Dodge County Fair

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Dodge County Fair
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GenreFair
FrequencyAnnually
VenueDodge County Fairgrounds
Participants50,000 (estimated)
Dodge County Fair

The Dodge County Fair is the annual county fair held in Dodge County, Wisconsin. The fair is held every year in August starting from the 3rd Wednesday of the month through the following Sunday at the Dodge County Fairgrounds. [1] [2]

The first Dodge County Fair was held in the fall of 1853 in Juneau. [3] For the next three decades the location of the fair was in Juneau with the exception of the county fairs of 1855 and 1874 which were held in Beaver Dam, and the fair of 1856 which was held at Horicon. [4] [5]

On October 5, 1887, the fair was held in Beaver Dam at grounds which are now part of the Wayland Academy. [6] [7]

In 1961, the Dodge County Fair Association moved the fair to the newly purchased fairgrounds along Highway 33, east of Beaver Dam which serves as the present day location for the fair. The site is known as the Dodge County Fairgrounds. [8] [9] [10]

The fair features food festivals, music concerts, livestock shows and other entertainment activities and is attended by over 50000 people annually. [11] [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. ↑ Pederson, Terri (26 January 2021). "Dodge County Fairgrounds to have Fair Food Festival starting in April". Wiscnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  2. ↑ "Dodge County Fair Celebrates 132 Years Of History". Wisconsin Free Press. 2019-08-07. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  3. ↑ The history of Dodge county, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1880. LCCN   03019757. OCLC   691352 . Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  4. ↑ Flemming, Julie (13 August 2012). "Pioneers created Dodge County Fair". Wiscnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ↑ Pederson, Terri (17 August 2017). "Dodge County Fairs of old remembered". Wiscnews.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  6. ↑ Hubbell, Homer Bishop (1913). Dodge County, Washington, Past and Present. S.J. Clarke Publishing Company.
  7. ↑ "A Brief History of Beaver Dam". Wisconsin Historical Society. 2012-08-16. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. ↑ Graff, Diane (18 August 2012). "First Dodge County Fair had only one building". Watertown Daily Times. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  9. ↑ Tornabene, Juliana (22 April 2021). "Dodge County's Fair Food Festival kicks off this Saturday". nbc15. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  10. ↑ "Dodge County Fair Sees Solid Attendance Numbers". Daily Dodge. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  11. ↑ "Dodge County's youngest exhibitor makes State Fair debut". spectrumnews1.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  12. ↑ Loshinski, J. N. (1912). The Birds of Green Lake County, Wisconsin.
  13. ↑ Hokanson, Drake (2008). Purebred & homegrown : America's county fairs. Carol Kratz. Madison, Wis.: Terrace Books. ISBN   978-0-299-22824-8. OCLC   221662539.
  14. ↑ "Dodge County Fair Offers Live Music, Food and Family Fun". Wisconsin Free Press. 2021-08-11. Retrieved 2022-02-20.

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