County Fair Guide

The Biggest Fairs in Georgia

Georgia's official state fair, the Georgia National Fair in Perry, set an attendance record in 2025 and ranks among the top 30 fairs in North America. Here are Georgia's biggest fairs, ranked by verified attendance figures.

Ranked by verified 2024 attendance figures.

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    Georgia National FairPerry, Georgia

    Georgia's official state fair, held each October at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry since 1990, set an all-time attendance record with 612,706 visitors over its 11-day run in 2025 — ranking #29 on the Carnival Warehouse Top 50 fairs list for North America.

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    Georgia State FairHampton, Georgia
    ~565,000 visitors (approx.)via Georgia Magazine

    Now held in Hampton after decades in Atlanta, the Georgia State Fair drew roughly 565,000 visitors in 2021, a year fair officials said ranked it the 23rd-largest fair in the country by attendance.

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    North Georgia State FairMarietta, Georgia

    Held each fall at Jim Miller Park in Marietta, the North Georgia State Fair drew 320,000 visitors over its 11-day run in 2016, making it one of the largest fairs in the Atlanta metro area.

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    ~260,000 visitors (approx.)via Appen Media

    Forsyth County's Cumming Country Fair & Festival, running since 1994, drew a then-record 260,000 visitors over its 11-day run in 2021 — and local reporting indicates 2024 broke that record again, though an updated confirmed figure wasn't available.

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    Gwinnett County FairLawrenceville, Georgia
    87,566 visitorsvia GwinnettForum.com

    Running since 1955, the Gwinnett County Fair drew 87,566 visitors during its 2024 run, according to the fair's operations manager — well off its all-time record of 276,533 set in 2016.

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