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Mountain State Fair Underway this Week in Fletcher, NC

  Program 5936  (download mp3)
  Posted on Tue, Sep 6, 2011


NC Ag Commissioner Steve Troxler says that the Mountain State Fair will be getting underway this Friday, September 9 and run through the 18th, in Fletcher, NC. 

At the Mountain State Fair, you will see all the usual, heritage crafts, and entertainment, livestock shows, horticultural exhibits, clogging competitions, bluegrass, gospel and mountain music competitions, wood carvers, quilters, soap makers and blacksmiths. 

There have been many improvements to the fairgrounds, including the Davis Arena renovation, the event center now has a paved floor, air conditioning.

Hours:
Friday & Saturday: 9am - 12 Midnight
Sunday: 9am - 11pm
Monday - Thursday: 3pm - 11pm

More Stories with Steve Troxler, North Carolina Commissoner of Agriculture

 Aug 30  Troxler Tours Hurricane Damaged Crops and Coastal Plain
 Aug 23  Troxler's 7th Annual Food Safety Forum a Success
 Aug 16  NC's Role in USDA Crop Reports In Line
 Aug 9  NC Ag Commissioner's Food Safety Forum Scheduled
 Aug 2  Farmland Preservation Trust Fund Recieves Grant Money despite Budget Woes
 Jul 26  NC General Assembly Passes Farmer-Friendly Legislation
 Jul 19  North Carolina Department of Agriculture Growing
 Jul 12  NC Ag Commissioner Outlines Amendments to Dam Safety Law
 Jul 5  North Carolina Ag Commissioner Pleased with 2011-12 Budget
 Jun 28  North Carolina Gas Pumps to be Labeled with Ethanol Blend
 Jun 21  Some Good Things for Agriculture Came out of NC's General Assembly
 Jun 14  Summer is Farmers' Market Time
 Jun 7  North Carolina to Host Summer SASDA Meeting
 May 31  Hurricane Season Gets Underway This Week
 May 24  NCDA's Budget Could have Less Sting
 May 17  4th Annual Got to Be NC Festival Gets Underway Friday
 May 10  Finalists for the Best Dish in NC Contest Selected
 May 3  Improvements to NC Ports Could Increase Agricultural Exports
 Apr 26  Lunch 'n' Learn Workshop for Value-Added Producers
 Apr 19  Tornado Damage to Agricultural and Forest Lands "Pretty Awful"




 





 

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