Brooklyn Fair

The Brooklyn Fair is an annual agricultural fair held in Brooklyn, Connecticut,^[1] for the first time in 1809.^[2] It is considered the oldest agricultural fair in the United States.^[2][3][4]

Brooklyn Fairgrounds, site of the annual Brooklyn Fair

The fair is organized by the Windham County Agricultural Society^[5]

History

• In 1809, the first year of the fair, it was held on the site of what is currently known as the Vanilla Bean Cafe ^[6]
• In the following years, the event was hosted in rotation in Woodstock, Brooklyn, and Pomfret, Connecticut
• About 10 years after the first fair, in 1820, the ~100 founders incorporated in the Windham County Agricultural Society.
• In the year 2000 the Society was recognized for its efforts by the Library of Congress in its "Bicentennial Local Legacies Project" as part of its 200th Anniversary celebration.^[3]
• No fair was held in 1917–18 because of World War I, 1942–45 because of World War II, or 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Entertainment

Year	Main Stage Events
2014	Eric Paslay, Danielle Bradbery, Collin Raye, Roomful of Blues
2013	Jana Kramer, Jerrod Niemann, Greg Bates, Soul Sound Revue[7]
2012	Tyler Farr, Ayla Brown, Jack Ingram, Steve Holy, Changes in Latitudes[8]
2011	Jimmy Lehoux, Craig Campbell, The JaneDear girls, Steve Holy, Changes in Latitudes[9]
2010	Trent Tomlinson, Love and Theft, Lee Brice
2009	Jake Owen, Julianne Hough, Luke Bryan
2008	Darryl Worley, Lady Antebellum, Joe Diffie

References

1. "Home". brooklynfair.org.
2. "A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn | ConnecticutHistory.org". connecticuthistory.org. Archived from the original on 2014-07-06.
3. Collector, Representative (2nd District) Sam Gejdenson-- (June 2, 2000). "Windham County Agricultural Society Sponsoring Brooklyn Fair". lcweb2.loc.gov.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
4. http://www.norwichbulletin.com/newsnow/x1789227255/Exploring-The-Last-Green-Valley-Brooklyn-Fair-has-been-a-regional-delight-for-200-years%5B‍%5D
5. "Home". wc-as.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-18. Retrieved 2015-01-10.
6. "The Brooklyn Fair - WCAS". Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-13.
7. "The Brooklyn Fair | Brooklyn, CT | Daily Schedule". www.brooklynfair.org. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
8. "The Brooklyn Fair – Main Stage Entertainment". www.brooklynfair.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
9. "The Brooklyn Fair – Main Stage Entertainment". www.brooklynfair.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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