The Umatilla County Fair is a
fair
A fair (archaic: faire or fayre) is a gathering of people for a variety of entertainment or commercial activities. Fairs are typically temporary with scheduled times lasting from an afternoon to several weeks.
Types
Variations of fairs incl ...
held in
Hermiston in
Umatilla County, Oregon.
The fair runs from the middle of June through to the middle of August each year.
It was started in August 1912 as the ''Hermiston Dairy and Hog Show'' as a joint fair with
Morrow County, a one-time-only affair since legislation in 1913 made it no longer possible to have a bi-county fair.
This old-fashioned fair is held annually in
Eastern Oregon and generally provides
traveling carnival rides, livestock and open class exhibits, and live entertainers with bleacher capacity of about 500 people in conjunction with
Farm City Pro Rodeo.
The fair had just a youth livestock auction in 2020, as others were cancelled on grounds of
COVID-19 pandemic
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References
External links
Official WebsiteKEPR-TV news video.
Video: Umatilla County Fair 2009 Sights and SoundsBy Robert Deane - ''
The Hermiston Herald''
Annual fairs
Tourist attractions in Umatilla County, Oregon
Fairgrounds in the United States
Recurring events established in 1912
Festivals in Oregon
August events
Agriculture in Oregon
Rodeos
Fairs in Oregon
1912 establishments in Oregon
Annual events in Oregon
Hermiston, Oregon
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