The Western Kentucky State Fair will be back this summer with a full schedule of events and carnival rides, the fair board said Monday.
It is scheduled for June 25 to July 3 at the fairgrounds off Richard Street. Last year the fair was canceled because of the pandemic.
Fair board president Kent Boyd said in a news release that “social distancing guidelines will be strictly followed at all events.” Some events could be moved outdoors rather than being inside the convention center, he said.
Plans are being made for the fair’s traditional events, including beauty pageants, wrestling, corn hole competition, tractor pulls and the demolition derby. A new event with monster trucks is slated on June 28.
(Jennifer P. Brown is the editor and founder of Hoptown Chronicle. Reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org.)
Jennifer P. Brown is co-founder, publisher and editor of Hoptown Chronicle. You can reach her at editor@hoptownchronicle.org. Brown was a reporter and editor at the Kentucky New Era, where she worked for 30 years. She is a co-chair of the national advisory board to the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, governing board past president for the Kentucky Historical Society, and co-founder of the Kentucky Open Government Coalition. She serves on the Hopkinsville History Foundation's board.
