Released by Tracy Weil, denvercountyfair.org
Denver County Fair will be here before you know it! Include us in your summer plans! Tickets for the July 29-31, 2016, event are on sale here. Family-4-Packs and some other types are only available online. This year, the online ticketing system lets you skip the box office and get your ticket scanned — from your phone or from a print-out — as you breeze through the front door!
There are SO many reasons to be part of this year’s Denver County Fair! Get to the National Western Complex in Denver CO (map). New attractions this year include:
- FAIR-LYMPICS Arena — Our Sports Pavilion’s highlight! Live Competitions each hour, based on Summer Olympic Games.
- Political Pavilion — We’re having FUN with this one! Dunk tanks, Donkey Rides, Blue Ribbon Liar Contest and more.
- Celebrity Cats — Venus the Two Face Cat and Floyd the Lion (Colorado’s most famous cat!) will both be at the fair.
- Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary — We’re going where no fair has gone before! Klingons & Trekkies take over the Geek Pavilion.
- Equine Legends Horse Shows — Beautiful horses! Amazing theater-style, themed shows.
- Blues Brothers 40th Anniversary Tribute Show — We’re on a mission from God – to make this an awesome fair.
- Blue Ribbons Awarded for Best Selfie, Best “Trump Your Cat” photo, and more — Over 100 categories to enter.
- More being added weekly — Stay tuned, as more fun is to the mix every week!
Plus, check out these attractions and performances:
- Freak Show with amazing oddities and hourly performances
- Top Hogs trick pig act
- Adult Big Wheels
- Massive model train layout
- Renaissance Adventures foam sword fights
- Corpses & Crowns zombie talent pageant
- Miss Denver County Fair Drag Queen Pageant
- 4-H Programs
- Pie-Eating Contests
- Odor Eaters Rotten Sneaker Contest
- Tarot Readers
- Andrew Novick’s X-Treme Breakfasts — pancakes on Saturday and breakfast burritos on Sunday
- Pony Rides
- Petting Zoo
- Flea Circus
- …and so much more!
This year’s fair hours are:
Friday, July 29, 2016 — 4-9pm
Saturday, July 30, 2016 — 10am-8pm
Sunday, July 31, 2016 — 10am-6pm
“Like” the Denver County Fair Facebook page to keep up with developments, or visit www.denvercountyfair.org.
Themed Pavilions
Stop by any of the fair pavilions to see special exhibits.
- Animal Pavilion
- Arts Pavilion
- Backyard Farm and Garden Pavilion
- Crafts Pavilion
- Geek Pavilion
- Green Pavilion
- Holistic Pavilion
- Home Pavilion
- I (Heart) Denver Pavilion
- Freak Show
- Kids Pavilion
- Kitchen Pavilion
- Political Pavilion
- Sports Pavilion
- Style Pavilion
- Kitten Pavilion
Yes, you read that last one right… a Kitten Pavilion. Venus the Two Face Cat and Floyd the Lion will be our special guests in the Kitten Pavilion!
With over1.3 million facebook fans and LOADS of fans on Instagram, Venus has the fastest-growing fanbase of any celebrity cat. Venus will be hosting her first ever Meet-and-Greets to benefit cat charities, and her first ever stage Q&A. Read her story here.
Floyd the Lion is Colorado’s most famous cat! His Meet and Greet is on Sunday! Read his story here!
Blue Ribbon Competitions
See all of the amazing competition categories and enter to win your Blue Ribbon here. All entrants get free admission to the fair. Blue Ribbon winners get $20 cash.
Vendor Booths
Interested in running a booth for a business or non-profit? Booth Rates until June 30, 2016, are:
- 10 x 10 = $395
- 10 x 20 = $695
- 10 x 30 = $950
- 20 x 20 = $1400
Sign up here. Non-profit half-off rates are available. Use the discount code “Half” when signing up.
All booths in the upstairs Kitten Pavilion also get 50% off booth rates! Just use the Discount Code “half” — the booth must be cat-related.
