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Known as the Great Allentown Fair, this Lehigh Valley institution has run since 1852 and draws around 200,000 visitors across its six-day Labor Day week run. It's one of the largest fairs in the northeastern US and a genuine end-of-summer tradition for the greater Allentown-Bethlehem area.
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Allentown is the anchor of the Lehigh Valley — the ArtsQuest complex at SteelStacks (the former Bethlehem Steel site), the Crayola Experience, Dorney Park, and the Delaware Water Gap are all within easy reach.
About Allentown Fair
The Allentown Fair is one of Pennsylvania's largest and most attended county fairs, a six-day early-September celebration in the heart of the Lehigh Valley drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to its grandstand concerts and sprawling midway. With roots going back to 1852, it's among Pennsylvania's oldest continuously held fairs.
What to Expect
Expect headline grandstand entertainment, livestock shows, 4-H and FFA competitions, carnival rides, demolition derby, and a massive midway with dozens of food vendors in Pennsylvania's third-largest city.
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