Worth Knowing
The Central Florida Fair runs roughly 10 days each February/March at the Central Florida Fairgrounds and typically draws more than 200,000 visitors. Fair leadership called 2025 the "best year since 2020," with the first Sunday setting an attendance record dating back to at least 2012 and revenue up 34% year-over-year.
Source: CarnivalWarehouse.comOn the Midway
Expect headline grandstand entertainment, livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, carnival rides, demolition derby, and a full fair midway serving the diverse communities of Orange County and the Greater Orlando area.
Before You Go
Orlando is home to Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, and SeaWorld — the ICON Park complex, the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, and the Orange County Regional History Center are among the city's many cultural offerings near the fairgrounds.
What to Know
The Central Florida Fair, based in Orlando, is an eleven-day early-March fair in the heart of America's theme park capital, drawing visitors from across Central Florida to one of the Southeast's premier county fair events each spring. The fair got its start in 1910 and has remained a Florida agricultural mainstay ever since.
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