Planning Your Visit
Emporia is in Lyon County in east-central Kansas and is home to Emporia State University — the city is famous for kite festivals and as the center of the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie region.
Fair Highlights
Expect livestock judging, 4-H and FFA competitions, carnival rides, grandstand entertainment, local food vendors, and the community spirit of Emporia and the surrounding Flint Hills.
A Closer Look
The Lyon County Fair, based in Emporia, is a twelve-day late-July through early-August celebration in east-central Kansas, one of the state's longest county fairs drawing visitors from the Flint Hills region.
Heading to Lyon County Fair?
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