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May 9, 2025

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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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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HILL: Margin of error explained by a carny barker at the State Fair

October 20, 2020 Frank Hill

Have you ever had a guy at the State Fair verbally accost you, saying he can name your age and if he is wrong, you would win a prize of your choice? Ever notice what […]

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2020 N.C. State Fair canceled

July 29, 2020 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH – The 2020 North Carolina State Fair has been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The fair was scheduled to take place Oct. 15 through 25. The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and […]

Features

150th State Fair is in the books

October 24, 2017 North State Journal Staff

RALEIGH — The N.C. State Fair finished its 11-day run on Sunday with the fourth highest visitor total in its 150-year history with 1,014,478 through the turnstiles. The fair also saw the highest number of […]

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