Tri-County Fair 2024

Tri-County Fair 2024

Back Country Heritage since 1885

By Christina Reed
The Hired Pen

This year’s theme at the Tri-County Fairgrounds is “Back Country Heritage since 1885” 

Join the fun, August 29-September 1, 2024:

Banda Cuisillos with special guest Banda Zeta, Thursday, August 29, gates open at 5 PM.

Michael Ray, with special guests Raelynn and Lily Rose, Friday, August 30, gates open at 5PM.

Rodeo, Saturday, August 31, at 7 PM.

Demolition Derby, Sunday, September 1, at 7 PM.

Eastern Sierra, CA—Long before the Fair unwraps, in the heat of summer, there are plenty of native-grown volunteers and beautiful exhibits getting ready to show the best the High Sierra has to offer. Exhibitors with their homemade and homegrown items enter the Tri-County Fairgrounds (serving Inyo, Mono, and Alpine Counties) days before the start of the actual fair to the public, and these contestants set up their displays, or stage their creations, for judging. Volunteers greet the exhibitors at the fairgrounds, and give them directions to the different exhibit buildings.

Fresh foods, vegetables, pies, cookies, and floral displays are judged early, since these exhibits are perishable, and the exhibits will spoil in appearance, taste, and overall freshness. Other exhibits, such as photography, and other fine arts, are looked at and commented on, and judging takes place over a couple of days. And, the volunteers are busy around the fairgrounds / facilities / buildings, sprucing up the event center for months ahead of the fair’s opening, which is a part of the tradition of the annual sharing of the region’s “best-in-show.”