About Tallahatchie County Fair

The Tallahatchie County Fair in Charleston is an August fair in the north Mississippi Delta, celebrating the cotton heritage of a county whose namesake river runs through the heart of the Delta and whose history is inextricably linked to the 1955 murder of Emmett Till — a pivotal event in the American civil rights movement.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, local food vendors, and a community fair in the flat cotton and soybean country of the Tallahatchie River valley.

Visitor Tips

Charleston is the Tallahatchie County seat — the Emmett Till Interpretive Center in nearby Sumner and the Emmett Till Memorial sites across the county mark one of the most significant chapters in American civil rights history. Glendora, where Till's body was thrown into the Tallahatchie River, is in this county.

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