State fair season is nearly here

“There’s a lot of buzz about just starting to feel normal again,” said Rebecca Clark, manager of the Illinois State Fair.

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August 15, 2022 - 4:38 PM

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State Fairs were canceled in 2020, and last year many saw scaled back events, but this year, fairs across the Midwest and Plains states are hoping to put up pre-pandemic attendance numbers.

“There’s a lot of buzz about just starting to feel normal again,” said Rebecca Clark, manager of the Illinois State Fair. “It’s been a really long two years, especially for fairs.”

The Kansas State Fair will be in Hutchinson from Sept. 9-18.

While COVID-19 variants continue to pop up and cause some concern for public health, for the most part the coronavirus is at a low enough risk level for large outdoor events to carry on as they did in 2019.

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