The Maricopa County Fair is annually held in

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at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. It began in the 1950s as a county fair and citrus festival. Every year the fair holds a different theme. Exhibits hundreds of livestock exhibits from local

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and FFA clubs and chapters, arts, science fair, cook-offs, rides, tractor shows, live entertainment from musical artists, group tours, vendors, monster trucks, demolition derby, motocross, and food fill the fairgrounds. Saturday night hosts the Junior Livestock Auction when exhibitors have a chance to sell their projects they've worked on all year. The largest group of participants of the Maricopa County Fair is Arizona's youth. The

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caused the fair to be cancelled in 2020-21. It resumed in 2022 following the hiatus.

Operations

The fair is organized by Maricopa County Fair, Inc, a private

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organization that receives no tax revenue or funding from Maricopa County. The members of the organization are forty-five elected commissioners and two ex officio members. The Board of Directors is composed of nineteen volunteer members. Private security guards, the Phoenix Police & Maricopa County Sheriff's Office patrol the fair.

References

External links

Maricopa County Fair April 6-10 2022
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