BANGOR STATE FAIR WEEKEND ONE
Schedule
Thu Jul 25 2024 at 07:00 am to Sun Jul 28 2024 at 10:00 pm
Location
Bass Park Blvd, Bangor, ME 04401, United States | Bangor, ME
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Presented by: US CellularGet ready for the 2024 Bangor State Fair! Two weekends of fun!
“The Fair” as it’s commonly known, welcomes between 40,000 and 50,000 people each year from across Maine.
One of the country’s oldest fairs, what’s now called the “Bangor State Fair” got its start in September 1849 when the Bangor Horticultural Society organized and held its first exhibition.
Other agricultural groups were hosting their own exhibitions around this time and eventually they came together, including the Maine State Agricultural Society, and held a single event.
In the 1880s, a group of Bangor businessmen formed an organization and changed the name of ‘Maplewood Park’, a popular harness racing spot, to the “Eastern Maine Fairgrounds”. One of those men, Joseph P. Bass owned the land. After Bass’s death, the grounds would be renamed “Bass Park” in his honor.
The ‘Eastern Maine Fair’ was held on the grounds in September, 1883—combining the elements of the exhibitions started by the Bangor Horticultural Society with new elements added by the Eastern Maine Fair organizers.
We are so excited to have you back this year to enjoy carnival rides, musical performances, demolition derby, fabulous fair food and more!
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Where is it happening?
Bass Park Blvd, Bangor, ME 04401, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays: