The Tunbridge World's Fair: 
A fair that's far from fair; it's farm fab meets fall beauty



September brings two treasures to Orange County, Vermont, where WallGoldfinger happily calls home: foliage season for which Vermont is renowned and the Tunbridge World's Fair, which no good Vermonter would dare miss.

After all, it's a "world's" fair.

OK, not really. It's an agricultural fair where children and adults alike can pet cows and oxen and whole host of other animals from chickens to llamas, consume cotton candy and creamees (soft serve ice cream) made with the world's finest maple syrup, ride the typical carnival rides and play the typical carnival games. There's also pig races, pony rides, clowns and entertainment, giant pumpkins and a beer hall. There's "antique hill" where you can see early buildings and early trades acted out by dedicated volunteers from the schoolmarm to the rug spinner to the blacksmith to whatever you call the fellow who hand hews logs.

There are dairy shows, oxen pulls, horse showing and harness racing (this year's theme).

The fair has been around since 1867 and has run consistently with the exception of the great flu epidemic in 1918 and during World War II. This 150-year-old tradition attracts 50,000 people over four days to the tiny town of Tunbridge, Vermont (population 1,309).

This year's fair runs Sept. 17-20. Step into the postcard beauty of early fall in Vermont and spend a day at the World's Fair.

Learn more on the fair's website: 

Looking for peak foliage? That usually occurs later in the month and early October. Lots of sites share information on foliage season in Vermont, including www.foliage-vermont.com and www.vermont.com/foliage.cfm.



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