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The Summit County Fair will be open to full capacity beginning tomorrow.
Despite concerns about the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant, especially among the unvaccinated population, Director of Programming Howard Call says there are no distancing or mask requirements while attending the fair.
Full Summit County Fair returns this year
Director of Programming Howard Call says health and safety will be encouraged Listen
“We encourage people to wash their hands especially when they’re going through the barns and touching the animals and seeing the animals. It’s always good to wash your hands often; we have sanitation stations and hand washing stations sprinkled all through the fairgrounds on buildings and around the buildings.”
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Fair tickets on sale
The Summit County Fair is scheduled to run August 6-14, and tickets went on sale for the demolition derby on Monday.
Admission to the fair itself is free, but those events require additional tickets, which can be purchased via summitcountyfair.org/
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Officials raised prices for several events this year, citing a large budget shortfall. Tickets for the derby, scheduled Friday, Aug. 6, cost $24, or $22 for the seats in the first three rows.
The rodeo is scheduled Friday and Saturday, August 13 and 14. Tickets are $15 for adults or $13 for the fenceline seating. Children’s tickets are $9, or $7 in the first three rows, and admission is free for those 3 years old and younger.
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The last time there was a full-fledged Summit County Fair was in 2019, six months before the word “coronavirus” entered the national lexicon. The county subsidized the annual tradition to the tune of nearly $300,000, about 2/3 of the fair’s budget.
Now, county officials are reducing that subsidy and notifying organizers that the fair will have to move toward financial self-sufficiency and, eventually, profitability as the county grapples with its own budget woes.
Last year, the fair was all but canceled for both health and budget reasons, but organizers hope this year’s event, scheduled Aug. 7-14 at the County Fairgrounds in Coalville, will have an air of normalcy.