Western Kentucky State Fair Attendance Tops 43,000

Nearly 44,000 patrons attended the Western Kentucky State Fair during this year’s nine-day run, with this year’s attendance the highest in several years.

Fair Board member Tony Meacham says 6,683 visitors passed through the fair gates Friday night, with 5,172 Saturday night. The largest attendance was 7,067 Saturday, June 25. This year’s fair attendance was 43,932, up from 40,972 in 2021.

Meacham thanks all those who made the fair a success again this year.

click to download audioThis year’s fair included many of the customary fair events and no rainfall. Meacham says the fair board will soon begin planning for the 2023 Western Kentucky State Fair next summer.

The attendance is the best since the fair board moved the fair up a week in 2017 and the highest since 2008.

 

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