The Oldest Fairs in Florida

The Florida State Fair in Tampa is the state's premier agricultural exhibition, a twelve-day February event drawing over half a million visitors to the Florida State Fairgrounds each year with world-class entertainment, livestock shows, and a massive midway. First held in 1904, it has been a Florida agricultural tradition for over a century.

The Central Florida Fair in Orlando is an eleven-day early-March fair in the heart of America's theme park capital, drawing visitors from across Central Florida to one of the Southeast's premier county fair events each spring. First held in 1910, it has been a Florida agricultural tradition for over a century.

The South Florida Fair in West Palm Beach is a seventeen-day January spectacular, one of the largest and most attended fairs in the Southeast drawing over a million visitors to the Palm Beach Fairgrounds each winter season. First held in 1912, it has been a Florida agricultural tradition for over a century.

Pinellas County is Florida's most densely populated county, a narrow peninsula between Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico where St. First held in 1917, it has been a Florida agricultural tradition for over a century. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the famous Clearwater Beach create one of the Southeast's most visited coastal communities, home to the Salvador Dali Museum, the Chihuly Collection, and some of America's finest white-sand Gulf beaches.

Lee County anchors Southwest Florida's most vibrant metropolitan area, centered on Fort Myers — home of the Edison and Ford Winter Estates, where Thomas Edison and Henry Ford spent winters alongside Harvey Firestone — and encompassing Sanibel and Captiva Islands, Cape Coral (one of the nation's fastest-growing cities), and Fort Myers Beach. First held in 1919, it has been a Florida agricultural tradition for over a century.

The Pensacola Interstate Fair is one of the largest fairs in the South, an eleven-day late-October through early-November celebration in Pensacola drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors from the Florida-Alabama Gulf Coast region. Established in 1935, the fair has brought Florida communities together for generations.

The North Florida Fair in Tallahassee is a major eleven-day November fair in Florida's capital city, one of the premier agricultural fairs in the Southeast drawing visitors from across the North Florida and South Georgia region. Established in 1939, the fair has brought Florida communities together for generations.

The Miami-Dade County Fair & Exposition is the largest county fair in the United States, a twenty-five-day March through April event drawing over a million visitors to the Miami Fairgrounds each year with an unmatched blend of multicultural community celebration and traditional fair entertainment. Founded in 1952, it has grown into a beloved annual event for the region.

The Jacksonville Fair is a major eleven-day November celebration in Florida's largest city by area, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to one of the Southeast's premier fair events each fall. Founded in 1955, it has grown into a beloved annual event for the region.

Broward County is South Florida's second-most-populous county, anchored by Fort Lauderdale's beaches, the Greater Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, the Everglades National Park western edge, and a diverse urban community that extends from the coast to the edge of the Everglades in a county with no traditional rural agriculture but a fair tradition rooted in its suburban communities. Founded in 1976, it has grown into a beloved annual event for the region.