Brooklyn Fair Explained
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]
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
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Notes and References
- Web site: Home . brooklynfair.org.
- Web site: A Fair to Remember in Brooklyn ConnecticutHistory.org . connecticuthistory.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140706015914/http://connecticuthistory.org/a-fair-to-remember-in-brooklyn/ . 2014-07-06.
- Web site: Windham County Agricultural Society Sponsoring Brooklyn Fair. Representative (2nd District) Sam Gejdenson--. Collector. June 2, 2000. lcweb2.loc.gov.
- http://www.norwichbulletin.com/newsnow/x1789227255/Exploring-The-Last-Green-Valley-Brooklyn-Fair-has-been-a-regional-delight-for-200-years{{dl|date=June 2024}}
- Web site: Home . wc-as.org . 2015-01-10 . 2015-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150118064530/http://wc-as.org/ . dead .
- Web site: The Brooklyn Fair - WCAS . 2010-11-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101120093951/http://brooklynfair.org/WCAS.html . 2010-11-20 . dead .
- Web site: The Brooklyn Fair | Brooklyn, CT | Daily Schedule . www.brooklynfair.org . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130827185122/http://www.brooklynfair.org/daily-schedule/ . 27 August 2013 . dead.
- Web site: The Brooklyn Fair – Main Stage Entertainment . www.brooklynfair.org . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120825064419/http://www.brooklynfair.org/entertainment_mainstage.html . 25 August 2012 . dead.
- Web site: The Brooklyn Fair – Main Stage Entertainment . www.brooklynfair.org . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713004606/http://www.brooklynfair.org/entertainment_mainstage.html . 13 July 2011 . dead.
