi's wood products industry and many of the people in that industry that I dealt with over the years were particularly fond of this event. The Neshoba County Fair has been going on since 1889, always the last week in July. Families with roots in this area often plan and take their yearly vacations to move to the fairgrounds and live, party and share family time together. People who move away often come back to visit during this time. Over 600 permanent cabins and 200 RV spaces now form a small city around the fairgrounds for a week each year. Everyone in Mississippi of any age has heard of the Neshoba County Fair at some point or the other. Probably every state wide politician for the last 100 years in Mississippi has spoken at the Neshoba County Fair. The weather is usually very, very hot during the time of the fair in Mississippi and in election years, the hot air is even hotter. I came for my very first time ever to see the harness horse racing. Once a staple at the fair in my hometown of Corinth, I haven't seen live harness races in 60 years. As far as I know, Philadelphia is the only place in the state where harness races are still held. To me, it has always been a very graceful form of horse racing. All the other activities of a county fair are held here as well as nationally known entertainment in the stadium during the evenings. Billed as "Mississippi's Giant Houseparty", the Neshoba County Fair is a unique cultural event in Mississippi, entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. You'll notice most cabins built here have front porches and a popular pastime is "sittin" on the porch watching people go by. If you stop and ask a question, you'll often be invited to sit a spell. If you're not a native, it's a good way to make friends with the locals. If you live in Mississippi, you'll likely meet someone you know or someone who knows someone you know. In Mississippi, six degrees of separation is seldom more than three I've found.

Please read. The fair was okay. It wasn't worth $10 getting in. There was a rude older gentleman. I…read morehad a clear bag on my back. He act like he wanted to search me for prison. Do not buy. Buy the cinnamon rolls I repeat. Do not buy them. They're not cinnabon these are large and $9 nasty biscuit cinnamon rolls. Not what you expect at all. It was garbage and so thick and biscity that the icing couldn't even cover it. They were horrible. And the Mexican truck that sell tacos and Berea tacos. They were garbage. This was a bad experience with food this year. Do not buy the cinnamon rolls and the Mexican tacos It was garbage

I will never go back!! I have always been a fan of the Mississippi State Fair!! The food was over…read morepriced and horrible!! I threw it away, tried something else and threw it away!! It was So Expensive!! I don't know how a family can afford to go!! I rode one ride, the ride that goes from one side of the fair to the other. You had to put money on a card to ride, and you had to pay $2 for the card, just to ride one ride. This is the worst experience ever!! I will definitely not go back!!