Brooklyn Fair

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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 continuously active 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]

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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