This will be our fifth year with a tent at the fair, and it is still one of the things our whole crew looks forward to most all year.
The air conditioning will be running the entire time. We pop fresh popcorn all day. And we will have somewhere comfortable for you to sit down for a few minutes, which after five years out there we have learned is the thing people actually want by the middle of the afternoon.
Two things worth planning your day around.
Saturday, September 5: Watch the YSU game
Youngstown State takes on Kentucky, and we are putting the game on at the tent. Kickoff is at 1:00PM. We will post it on our Facebook page as soon as we know.
Sunday, September 6, from 4pm to 6pm: autographs
The Youngstown State starting lineup will be at our tent signing autographs.
Where to find us
We’re located at Gate G, which you can find by looking at the Canfield Fair’s online map.
Six days in the September sun
The fairgrounds get hot this time of year and there is not much shade out there. Drink more water than you think you need. If you can, plan the middle of the afternoon around something with a roof over it. And keep an eye on older relatives and on little kids for the early signs of heat exhaustion, which usually show up as a headache, dizziness, or somebody suddenly going quiet.
Come sit in the air conditioning for ten minutes whenever you want to. That is what the tent is there for, and you do not have to be a customer.
Fair dates, hours and tickets
The fair's own site is the best place for all of this, and they keep it current.
After the fair comes furnace season
Around here the fair is how a lot of us mark the end of summer, and the first genuinely cold night shows up sooner than anybody expects. Here is what we actually look at on a heating tune-up.
Gault has served the Mahoning Valley since 1955. Come say hello.