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The Upper Peninsula State Fair (UP State Fair) is a
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held annually in the
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of the US state of
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. It is held in
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in mid-August of each year. Prior to 2010, it was one of two official
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s in Michigan. In April 1927, Michigan Governor
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signed Act 89, which stated that "an annual state fair at the City of Escanaba, which shall have for its main purpose the exploiting, and encouragement of improved methods in agriculture and industrial pursuits I hereby authorize." The opening day of the first Upper Peninsula State Fair was September 17, 1928. The original price for a ticket to the fair was 50 cents for adults, decreasing to 25 cents after 6pm. The present site encompasses of land and 24 buildings. It also includes nearly 700 campsites. In 2010, the state ceased funding for the fair and the downstate
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due to budget problems. Control of fair operations has been passed onto the Upper Peninsula State Fair Authority which includes representatives from each county in the UP and the Hannahville Indian Community. Despite the discontinuation of the downstate Michigan State Fair, which has failed to attract outside funding and struggled with sharply dropping attendance through the years, the UP State Fair will continue on into the foreseeable future. The fair highlights the lumberjack history of the region through the Great Lakes Timber Show featuring logrolling, speedclimbing, sawing, and axe-throwing demonstrations. The 2017 fair set a record of attendance of 87,750 according to the executive director of the Delta Chamber of Commerce, Vickie Micheau. The 2020 event was canceled because of crowd size restrictions due to the
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. Besides 2020,
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interrupted the fair between 1942 & 1945.


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* {{official website, https://www.upstatefair.net/
Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...
Festivals in Michigan August events Tourist attractions in Delta County, Michigan Festivals established in 1928