SALISBURY — The Wicomico County Fair will take place August 19-21, 2016 at Winterplace Park in Salisbury.
Hosted by the Wicomico Farm & Home Show and the Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce, there will be something for everyone to enjoy at this free, three-day event. The hours are Friday, Aug. 19 from 2-10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20 from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 21 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m.
The fairgrounds open at 2 p.m. on Friday with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Event attendees can enjoy rides and amusements, livestock exhibits and lots of delicious food and beverage choices including the beer and wine garden. The Salisbury Lions Club will be cooking up their famous fried chicken in the “5 Foot Fry Pan” all weekend and attendees can see the classic car show starting at 4 p.m. on Friday. The chicken and cornbread contests begin at 6:30 p.m. with a cake auction to follow at 7 p.m. J&J Shop Heliair will be offering helicopter rides throughout the weekend, starting on Friday, and there will also be various Tickled Paint – paint shows throughout the weekend.
Don’t forget to visit the Carriage House during the fair to see all the indoor entries which will include 4-H entries, arts & crafts, fruits and vegetables, baked goods, woodworking and more. Live entertainment will start Friday afternoon as Dylan and Troy take the stage at 2:30 p.m., followed by Red No Blue at 5 p.m. and Front Page News at 6:30 p.m.
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When are you going to do a story on Republican Wicomico County Executive Bob Culver for fraudulently cancelling the real estate tax sale because he owed nearly $6,000 in taxes on his rentals. The is a slumlord and a fraud. Not only did Wicomico County lose out on the tax sale, but so did all the other municipalities.
ReplyDeleteWell, they can say all they want about the attendance being up, but the venue really was a flop. The original idea behind the Wicomico Fair was to promote agriculture, honor the farming community, the home arts and crafts, families and 4-H.
ReplyDeleteWell, when the board gets the arrogant, Mr. "I want to be in charge" out and cut their ties with the Chamber of Commerce; they just might see a huge increase of community participation. But for now they have a deceptive, rude, bully putting his cheesy smile in every photo he can squeeze in to; I been around him at other functions and have heard him run down fair committee members, I have heard how he has bullied a couple female board members, and made it known how much he wish the board would relieve him of his duties because he is tire of the pressure. It is easier to ignore the elephant in the room than get rid of the elephant. Bullying is acceptable.
Then there are the elbow rubbers from the chamber. The ones who have nothing to do since all other events there "WERE" involved in are no longer; I wonder why? This year they snatched the ad solicitation from the Fair committee and took it over, so if you were a past (cheap ad) participant you did not get asked for an ad this year. It's that "forget about the locals and past vendors" mentality - they want big corporate sponsorships. So if you didn't make their list of butt-kissers you didn't get to put your ad in the premium book and support the fair and get business in return. So much for contributing to the LOCAL economy.
Last year I dealt the lady(s) doing the vendors and the lady who did the ads/premium books last year, I sure did appreciate their efforts - they really kept the LOCAL Vendors in mind. Last year was a great success for me because of them; this year the Chamber refused me.
Great job on keeping a vendor who was outright discriminatory toward a child with a disability and outright made it clear that the child (and her mother) were NOT to touch his flowers. When Fair Staff were made aware, instead of asking the vendor to leave, they just ignored the complaint and denied bringing him there. Children with disabilities and natural flaws are people too, and they have feelings. Shame on those who ignored this and did nothing.
So much for a great family affair. Folks free the elephant, put an end to the bullying.