About Schenectady County Fair

The Schenectady County Fair in Schenectady celebrates the "Electric City" — Schenectady was home to General Electric's research laboratories and Thomas Edison's original power plant, and the county's agricultural communities along the Mohawk River come together at a fair serving a post-industrial city that has reinvented itself as a center for innovation and arts.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, local food vendors, carnival rides, and a fair drawing from the greater Schenectady community and the Mohawk Valley farming families.

Visitor Tips

Schenectady's Stockade Historic District is one of the oldest continuously inhabited neighborhoods in New York State. Proctors Theatre — a beautifully restored 1926 vaudeville palace — anchors the city's arts scene, and Union College's Gothic campus is one of the most architecturally significant in the country.

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