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Typical Month
August
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Duration
7 days
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Size
large
About Craighead County Fair
The Craighead County Fair in Jonesboro is an August fair in northeast Arkansas's largest city, celebrating the agricultural, commercial, and university heritage of a city that is home to Arkansas State University and serves as the commercial capital of the Arkansas Delta region, sitting at the edge of the rich Mississippi alluvial plain.
What to Expect
Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, major live entertainment, local food vendors, and a large fair serving the diverse communities of the greater Jonesboro metro area.
Visitor Tips
Jonesboro is northeast Arkansas's hub city — Arkansas State University, Craighead Forest Park, the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum in nearby Piggott (Ernest Hemingway wrote part of "A Farewell to Arms" in the Pfeiffer barn), and the Arkansas Delta landscape make Jonesboro a worthwhile northeast Arkansas destination.
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