HUTCHINSON, Kan. — After some very busy days, things slowed down a little bit Tuesday at the Kansas State Fair.
Traditionally, the weekdays are a little slower, but during Wednesday’s board meeting, everyone enjoyed a little slowdown. Attendance for Tuesday was still strong with the carnival reporting about $55,000 in sales, which is higher than previous years.
The fair estimates attendance for the first five days to be around 150,000 and said, if the weather cooperates, expects to hit between 325,000 to 350,000 visitors for the 10-day run.
Thursday is a big day with the annual Chamber breakfast. The governor will not attend this year, but Lt. Gov. Dave Toland will be on the grounds. Thursday is also the second Pub Crawl, which is called the Pub Rockers Crawl, with a large crowd expected to participate. It all connects with the Great White and Quiet Riot concert at 7:30 p.m.
Thursday will be day two of BINGO at Dillon Hall, the Honey Demonstration at the Pride of Kansas building, and a cake decorating demonstration by Holly’s Sweet Treats at 2:30 p.m. at the Domestic Arts building.
Livestock shows include the open beef and cattle show, and the open sheep shows, both starting at 9 a.m., and the 4H horse show starting at 2 p.m. at the Expo building.
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