The Bangor State Fair is back, and is on a mission to recapture its former glory.
This year’s fair features agricultural events held at the Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, which has been turned into a giant barn – but with air conditioning.
Riders hold on tight and enjoy a ride on the Trabant at the Bangor State Fair on Friday. The fair runs July 25-28 and Aug. 1-3 and the Midway opens at 1:00 p.m. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Aubrey Wacome, 10, from Clinton grooms her heifer Miss Dee before showing her in the beef heifer class youth show in the Cross Insurance Center at the Bangor State Fair on Friday, July 26, 2024. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Caramel covered apples are one to the many treats available along the midway at the 175th Bangor State Fair. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Agricultural events this year include goat shows, steer shows, sheep shows, the Farmer Olympics, tractor pulls, and more.
Three concert stages will be set up across the fairgrounds this year, which will have a slate of performers providing entertainment as fairgoers enjoy rides and vendors. The midway opens at 1 p.m.
Gaven Cowperthwaite, 16, of Gouldsboro, tries to win a stuffed animal for his friend Mya Johnson at the Bangor State Fair on Friday, July 26, 2024. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Fair goers walk along the midway at the Bangor State Fair on Friday. The fair runs July 25-28 and Aug. 1-3 and the Midway opens at 1 p.m. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Justin Waltman of Dexter waits with, Ruby, his daughter’s Jersey cow in the Cross Insurance Center at the Bangor State Fair on Friday, July 26, 2024. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
The fair will also last longer this year than it has in the past, with events slated for Friday, Saturday and Sunday, as well as next Wednesday through Friday.
