Thursday, Aug. 17 at 6 p.m.—RUTLAND—This Thursday, multi-platinum star Gabby Barrett, who has been making waves in the country music scene, will play at the Vermont State Fair. With over 2.5 billion career streams worldwide, Barrett’s debut album, Goldmine, […]
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State fair sets new attendance record
Staff report The Vermont State Fair in Rutland broke an attendance record for the second year in a row. Fair President Robert Congdon, Jr. said there was about a 10% jump in attendance from last year’s historic high, when an […]
Vermont State Fair annual Snowmobile Festival is here
Saturday, Feb. 19 — RUTLAND — The Vermont State Fair’s 3rd annual snowmobile festival will be held at the Vermont State Fairgrounds at 175 South Main St. [Route 7] in Rutland on Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. […]
Fairs face challenges but maintain optimism for the upcoming summer season in Vermont
By Justin Trombly/VTDigger By this point, Robert Congdon would have normally hired half the workers he seeks every year to staff the Vermont State Fair in Rutland. So far, the fair-runner has only about a third of his usual 30-person crew lined […]
It’s fair time! Vermont State Fair runs Aug. 15-19 in Rutland
Aug. 15-19—RUTLAND—The 172nd Vermont State Fair returns to Rutland Wednesday through Saturday, Aug. 15-19 with a shorter span, but plenty to see, eat, and do. Carnival entertainment will be happening every day, with ride wristbands available all day Wednesday and […]
New Ironwood competition arrives at Vermont State Fair
From toothpicks to timber, we use over 2,000 products made from wood every day. Visit the Forestry Building at the Vermont State Fair from Aug. 15 to 19 in Rutland to learn where many of these products come from, how they are […]
Vermont State Fair
By Marguerite Loucks Dye and Marguerite Jill Dye In rereading my mother’s account of the Rutland Fair in The Mountain Times from September, 1994, I am amazed at the changes in our society that have altered state fairs across the […]
Vermont State Fair celebrates 170 years
By Robin Alberti The Rutland Fairgrounds are abuzz with the annual Vermont State Fair running this year, Sept. 4-12. Livestock and agricultural contests, food, music, rides, and entertainment packs each day at the fair. Schedule at vermontstatefair.org.
Remembering the fair
When I was a little girl back in the 1950s this was a very exciting time of year. It was fair time! The fairgrounds have been located at 175 South Main Street in Rutland since 1856. The Vermont State Fair […]
News Briefs: Rutland Region
Vermont State Fair trimming debt? There will probably be a sizable time lag before we know how successful the Vermont State Fair was this year. Rutland County Agricultural Society Vice President Don Chioffi told fair-goers they could expect $150,000 of […]