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LETHBRIDGE The sights, sounds, tastes and smells of Whoop-Up Days will be returning to Lethbridge this year although the fair will be held about 10 days later, and will be a bit smaller than usual. Exhibition Park announced the fair will be held from Sept. 2-5. It will include Wild Rose Shows midway, music, beer gardens, food vendors, marketplace and horse racing. It will also include free admission and free parking, although that will substantially reduced due to on-going construction of the new Agri-food Hub and Trade Centre. “This event as a community celebration has never been more important,” said Mike Warkentin, Lethbridge & District Exhibition CEO. “The history of this event is as old as this community.
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By Herald on July 16, 2021.
Riders on the Yoyo swings blur past other midway rides and lights during a previous Whoop-Up Days at Exhibition Park. Herald file photo by Ian Martens
Al Beeber – Lethbridge Herald
Whoop-Up Days are back!
After COVID took the fun out of last summer with the cancellation of regular Whoop-Up Days programming, Lethbridge’s annual fair is returning to Exhibition Park in September.
Mike Warkentin, Chief Executive Officer of the Lethbridge & District Exhibition, said Friday Whoop-Up Days will be staged from Sept. 2-5 at the Exhibition grounds.
Due to the financial impact COVID had on people, admission to the fair will be free, he told media.
Whoop Up Days are on the way THIS weekend, & at 2:30 this afternoon (Tuesday,) on the Puffman Show, Bob Hjelm & Wendy Paulsen will here to share the all
The summer of 2021 is looking like Lethbridge summers of the past, as lifting restrictions means the return of festivals, farmer s markets and food trucks