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Tennessee State Fair

Annual state fair held in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Tennessee State Fair
Summary

Annual state fair held in Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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nameTennessee State Fair
imageCucurbita maxima Citrouille géante de 1.014 livres.jpg
locationNashville, Tennessee (1855–2019)
Lebanon, Tennessee (2021–)
years_active1855–1860; 1866–1871; 1906–1929; 1933–1941; 1946–1964, 1966–1969, 1971–2019; 2021–
datesMid-September (1855–2019)
Mid-August (2021–)
genreState fair
websitehttp://www.tnstatefair.org

Lebanon, Tennessee (2021–) Mid-August (2021–)

The Tennessee State Fair is an annual state fair, formerly held in Nashville, Tennessee. Until 2021, the fair was generally held in the second week of September, as well as the weekends surrounding it. The fair regularly had attendance over 200,000 people per year while located at the Nashville Fairgrounds. The State Fairgrounds have been under scrutiny since Nashville Mayor Karl Dean announced the closure of the fairgrounds in 2009. After much controversy, a referendum on the city's ability to redevelop the fairgrounds for other uses was held, with the voters choosing to increase the required votes to make changes from a simple majority to two-thirds majority. The Tennessee State Fair and Exposition Commission granted the Tennessee State Fair to the non-profit organization Tennessee State Fair Association through 2018. After 2019, the fair was moved to the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon and held in conjunction with the much larger Wilson County Fair.

The Lebanon, TN Police & Wilson County, TN Sheriff's Office, besides security guards, serve as security.

History

Tennessee State Fair Association vintage postcard

The first Tennessee State Fair was held in 1855, but only lasted a few years. The property where the old fairs were held on was later used for the Tennessee Centennial Exposition, and has since become known as Centennial Park. The current incarnation of the State Fair began in 1906, and has been held annually, except for four years during World War II, through the Great Depression, a 1965 fire that destroyed the majority of the fairgrounds, a 1970 fire that ruined the fair's coliseum, and 2020 on grounds of COVID-19 pandemic.

In March 2019, the Tennessee State Fair Commission voted to move the fair from the Nashville Fairgrounds after 2019 over space concerns at the site. Part of the site was re-developed for the Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium for Nashville SC of Major League Soccer. Concerns included parking, location for the carnival and midway, and adequate space and facilities for farm animal and agricultural exhibitions. After not hosting the fair in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced in May 2021 that the fair would be moved to the Wilson County Fairgrounds in Lebanon, Tennessee, and held in conjunction with the Wilson County Fair in mid-August, earlier than the traditional September date.

References

References

  1. [http://tennesseestatefair.org/about#History About. 2011 Tennessee State Fair]
  2. [http://www.nashvilleledger.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=54321 The Nashville Ledger]
  3. [http://freepages.folklore.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nashvillearchives/fairhistory.html Friends of Metro Archives Nashville and Davidson County]
  4. My Fox Memphis. Fox 13 News] {{Webarchive. link. (2011-09-29)
  5. (18 March 2019). "State Fair to leave Fairground Nashville".
  6. [http://tnfairs.com/member-fairs/ Tennessee Association of Fairs]
  7. "Tennessee State Fair Debuts New 2021 Location".
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