Worth Knowing
Held each September at the Benton County Fairgrounds, this fair serves the fast-growing Bentonville/Rogers corridor in Northwest Arkansas. Ahead of its 120th running in 2024, the fair board projected attendance in the 35,000–40,000 range, reflecting the area's rapid population growth — featuring 4-H/FFA livestock shows and sale, a carnival midway, and a rodeo closing weekend.
Source: Arkansas Democrat-GazetteBefore You Go
Bentonville is one of America's most exciting small cities — Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (a world-class collection in a stunning Frank Gehry building), the Walmart Museum, and the 300-plus miles of the Razorback Regional Greenway and mountain bike trail system make Bentonville a destination far beyond its retail heritage.
On the Midway
Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, live entertainment, local food vendors, and a fair serving the rapidly growing and diverse communities of northwest Arkansas.
What to Know
Held annually in Bentonville, the Benton County Fair is a July fair in the fastest-growing metro area in the United States, celebrating the agricultural, retail, and outdoor heritage of a county that is home to Walmart's global headquarters, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and one of the most extraordinary networks of mountain bike trails in North America. It began in 1904 and has stayed a fixture of Arkansas agricultural life for more than a century.
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