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Fair Will Look Like Normal in 2021 This year’s Gillespie County Fair will actually look like a fair, as the coronavirus pandemic gets more under control.
There is a charge for the carnival and midway, which also opens Thursday and continues throughout the weekend.
The 2021 fair will be its 133rd year, and people from around the county and the Texas Hill Country are ready for what it has to offer. Fair dates for this season are Aug. 26-29 at the Gillespie County Fair Grounds.
Earlier on Thursday, entries will be taken in the agriculture and home skills departments from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Judging gets underway at 6:30 p.m.
Sponsored by the Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association, the 133rd Gillespie County Fair will include two days of live pari-mutuel horse racing, a carnival and midway, displays of agricultural and home products, a parade, a queen’s contest, antique machinery displays, musical entertainment and a livestock exhibition. The 133rd Gillespie County Fair opens on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 5 p.m. with free admission to the grounds. Free Tejano concerts will be provided by La Calma beginning at 7 p.m.
The Gillespie County Fair Parade will make its way along Main Street, Friday morning, Aug. 27, starting at 10 a.m. After the parade, events shift back to the fair grounds site where the gates open at 1 p.m. The 2022 Gillespie County Fair Queen and her court will be crowned during ceremonies planned Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m.
With the COVID-19 pandemic more under control, the 2021 Gillespie County Fair will be back to normal and the carnival and midway is planned for a comeback this season. — Standard-Radio Post file photo
Catalog dedications and media appreciation will also be made that night.
There will be a free “Tejano Night” of music on Thursday, beginning around 7 p.m.
The 133rd Gillespie County Fair is dedicated to honorary lifetime directors Wallace Britton and Ronald E. Ersch.
A concert and dance, featuring the music of Jody Nix & the Texas Cowboys will take place Friday, Aug. 27, starting at 8 p.m. on the outdoor pavilion.
2021Gillespie County Fair Articles 3 President’s Welcome 4 GCF&FA Honorary 8 Fair Will Look Like Normal in 2021 10 Back to Reality 12 Floatin’ Down Main
14 Pam Tillis Headlines Fair Concerts 15 Scholarship Fest Set for Sept. 25 16 Horse Racing Returns for 2021 17 A Night In Old Fredericksburg
18 Longest-reigning Fair Court 20 Royalty Through the Decades 22 Fair Honors Five for Their Years of Service
28 Ready to Bet? 29 Directors and Ladies Auxiliary 30 Rules & Regulations
