About Pittsburg County Free Fair

The Pittsburg County Free Fair in McAlester is an August fair in the Oklahoma coal country of southeast Oklahoma, celebrating the mining, cattle, and Choctaw Nation heritage of a county whose county seat hosts the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and the nation's oldest prison rodeo — the McAlester Prison Rodeo.

What to Expect

Expect livestock shows, FFA and 4-H competitions, carnival rides, local food vendors, and a fair in the forested hills and former coal mining country of the Ouachita Mountain foothills.

Visitor Tips

McAlester is a distinctive southeast Oklahoma city — the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant (a major military installation), the internationally acclaimed McAlester Italian influence (the city has an unusually strong Italian immigrant heritage from the coal mining era), and the beautiful Eufaula Lake country nearby define this Choctaw Nation community.

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