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May 24, 2025

NC State Fair

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Diversity, quality highlight State Fair food offerings

October 17, 2024 Shawn Krest

When people think of state fair food, they’re likely to ask, “What are they going to try to deep fry this year?” However, the 2024 North Carolina State Fair, which opens this week at the […]

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Deep Fried Delicious: A look at the new foods for the 2023 State Fair

October 11, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — A whopping 48 new food and drink experiences will be available at the 2023 North Carolina State Fair. Media outlets were invited to sample some of the new foods at the N.C. Fairgrounds’ […]

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Tickets for the 2023 NC State Fair are now available

August 17, 2023 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Tickets for the upcoming 2023 NC State Fair are now available for purchase through Oct. 12. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for youth ages 6-12. One-day unlimited ride wristbands are also […]

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Mouthwatering new foods at this year’s N.C. State Fair 

October 11, 2022 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — Those attending this year’s N.C. State Fair will find a host of new mouthwatering new food items to choose from.  From a variety of quesadillas, tacos and churros to a host of deep-fried […]

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NC State Fair wraps up successful return

October 28, 2021 North State Journal Staff

The 2021 N.C. State Fair marked a successful return this year with over 821,000 fairgoers in attendance, nearly 314,000 pounds of canned goods donated during Smithfield Foods Hunger Relief Day and more than a million […]

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The NC State Fair is back!

October 13, 2021 North State Journal Staff

The wait is nearly over. After being cancelled last year because of the COVID pandemic, the North Carolina State Fair is officially back from October 14-24, featuring all the down-home, feel-good, home-grown goodness our state […]

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Troxler says NC ag in good position despite 2020 setbacks

March 11, 2021 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — While 2020 was a hard year for most industries, North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, a Republican in his fifth term, said there are very promising signs for the state’s farmers and their […]

NC State Fair 2019 - Livestock Hall of Fame
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Six inducted into N.C. State Fair Livestock Hall of Fame

October 30, 2019 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The 152nd N.C. State Fair closed on Sunday with total attendance of 938,029 visitors. That figure was down from last year’s total of 977,256 and well off of the all-time high of 1,091,887 […]

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NC State Fair 2019: ‘Nothing could be finer’

September 4, 2019 A.P. Dillon

RALEIGH — The lights, the music, the rides and the smells. Summer’s almost over and it’s never too early to start thinking about the N.C. State Fair. The fair’s theme this year is ‘Nothing could […]

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