About Durham County Fair

The Durham County Fair celebrates one of North Carolina's most dynamic communities — Durham is home to Duke University, the American Tobacco Campus, and one of the South's most vibrant food and arts scenes, while the county's agricultural heritage remains honored through its traditional fair celebrating the farming communities of the Research Triangle region.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, carnival rides, local food vendors, and a diverse community fair drawing from Durham's eclectic mix of university culture, tech workers, and the county's farming families.

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Durham's American Tobacco Campus, Duke Gardens, Museum of Life and Science, and the historic Hayti community reflect a city that has reinvented itself from tobacco manufacturing into a tech and university center while honoring its working-class past.

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